Category: Design

  • Holiday Decorations 2013

    Holiday Decorations 2013

    Here’s a peek at how we decorated our house this holiday season!

  • Avery’s Nursery: Final Walkthrough

    Avery’s Nursery: Final Walkthrough

    I haven’t posted anything here in awhile but it hasn’t been due to laziness or even a lack of things to post. Late pregnancy has left me with very painful carpal tunnel syndrome, which makes it really hard to spend much time typing or even just tooling around on the web. It has derailed a…

  • Hallway Changes

    Hallway Changes

    Hallways are some of the most used spaces in a home but often get neglected when it comes to decor. That’s in part because they have to be so functional that sometimes looks fall by the wayside. We recently made some changes to our hallway spaces that help bring both together, I hope.

  • Modifying an Ikea Easel for Maximum Cuteness

    Modifying an Ikea Easel for Maximum Cuteness

    One of the great things about Ikea is that they have stuff that’s really useful (and often quite attractive) for far less than other stores. One of the things I snagged for the nursery was this little easel where we can write messages to the baby and that she can use for art projects later…

  • Living Room Update

    Since I managed to not post anything to this blog for like five months, some major changes in our living room have gone unmentioned. One of the biggest is that we finally kicked out the big, white frumpy chair we had in exchange for this seriously adorable one from Ikea. I also made and bought…

  • Let There Be Lamps!

    Our dining room has long been the most blah room in our house, and probably will continue to be so for quite some time to come. I’m just not sure what to do with it and since we don’t use it a lot, it has been a bit neglected. I did, however, finally get around…

  • Yard Planter Construction Success

    When we moved into our house, the yard was a bit of a disaster. It was uneven, full of garbage, and devoid of pretty much any landscaping. We spent a lot of time our first summer in the house getting things looking good and enjoying our new backyard space. Unfortunately, we quickly discovered one of…