September 2025 Home Decor Subscription Box Fall is my favorite… I mean, the crisp mornings, cozy evenings, blankets, and all the fall colors and scents! I love the rich colors of fall and with the subtle nods to the season…
Gorgeous Decor For Any Tabletop
July 2025 Home Decor Subscription Box It’s been one year since we launched the Sterling Avenue Home Decor Subscription Box. That’s six boxes of decor to help make your tabletops and counters beautiful! This one is probably my favorite so…
Beautiful Blend of Modern and Rustic
May 2025 Home Decor Subscription Box Spring has sprung and it’s time to bring our homes out of the cold spell and back to bright and cheery. More sunshine definitely helps but with the addition of this month’s Sterling Avenue…
Our Remodeling Stories: Sterling Avenue Reimagined Part 1
Remodeling. That is a big word. It means work… and a lot of it. Physical work, mental work, exhausting work. It also means change. Good change and the promise of something new. When you start to see the finished product…
Bringing the Winter Indoors
January 2025 Home Decor Subscription Box Winter has embraced practically the whole country this month! As I write this, it is 18° in Southern Illinois and there’s snow on beaches in Florida 😯! This weather is crazy! To help with…
Our Remodeling Stories: A Guest Bathroom Makeover
You know the saying that a “mechanic’s car never runs”? The same goes for contractors. Paul and I remodel homes. Both in different ways. He can do all of the repairs, replacements, and building parts, while I design and decorate…
Style Tabletops With Ease
September 2024 Home Decor Subscription Box I am so excited to write this post! Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the colors, cooler weather, cozy clothes, and the decor. And this month’s Sterling Avenue…
Quick and Easy Fall Centerpieces
Too busy to decorate your whole house but still want to celebrate the fall season into Thanksgiving? All you need is a few decor pieces and you will have a beautiful centerpiece or grouping for your dining table, end tables,…
Table Styling Made Easy! July 2024 Home Decor Subscription Box
Happy Monday! Do you struggle with decorating a table? Sometimes it’s difficult to figure out what looks good together. You know what you like, but does it match? Coffee tables and end tables are sometimes the hardest because you also…
Our Remodeling Stories: Bringing the Old Back to Life, Part 3
In this segment of Our Remodeling Stories, I’ll finish the flip of the 145 year old home my husband Paul and I remodeled. In the first blog post, I talked about how we remodeled the back half of the first…
Basic Tools Every Homeowner Should Have
Before Paul and I got married, my daughter and I had a saying that we would use whenever we were doing something around the house. Whether it was painting a room, hanging a picture, or dealing with the nasty toilet,…
Our Remodeling Stories: Bringing the Old Back to Life Part 2
Annndddd…. We’re back! This segment of Our Remodeling Stories will be a continuation of the 145 year old home my husband Paul and I remodeled and flipped. In the previous blog post, I told about how we remodeled the back…
