We had an absolutely wonderful weekend that involved ordering some new furniture for our reorganized living/dining rooms (always exciting!), visiting the brand new Cleveland Flea, and even replacing our thermostat, which doesn’t sound exciting but our old one had been stuck at 68 for about six months. Oh, and we...
Happy first day of fall, you guys! It’s my favorite season. I love the colors, the cozy sweaters and tights (but no winter coats yet!), football games, apple orchards, pumpkin everything, and of course Halloween is the best! And nothing says “first day of fall” like 88 degrees and sunny,...
One of the things we get asked over and over is how to choose white paint. It sounds easy, because white is white, right? But if you look at “white” paints on Benjamin Moore’s website, you get 157 results. One hundred fifty seven slightly different shades of white!!! It’s overwhelming and...
Big progress! Over the weekend Joey stayed with her grandparents so Andy and I could spend aaaaallllll day Sunday working on installing a wide-plank wall in the new nursery. We love how it turned out and think it’s going to be so fun once it’s completed with a couple coats of...
Way back in early December, Andy and I, along with Andy’s brother and his fiancee, threw Andy’s parents a 40th wedding anniversary party. I volunteered to be in charge of the design (of course!), so after a lot of brainstorming I had the idea for a Woodstock theme. Andy’s parents love music and actually recently travelled to...
I knew I wanted to keep decorations simple this year for Halloween, but simple doesn’t mean boring. I came up with the easiest plan ever, and it might actually be my favorite display so far! When we went to the pumpkin patch last weekend, I picked up about 10 small-to-medium pumpkins...
Yesterday was National Ice Cream day. As some of our more long-time readers may know, I love making ice cream. I’d love to one day have my own ice cream shop where all I do all day is make ice cream and some other person deals with the business end...
Sometimes I don’t know if interior design influences my fashion choices or vice versa. Maybe it’s just that I get so consumed with an idea that I want to see it in my living room AND my closet. Last week I shared my ideas for the redesign of my living...
Our pantry is DONE. It only took us, oh, a year, to finish this not-so-difficult project. Don’t let our procrastination dissuade you from attempting something similar. No matter how long it took to actually get off our bums and finish, we’re so happy with how our pantry turned out! Since there’s no...
Sometimes I see a room that just takes my breath away. The other day I saw these rooms on desire to inspire that were photographed by Stellen Herner of Sweden, and I haven’t caught my breath yet. If I didn’t live in an old, dark Victorian house full of old, dark Victorian furniture,...