I've added more since I posted this. My daughter's MIL really blew me away with her Xmas decor. I took pix last year of some things, decided to add them to my album here. I told Suzanne the only thing in her huge, gorgeous home NOT decorated were the two cats....and they better keep moving or they will be. LOL. She really inspired me for this year, I'd never done that much compared to her anyway. Then I met you guys and got in real trouble. Oh, my daughter's DH is extremely worried as she already has a LOT of Xmas decor and she's going to get both mine and his mom's. LOL. That should be interesting someday. Added Kathleen's hydrangea arrangement too, loved it. hugs, Karen

Hi Houzz! You've been saving me professionally for years - helping me find contractors, designers and vendors across the country for a slew of home renovation shows that I produce. Now I'm in the midst of my biggest project yet - my first houzz! It's a nearly 100-year-old home in Oak Park, IL, just outside of Chicago. Trust me, it took a lot of convincing to get me to leave the city, but this house is worth it! A turn key dream home was never in the cards for us. My husband is a Landscape Architect and I've developed an appreciation for design over the years, so when it was time to find our house, the more the house needed us, the more we needed the house. Aka - bring on the ugly, poorly planned, never-updated house! We've owned our new home for 3 weeks and have been going full speed ahead - new roof, refinishing flooring throughout, removing decades of wallpaper, installing all new HVAC...etc. The list goes on forever. We've never hustled so hard to make a project work. Our original plan was to do the project in phases, but with a 4-year-old and a 4-month-old we're realizing that living in dust just isn't an option. We've been able to stretch our budget and use our resources to get pretty far... but we're at a standstill with the Master Bathroom. It's original and it's small and has TONS of potential to be opened up into a great space. We even locked in the design after I posted to the Houzz Design Dilemmas and got some great feedback. On one hand, we're already breaking down walls and have all of the right people in the house to get the job done, so we want to go for it. On the other hand, our budget is so tight at this point, we're not sure we can afford the fixtures and tile and fun things that would go into the bathroom and make it ours. We're really hoping our Ideabook can become our reality - but we need help! Rachel Fobes (contact information is in email I sent to casting)

I did select it but haven’t seen it yet. Will post when the stone arrives. Just beginning renovations

what else will you be using in the space? is this a dining room? Photos of the whole space would be helpful.