Did you know if you visit Homa Style’s Facebook Page you can sign up the receive Seasons the monthly free decorating advice newsletter and receive the new ebook Arrange a Room Strategies? It contains tips for hanging artwork and mirrors, a floor planner with furniture cut~outs, how to do a mini~rearrangement and, accessory tips.  So [...]

I returned home today to this… Yikes! The National Forrest Service is fire-wising the area directly behind our cabin.  You can read more about fire~wising at the National Fire Protection Associations website.  This process started with chain saws and building large piles spaced between the trees that were left.  This was done just before Christmas.  [...]

I’m redoing the room at the top of our stairs that separates our guest rooms and turning it into a craft room.  This is the second step, budget and essentials.  You can read about the first step here. The budget for this project is $300 low and $375 high.  Not a big budget so this [...]

House Beautiful has an article on Trompe l’oeil wallpaper in their current green issue. Trompe l’oeil is French for “deceive the eye.”  It looks realistic. Scrapwood from wallpapercollective.com I admit I have not been a fan on wallpaper, but these may change my mind. Shabby White  also from wallpapercollective.com Herringbone again from wallpapercollective.com Fanciful by [...]

We have one of those awkward rooms areas in our home that’s hard to figure out what to do with. I know all rooms areas need to have a purpose.  It’s purpose has been the landing at the top of the stairs, or how you get into the two guest rooms, or what you walk [...]

New Ebook: How to Decorate in 9 Simple Steps Want to save money and be your own hired Interior Decorator? Tired of your look of your room, can’t get the look you what, little money to spend. This ebook is an essential guide to decorating using 9 simple steps to uncover the beauty in your [...]

**This Giveaway is Closed** Congratulations to the winner! I made several of these using bits of leftover scrap wood trims and pieces a couple of years ago. This year I made ONE for a lucky reader. Here’s a quick run down of the process.  First I cut out a heart shape from a broken table, [...]

Okay…I’m hooked Scrapbooking is ridiculously awesome! And our small town has the most dementedly high spirited scrapbook shop. Paper and Metal Scrappers Take a moment and visit their website…then mosey over and like them on facebook. Here’s a couple of other things I’ve made so far. I gave away others before I snapped a picture [...]

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I love my cast iron skillets. They are seasoned perfectly and clean as easily as a brand new non~stick skillet. I season them by rubbing inside and out with shortening.  Place upside down on a cookie sheet with sides.  Put in a 200 degree oven for 4 hours.  Let cool and wipe the pan with [...]

This is for all the scrapbookers. I’m starting to figure out the creativity and relaxation you get from scrapbooking. Right now I’m following the instructions in class and learning techniques and “the tools”…yum I love tools. Soon I will have to breakout of the mold and really start creating. Here’s where I need the help [...]

My grandma made the best apple butter in the world.  No, really in the whole entire world. It does involve canning jars and peeling bushels of apples…so I have never made it. Instead I developed this recipe for pumpkin butter.  While it’s not grandma’s apple butter, it’s something I can make. Here’s what I do. [...]