Sunday, September 28, 2014

How I Found My Style Sundays- Our Home Away From Home


Hi, everyone!
 I am so happy to be a guest today at Pamela's blog and to be part of her wonderful series 
How I found My Style Sundays. I am so honored!
Thank you for having me, Pamela! :)

From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays

My name is Maria Elena and I blog at Our Home Away From Home where I share 
our home improvement adventures, crafts and home decor.


We are a retired military family, so after 23 years of traveling the world and living in 16 different homes due to our many moves, you many understand why our home is so special to us. 
We finally feel like we belong somewhere.
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home


I don't really know what my decorating style is. I will say it is a mix of just comfortable and homey. 
After all, we do live here. :)
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
 Being born and raised in Madrid, Spain, I think I always add a little Spanish style and color to my decor 
without really thinking about it.  
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
I believe your home reflects who you are.
I am passionate about books and I also love to sew and crafts.
My dream of having a home library and my own craft room finally came true.
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
My husband and I love to work together on home projects and at any given weekend you can find us 
enclosing the roof on the back porch and installing tile, building a new bench for our bedroom, adding crown molding to our master bathroom or rebuilding the whole laundry room.
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home

From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
I don't believe we need to spend a small fortune decorating our homes and I like to up cycle many 
of the items we already own to make our home as nice and comfortable as I can.
I guess I have never really found my decorating style because I just like to change things around quite often. LOL

One thing I never change is the clock on our mantle. 
This is one of our favorite finds and it was the first item we ever purchased for our new home.
From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays-Our Home Away From Home
My advice to decorate your homes is to use the decor items and furniture that make you happy and you love,
 no matter what the trend is. If you like it, be sure it will look gorgeous in your home.

Also, when in the mood to change or update any room, shop your house first and you will be surprised how many little things you can find here and there to give that space a whole new look.

Pamela, thank you so much for having me as part of this beautiful series. 
It has been an honor to be part of your beautiful blog.

From My Front Porch To Yours- How I Found My Style Sundays
Maria Elena thank you so much for stopping by today and sharing your home with us. It is just beautiful as beautiful can be!

13 comments:

  1. Maria's house is gorgeous...in every season.

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  2. Maria's home is so luvly. Thanks for sharing ladies.

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  3. Maria's home is very pretty. I loved the tour!
    Have a great week ahead ladies.
    FABBY

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  4. Maria's house is lovely. It's fun following her blog as she updates and transforms her spaces.

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  5. Maria Elena's home is so beautiful and truly reflects the lovely and sweet person that she is!

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  6. Maria Elena has always been one of my favorites! Love her home and her decorating style. I always look forward to her seasonal decor too. :)

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  7. Maria Elena is constantly sprucing things up, prettifying everything for each season, and can sew practically anything she sets her heart on, or rather, needle through!

    Poppy

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  8. Maria Elena home is just beautiful always look forward to her post... Nice Feature Pamela!

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  9. Maria and Pamela, I really enjoyed the tour of Maria's home! I'm always amazed at the things Maria and her husband tackle....that means they don't just dream and talk about it...they actually make furniture and you name it.

    Thanks Pamela and Maria,
    Helen

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  10. I agree! I like how you think and I like your style! That craft room brought tears to my eyes... I LOVE it! You have a gorgeous home. A great feature!

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