Ill start with the big news, shall I? Actually, its not really news (I mentioned it here already, albeit very briefly), but were moving. Not by choice - our landlord decided to short sell our co...
I recently splurged on these scrumptious towels from Anthropologie:{Perpetual Blooms Towels - $8.00-$36.00 - Anthropologie}Gorgeous, right? I saved up for these babies a good ten months and bought a ...
Vicki contacted me asking for help with the kitchen in her rental apartment. She had a few key requests for the space:1. Storage.2. A distraction from the floor, back splash and dark wood cabine...
Baby E finally made her arrival in the early hours of Sunday morning (February 19th)!We are all completely in love (including S, who is an excellent big brother already) and were all doing well. She ...
...check out my new crib. Literally:{Oeuf Sparrow Crib in grey}Initially we were just going to use Ss crib for the baby, but weve been finding out all kinds of horrible things about engineered wood a...
I posted the other day about all the art Id considered when I put the big boy room together (read more here). Well, I also found a load of gorgeous stuff for our baby girls nursery too. Who, by ...
In putting together a new bedroom for our Little Man, along with a nursery for our baby girl, Ive come across some divine artwork. Obviously, I only had four walls in each room to work with, but chec...
A while ago, I pinned this picture of a dog silhouette that I wanted to recreate for Ss big boy room. Well, as it turned out, there wasnt any space on the walls in there for it. In the nursery, thoug...
Ive been chipping away at the Big Boy room and the nursery, as Ive mentioned. Both had pictures hung that werent really working. The solution was simple - the mats (or mounting board) needed a little...
Although I neglected to post about it, I had a rather exciting week last week, blog-wise. First, the lovely Lindsey at Better After featured my Upholstered Ikea bed (read Lindseys feature here)....
I have a little confession: its not completely finished. But the back and bottom cushions are slip-covered and, since a lot of gliders dont even have arm cushions, Ill explain how I did these and the...
Just a quick update on how Im doing with my "impossible" project.You know I started with this:Well, now the back cushion looks like this (except Ive finished the bottom):It turned out pretty ...
I sewed another button initial for one of the Little Mans best buddies, who just turned two (happy birthday J!)...I used the same technique I did for the original S - see the tutorial here - but this...
I mentioned yesterday that Id really like to recover the glider in our baby girls nursery. And I also mentioned that I was entirely intimidated by the idea. I dont really know how to sew. I can do bu...
Ive come to terms with the fact that the nursery just isnt going to be finished by the time baby girl arrives. I want to stencil one of the walls in there, using this stencil from Royal Design Studio...
Happy New Year! My first resolution for 2012 is to get Ss big boy room finished, and on that note, I have been contemplating seating options.I was originally going to DIY a beanbag for the reading ar...
You might be aware that I have a thing for owls (it has taken all I have to resist the urge to do an owl-themed nursery). So, in my very first guest post, Jessica, who writes for Arcadian Lighting, i...
Ive been really enjoying other bloggers year-end round-ups, so Im joining in! I only started blogging in April, so this is really a best of the last eight months - hopefully Ill have more to share ne...
The big boy bed is finally done!This post has been a long time coming for a few reasons, one of which was because it was so hard to get even semi-decent photos. Thanks to the joys of loft living, the...
Heres the latest addition to the Big Boy bedroom...If you ever check out Pinterest, theres a good chance youve seen this idea before. Ive pinned a few similar examples (here, here and here). I had an...
The Little Man and I spent last weekend working on Christmas cards for the grandparents, and, since this might well be my one and only Christmas craft this year, I thought Id share. (Weve put th...
This is sadly just a teaser - I was hoping to have the bed for our Little Mans new room done by now, but its going to be at least another week, I think. Heres where were at so far... I bought and ass...
Just a quick update on how the Big Boy Room is coming along...This is where it started (with the Little Man admiring his baby pics on the computer): We moved the desk out and shifted some of the...
I was recently perusing Ikea Hackers when I stumbled upon this bed, which I rather love.{Original source}And it started out as one of these:{Fjellse Bed Frame, Ikea - $49.99}$50 for the bed frame, a ...
Our kitchen has been in need of a bit of organizing TLC for a while, so today - in the first of what should be a few kitchen organisation posts - Im showing off my new spice jar storage.This was my s...
As Ive mentioned, the Little Mans new big boy bedroom is finally painted, and today we assembled an Expedit to add storage for all his toys. Now that Im ready to start pulling the rest of the room to...
So far, Ive posted not one but two nursery design boards (see them both via my Design Boards tab). I thought I was set, then I came across these fabrics, just released by Caitlin Wilson Textiles...No...
Ive had a couple of questions about where we got everything in our new office area (check out the reveal here), so heres a list of sources...Desk: Bedford Collection at Pottery BarnOttoman: Urban Out...
I know its not even November yet, but I have been perusing all the lovely Christmas catalogues (not to mention Pinterest) and its got me feeling pre-emptively festive.Having kiddiewinks in the h...
Our "new" office area is finished - finally. It only took me like three months (and no, there wasnt that much to do, I just procrastinate a lot). Anyway, check it out.(Please excuse the child...
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