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The Garden of Edlen
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Welcome my garden! Here you'll find an inspired collection of my favorite things, all "planted" and blogged together for your enjoyment. Hours of online shopping curated into neat little bouquets and glimpses into DIY projects as I add personality into my first home. A few wants and dreams sprinkled in as well. Enjoy!
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Sproost: Interior Design Style Quiz

I am in LOVE with this site! Sproost is an awesome website that kicks off with a fun quiz that leads to you your own personal interior design style. I turned out to be mostly "French Eclectic"...

1 day ago

Currently loving... Pennies and Morocco

Anything Genevieve Gorder does is all right in my book - and a few months ago I noticed her using a lot of great textures in tile. Yes, a crisp white subway tile is classic and beautiful - but why no...

03 may 12

In serious need of an update!

I cant believe its been so long since my last post! Ive got all kinds of ideas cooked up and not enough time to get them all put together, but I promise to get on it SOON! In the meantime, heres what...

20 apr 12

Deciding Between Styles

Interior design is all about choices. Collecting the things you love, editing out what doesnt work in a room, while pervading your overall style throughout your home. I think one of the biggest chall...

05 mar 12

Keeping Portland Weird: Urban Iditarod

Interior design is what I love the write about the most - but here and there I like to sprinkle in little tidbits about my life. I hope yall dont mind! This weekend is the Portland Urban Iditarod. Qu...

23 feb 12

Guest Post: Colorful Chairs

A very special thanks and warm welcome to Mari, from Design Shuffle! As my very first guest writer, I am honored and excited to share this fun post with you! Hello, everyone! Its Mari, a writer from ...

22 feb 12

iPhone Wallpaper from Pinterest

I love love LOVE Pinterest. I remember when my husband first showed it to me (before everyone knew about it, because hes just that cool!) and I thought, why the heck would I want to spend my day look...

16 feb 12

Cateyes and Color Blocking

Last weekend was one of the first times since having a baby that Ive felt somewhat like myself. Losing all those extra lbs has definitely helped, so to celebrate and bring out my confidence I asked m...

15 feb 12

Playing with Polyvore

Ive been meaning to try out Polyvore for a while now - so I went out on a limb and gave it a shot. Polyvore is a fun site where you can put together inspiration boards of clothing, furnitur...

14 feb 12

Polyvore Test Drive

Ive been meaning to try out Polyvore for a while now - so I went all out on this one. If you want to tease yourself with AMAZING furniture that is slightly pricey, take a peak over at Zinc Door....

14 feb 12

Sunday Funday

I just LOVE the weekend - I finally get to spend some time with my husband and I get a little extra baby help as an added bonus. This means that I get a few extra moments to put myself together, so I...

13 feb 12

Edlen Family Follies

My husband is quite the talented photographer - and Ive been playing around with apps on my iPhone lately - so I decided today would be a fun day to go out and take a few pictures. I dont have any ph...

12 feb 12

Jack Attack!

Baby Jack is approaching the 6 month mark (what the WHAT?!) and Ill be darned he gets cuter every single day. Because of this, it would be absolutely reckless of me not to share his royal handsomenes...

11 feb 12

Small Spaces: Classic Portland Apartment

Last night my dear friend Ashley had Jack, Matt and I over for a small dinner party at her adorable and classic Portland apartment. We had so much fun chatting about work and baby Jack - thank you so...

10 feb 12

Small Spaces: Desk with a view

As a busy new mom I dont have time to keep my entire house clean all at once - so I thought it would be best to feature one small piece of my house at a time. This week Im showing off my desk with a ...

07 feb 12

Getting back to blogging!

Its been a little while - baby Jack is getting more and more active and Im also a bridesmaid so Ive been a tad busy lately - but I promise - a new post is coming so stay tuned until tomorrow (when I ...

07 feb 12

Painted Ceilings

If my husband would let me... Id love to paint a ceiling in our house. The outlook is cloudy, maybe when we live in an actual house instead of a condo. Until then, I dont think Ill even ask. So ...

30 jan 12

Fab

I have to give it up to my friend Elke for introducing me to Fab after a little tweeting back and forth about One Kings Lane. As the page opened, it only took me about 2 seconds to experience th...

26 jan 12

One Kings Lane

There are a slew of great sites that feature flash sales of designer items that send you daily or weekly updates for your home (One Kings Lane, The Foundary), baby (Zulily), the hubs (Shop It To...

25 jan 12

Chevrons and Ikats and Poufs, OH MY!

These days, you cant get away from these bold decor statements - and I LOVE IT! Chevron and Ikat patterns are taking over, and your room simply isnt complete without a pouf/ottoman (however functiona...

11 jan 12

Target Introduces Some Seriously Chic Furniture!

This surprised me - I stumbled on this collection of KILLER furniture from Target! Check it out: Like are you kidding me?!?! LOVES IT!

08 jan 12

How to make a fake orchid look real - with things I found around my house!

Ive had a faux orchid sitting around my house for a little over a year and I just havent had the inspiration to do anything with it. I didnt want to go the typical moss route, and its difficult to ju...

08 jan 12

My Wedding

I met my husband at work on June 9, 2009. We were married 16 months later in October 10, 2010 and had our baby 13 months after that on September 4, 2011. So as you can see, Ive had a pretty busy last...

07 jan 12

How to Care for Orchids

Ive been pining over live orchids for a while now - we had one on every table at our wedding (oh... that gives me an idea for a future post!) so needless to say, I adore them. I just picked one up to...

05 jan 12

Entering the Blogosphere

It may sound naive of me, but I really had no idea there were SO many blogs out there! One for every taste or interest, I could get lost in searching through blogs all day. What amazes and inspires m...

04 jan 12

GofE DIY - Wall Art Vingette

I am SO excited about my new wall art vignette! Ive been admiring mish-mashed collections of frames and mirrors on Pinterest, and if you remember my post from Plasticland I included this AMAZING litt...

03 jan 12

GofE Bouquet - Destination Lighting

One of the most important aspects of interior design is lighting. If youve ever watched Divine Design and wondered where you can find those sleek modern pendant lights that Candic...

02 jan 12

Ive been dreaming... of a faux fireplace

The hubs and I searched endlessly for the perfect home before our baby arrived. I think we looked at... 60 homes? Finally we got fed up and decided that homes were overrated (for now) and we bought a...

02 jan 12

Babys Room - Jacks Pied-à-terre

I stole this post from my personal blog - (which I desperately need to update) but really wanted to share with you here! My original idea was a Mad Men theme for Jacks room. I started there by using ...

02 jan 12

GofE Luxury Pick - Christopher Farr Cloth

 As I thumb through the pages of interior design magazines, or watch an episode of my fave "Sarahs House", (a show which I could write an entire blog about alone) I often dream of w...

30 dec 11

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