home decor + diy + thrifting
Styling a bookcase or shelf can be a challenge! Especially if you’re not one to have a lot of books or knicknacks on hand. What do you do with the empty space? What if the shelves are super deep? Here’s a link to a Facebook live I did to help make you a bookshelf styling…
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I get this question a lot- Catrina, can you help me with my living room? It just doesn’t feel right and I can’t put my finger on it. There are a few things that I always check first, and that is the basics.The basics aren’t super exciting and might be a little boring but they’re…
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I’ve been wanting to update my dining room lighting since we bought this grand ol’ home in 2010. Lighting plays such a big part in the overall ambiance of a room! And as a complete ambiance geek, it was making me a little cuckoo. If you’re new around here, our home is a 1908 Craftsman…
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I love pumpkins! This was my centerpiece from last year, pretty much pumpkin centric. lol But I just wasn’t feeling it this Fall for my dining room centerpiece. All I could think about were deep, reds, blues, golds and greens in a brass compote. I used a few of the flowers from last years arrangement…
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As I may have mentioned, I listen to a lot of podcasts. One thing I hear over and over from the experts, is: get clear on what you want. What you really want. I started Catrina At Home because I wanted to help women with their homes. Sometimes that looks like DIY projects or decorating…
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Absolute strangers will walk up to me when I’m out and about, and comment to me about my hair. It’s the weirdest thing and though it’s been going on for years, it still surprises me. What do they comment about? Well, it used to be how long and full my hair was lol but those…
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I knew better. But I was in a hurry. I can’t even remember why. I had purchased an outdoor wrought iron couch and two chairs (at an estate sale, of course) and I wanted to put them in my living room. I know. Sounds weird but stay with me. The couch was a four-seater, the…
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If I asked you to describe yourself, would you use just one word? Can one word really capture all that you are? I don’t even know you personally but I’m pretty sure the length and breadth of who you are cannot be summed up in a single, solitary word. Three to five words? Maybe. I’ve…
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I love gardening. It’s in my blood. My Abuelo (Grandpa Vargas) was a prolific gardener. (I searched for over an hour to find my photos I have of him gardening, even into his later years, but no luck.) I started my garden back in 2012 and kept it up for a few years, let it…
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Remember back in March when I shared with you all that I was working on something (for you) that I was a little nervous about putting out into the world? Remember when I said it was pretty “out of the box” but I was working on it in hopes that it would be useful to…
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