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Ann Home Decor Blogger

Hi, I’m Ann, a home decor blogger here at Dabbling and Decorating, a thrifty and vintage home decorating blog from our collected homes in Vermont and Coastal Maine. Dabbling & Decorating launched in 2017 after I retired from a 26-year career in education sales in Connecticut and retired to our dream spot in the mountains of Vermont.

Passionate about decorating my home since I was a little girl growing up on the coast of Maine, I constantly changed around my parent’s Coastal Maine Home every time they left the house! I share all about our family’s Coastal Maine Heritage and Embracing my Roots here.

I learned everything from my mother, who was an avid antiquer, thrifter, decorator, and crafter. My father enjoyed making his own furniture, antiquing, and playing tennis until he was 86 years old! There’s not a thrift shop or a flea market that I can pass by!

You may join me thrifting for our homes every week over on Instagram as part of the series Thrifting with the Gals too.

Thrifting with the Gals!

After the recent passing of my parents, we are now renovating and redecorating the home they passed down to us.

It is very dear to our family and I would love for you to follow along in the featured blog series In My Mother’s Home.

In My Mother's Home

And check out all the recent renovations on our Coastal Maine Home Tour.

Cedar Shake Coastal Maine Home

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My husband of 23 years and I enjoy skiing, hiking, kayaking, golfing, and traveling together.

Along with our sidekick Ella, a Bernese Mountain Dog who pops in from time to time.

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It was such an honor to be interviewed as a guest on the podcast “Blogging Creatives on Fire” where I shared helpful tips and insight into my personal blogging journey. In case you missed it, you can catch my episode HERE!

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Let’s stay in touch on Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram. I am so thrilled you stopped by today and welcome, where we share a mutual love for all things thrifty, vintage, and chippy.

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Welcome to Dabbling & Decorating, a thrifty & vintage home decorating blog.  A place where I love to share decorating tips, vintage and thrifty finds, DIY projects, and antiques from our collected homes in Vermont and Coastal Maine. And our Berner, Ella who loves to pop in from time to time…  I’m so thrilled you stopped by today and I hope you will become a regular here at Dabbling & Decorating! Read more.

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Welcome to Dabbling & Decorating, a thrifty & vintage home decorating blog.  A place where I love to share decorating tips, vintage and thrifty finds, DIY projects, and antiques from our collected homes in Vermont and Coastal Maine. And our Berner, Ella who loves to pop in from time to time…  I’m so thrilled you stopped by today and I hope you will become a regular here at Dabbling & Decorating! Read more here.

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Good morning☕️☀️🦞 Today we’re going Good morning☕️☀️🦞 
Today we’re going to take a drive up the coast and enjoy the day in Portland, Maine 🚙 🦞🌆💙
Have you ever been?🦞🌆
Check out my stories today for some Portland happenings. It’s one of my favorite little cities with its seaside fishing & lobster boats, and fabulous cobblestone streets🌆
Have a great day friends☀️🫐🦞
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A little corner with blue hydrangeas and the day t A little corner with blue hydrangeas and the day turning into night☀️🌙
Goodnight friends 💤 
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Any chance you are like me and you’re hanging on Any chance you are like me and you’re hanging onto that  last basket of hydrangeas and taking in all the photos you can before they say goodbye to you for the summer🥺💙💙#fallwillbeheresoon #summersnotover #summersnotoveryet 
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Join me over on the blog today where I’m sharing Join me over on the blog today where I’m sharing all about the “Behind the Scenes” of our photo shoot this week with @gridleygraves and @countrysamplermagazine 🫶🏻📸
👉🏻 @dabbling_and_decorating and click on the blog link🔗
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An antique basket of blue hydrangeas before summer An antique basket of blue hydrangeas before summer comes to an end on top of my mother’s big old heavy antique cupboard where the TV usually sits💙
Much needed this week🫶🏻
Have a great weekend friends🦋
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We had such a fun day yesterday with photographers We had such a fun day yesterday with photographers, Anne & Gary @gridleygraves shooting our home for @countrysamplermagazine 2023 or 2024 issue. Wow doesn’t that seem so far away?😃📸📖
Ella can lounge once again in her little cozy corner of pillows🫶🏻🐾📸
Have a great day friends🏡
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It’s a big day for us here friends💃🏼📸 It’s a big day for us here friends💃🏼📸
Join me over in stories throughout the day today for some “behind the scenes” of our first major interior home magazine photo shoot with @countrysamplermagazine 
We are so excited to welcome today’s photographer @gridleygraves into our home 📸🏡 
It’s going to be such a fun day💃🏼
I hope you’ll join me📸📸
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