Decorating With Class

Romantic Decorating with Valentines Red!

Red is the color of romance... Red is vibrant and exciting, rich and warm.
Take the leap and create a romantic room that will un-nerve your husband, make your neighbors gasp with gossip and turn you in to the "dare all" woman you have always knew you were!

Visit the VictoriaLarsen.com website for lots of exciting and new ideas to decorate your home with class, style and all while having fun doing it!

An Outdated Bedroom Gets a Brand New Look

It was tired.... it needed something new and fun, calm and soothing. So I re-did it!
Visit the VictoriaLarsen.com website for lots of "do it yourself" ideas that will have you creating the home of your dreams today!

Formica Counter Tops Magically Turn to Granite With Paint!

Perusing our website one day, Jola Hodges landed on our "Faux Granite Counter Tops" projects and became so excited at the prospect that she just had to do her own.... a few weeks later, I got a wonderful email that read:
"I just finished the countertops yesterday ........ They look FANTASTIC.  My Mom came in and said "WOW! They DO look real!"  I am SO happy with them and it cost me about $50 for everything!  MUCH cheaper than $60 a square foot!" Jola Hodges screams with delight......
Visit the VictoriaLarsen.Com website for so many ways to create the home of your dreams with little money and absolutely NO experience!

Authority on Color and Decorating~Susan Pike

She has presented seminars for House Beautiful Magazine, Country Living Magazine, Lowes, Waverly and Valspar products. This woman knows her stuff! Not only does she take the confusion out of choosing color, her fabulous ideas and techniques help to give you the knowledge to "do it yourself" with professional results!
Visit the VictoriaLarsen.Com website for Raised Plaster Stencils, Mural Stencils, Ornamental Wall molds for Victorian Architecture and more tips and tricks to make your home the "Home of Your Dreams"!

Learn Faux Finishes On Line

Sure, all the pros know how to do the exquisite faux finishes that we all want in our homes, but how about the rest of us? Now, we can all learn on-line in the comfort of our homes (and our jammies if we choose!).
Visit the VictoriaLarsen.Com website for tons of room ideas, stencils and ornamental molds and techniques that will help you turn your home in to your "dream home"

Reporducing the look from a Magazine Photo in Your Home

We peruse our favorite decorating magazines and gasp with delight at a particular photo of a room. Now, how do we incorporate those ideas in to our decorating?

New Technique and Stencils Create REAL Looking Stacked Stone or Flagstone Walls

Ah, how I have become a woman of "stone" these past few years. So much so that I literally scan the sides of the highway near our home in Idaho for fallen flagstone off the cliffs above. Through development and experimentation, I've created a way to have REAL looking flagstone and stacked stone walls and it was a blast to do!
Visit the VictoriaLarsen.com for great new decorated rooms for inspiration and over 25 new designs now available.

The Elegance of Raised Plaster Gold Aspen Trees

Quite some time ago I plaster stenciled a 25 foot Raised Plaster Aspen Tree Stencil in our home in Idaho spanning nearly two floors. The final finish came out exquisite!
Visit VictoriaLarsen.com for exciting new 2008 stencil designs and oodles of decorated rooms for fresh inspiration for your own home!