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Jamie Lundstrom

*Camping*

I know it may seem odd that I have a whole section on camping but I grew up camping have been on many 3-day backpack trips in the mountains in my 20s and we love camping every year with the kids in tents or RVs.

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Beginner’s Guide to Camping – Everything You Need To Take Camping

Beginner's Guide to Camping - Everything You Need to Take Camping

How to Set Up Camp & What Food To Bring

Beginner's Guide to Camping - How to Set Up Camp & What Food to Bring

RV Camping – Dry Camping & Partial Hook-Up Tips

RV Camping - Dry Camping & Partial Hook-Up Tips

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How can you make your home feel more like you? A How can you make your home feel more like you?

A beautiful home shouldn’t look like anyone could live there. 

It will feel more like a staged home or showroom. Adding in the ‘Only-You Layer’ will help add your personality to your home. You can do that by adding in unique pieces or a collection of things that only you would choose together. 

Adding in vintage pieces, thrifted  or found items that reflect your personality will make a home feel more like your own. 

Do you agree?

Collected home
Decorating a home that feels like you
How to add personality to your home
How do you decorate a small living room with a lar How do you decorate a small living room with a large sectional?

It’s a question I’ve been asked many times before. And I get it. If a large sectional is the only way to get enough seating for everyone at your home, then you need to make sure to offset it with equally substantial furniture but a minimal amount. 

Everything in the room will be the focus so try not to add to much decor - pillows are art are great though!

At the end of the reel I gave two slightly different design options 
1) faux tree in the corner with a gallery wall of art and a lamp on the side table
2) a plinth and statue in the corner, one large piece of art with a picture light sconce above it and wall sconces on either side of the TV

Also, did you notice I didn’t change anything else in the room - no flooring or paint. Painting the walls and adding molding would be wonderful but I wanted to make a point that the most important thing to focus on is the furniture scale. 

Home decorating 101 
How to decorate with sectional sofas
I’d like to call this series, decorating lies we t I’d like to call this series, decorating lies we tell ourselves 

Pass it on to someone who is like this!
A beautiful home needs your personal touch that no A beautiful home needs your personal touch that no designer can replicate, the items that only you can pick that tell your story. 

This is why it’s so important to decorate in a way that is meaningful to you. 

Personal touches like photos, thrifted items, items that have been passed down to you, a weird object no one else would think of to display...all these things make up the Only-You Layer. 

It’s the layer I always had a hard time with when decorating clients’ homes. Adding decor pieces just to fill book shelves becomes so impersonal and give a ‘staged’ feeling when it’s not what’s reflected in the homeowner’s personality. 

What do you think? Do you like the Only-You Layer?

Home decorating | personal home decor | how to decorate for you
When your lifelong obsession with vintage finally When your lifelong obsession with vintage finally becomes cool - you can see how cool I am now 😎😂

All the years of collecting have finally paid off 😂

And the plus side is my kids want to go thrifting with me! 

Antique markets | vintage markets | thrifting | collected home | decorating with vintage
If you don’t have interesting architectural detail If you don’t have interesting architectural details in your home, you have to create it yourself. 

And the most effective way to avoid your home feeling flat or ‘something missing’, is by adding interesting pieces to the space. 

And then adding an Only You Layer - things that you have put together yourself that only you could do that have meaning to you - and you’ve then created not only a home that is interesting but completely you!

Home decorating | decorating your home | how to decorate your home
Everything to do with my house 🏠 But that’s also Everything to do with my house 🏠 

But that’s also fall, winter and spring too 😂

Okay I did get lots of bike ridging in and went to New York & Montreal in June! But the majority of summer was thrifting and house improvements. And I wouldn’t have it any other way 🏠☺️
And it was so easy to find images like this. But And it was so easy to find images like this. 

But why? Why is grey on grey on grey on repeat in every house for sale and every new condo. Some of these are brand new penthouses for sale!! 

Now homeowners have to try to pair something warm to it and it doesn’t work unless it’s a neutral wood tone. 

I’m shocked in 2026 we’re still seeing this cold grey that was all the rage in like 2010.

I think builders think this is a “cool neutral” 😎 and people buy because they don’t know better. But I’m pushing back. People want better than this! I’ve worked with so many clients that buy a condo like this and want to rip everything out or paint over it or get new floors on and on and on. What a waste. 

No more millennial grey please!
Adding furniture that is a bit unique and interest Adding furniture that is a bit unique and interesting is what brings personality to a home. It’s what I call quietly interesting furniture. 

And then decorating from there is easy.

If you crave a cozy & designed space that is uniquely you, this is how I start with a room. 

I’m adding furniture examples to my guide that will be launching sometime in September. Knowing what to look for is key in training your design eye and then leaning into what you love.

Photo sources: 
1) Pinterest 
2) my dining room
3) my chair 
4) @mollykiddstudio 
5) @meander.home 
6) my dining room 
7) Pinterest 
8) @_ju_et_cie_ 
9) @ateliermarchal.fr 
10) Pinterest
11) @alletrejo 
12) @the_old_cottage 

How to decorate your home
Doing a room makeover with ALL new furniture and d Doing a room makeover with ALL new furniture and decor is easy. 

Creating a room with some items you already own or want to purchase second-hand is more challenging but more fun. Better for the wallet too!

You’ll end up with something more unique and truly you. 

I removed the wall art as well as what’s listed in the video as they were hung too high and one piece of art on each wall is a bit bland. Variations of sizes of art pieces are much more interesting. 

What do you think of the makeover?

Decorate with furniture you already own 
How to decorate a living room

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