Decorating

Making Home

By lisa rippy / February 23, 2024

When it comes to the special projects in our home, it had to be creating a dining space that took the most “Rip work!” We wanted the dining space to have a look and invitational feel to it like what you’d experience in an old southern antebellum home that’s been…

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Let’s Talk Fall Decor’ (Because it’s actually all around you)

By lisa rippy / August 12, 2020

I know, we are all enjoying the good o’ hot summer time right now, but as I drive past corn fields and lakes and ponds, I’m seeing gorgeous nature that I can actually gather up now for our home October decor’. Rip and I drove by a corn field this…

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Simple Decorating Ideas for Color

By lisa rippy / November 29, 2019

It caught my eye! I was driving home enjoying the sunshine pouring into my car and happened to glance over and noticed a flower bed full of beautiful hot pink flowers with lush green leaves.   So, I pulled over and took a picture because … I love color! Among…

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Creating an Inviting Bedroom

By lisa rippy / October 26, 2019

When decorating any bedroom, the first thing you need to ask is this: What decor’ and colors do “I” really like that help set a relaxing and inviting atmosphere to this room?  I put the word “I” in quotation marks because something that I sometimes run into when helping a…

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Design Starts With Purpose

By lisa rippy / October 23, 2019

While I was typing out today’s title, “Design Starts with Purpose” I couldn’t help but think about Proverbs 25:11 – “An idea well-expressed is like a design of gold, set in silver.” (Good News Translation)  There is no other room in the house more important to the life of the…

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Bring the Fall Outdoors In

By lisa rippy / October 23, 2019

Happy fall, y’all! It’s that time of year when the colors of fall are really showing off and it just makes me want to bring the outside in! With pillows, plants, rugs, decor’ pieces, paint and throws, there is so much we can do to bring touches of fall right…

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Spring Brings New Life to a Madison Family’s Home

By lisa rippy / March 11, 2019

It was spring of 2016 when I drove up a long driveway that was shadowed by beautiful oak trees.  I had a feeling things were fixing to get real interesting. And they did! As I parked my car, I couldn’t help but notice the quiet. The beauty of the surroundings…

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Decorating With My Neighbor

By lisa rippy / November 28, 2017

When 8:30am came yesterday, I had no idea until I walked into my neighbor’s home what an absolutely stunning and very welcoming home she had. I drive by her home every single day and Rip has provided some home care services for them, but it was when she swung open…

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Christmas Decorating 2017

By lisa rippy / November 27, 2017

Today is going to be one of my favorite work days this week because starting at 8:30 this morning, a new client and I will be decorating her home for Christmas!  Or at least getting most of it decorated – she already has a hunch that we may need to…

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Is Little Enough?

By lisa rippy / November 13, 2017

Good Monday morning! So, while I was warming my 2nd cup of coffee, I looked over at my Bible study that was all wide open and is just a world of wonder and intimacy for me, and I had this thought — “THAT is what makes a house a home.…

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