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Recent Projects Around the House
I made yet another trek to IKEA (somehow still forgetting the one damn thing I needed to return. Guess I’m keeping it now) to get some more stuff for our house now that we’re settled in enough to know what we need. One of the best purchases has been these bedside lamps for our room…
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Closet Makeover
As I mentioned in a previous post, the closets in our house were not installed correctly. Not even a little bit. In fact, one ripped out of the wall soon after moving in, as you can see here. We hemmed and hawed about what to do in the closet, but ended up going with a…
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New Homeowner Trials
We are finally getting settled into our new place, and like many homeowners, are learning that there are a few quirks that go along with our new home. So far, we’ve discovered these things: – All of our closets were installed incorrectly. – Our yard was apparently a garbage pit at some point (we expected…
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New House!
I haven’t been back to post much in the past few weeks because I have been a busy little bee! I headed down to Texas for my sister’s wedding which was a great time and Rob and I just bought our first house! It’s been pretty non-stop for the past few weeks with wedding stuff,…
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Bedskirt for a Box Springless Bed
We’re running a little low on space in our tiny apartment (hopefully we’ll finally find a house soon!) so no space can go to waste when it comes to storage. That means that under the bed is prime real estate, space which we’ve already filled to the brim with clothes, a shelf we don’t have…
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Magnificent Marimo
Until recently, I had never even heard of marimo, but I saw a picture on Pinterest and immediately fell in love. They are so cute! Since I am insistent on killing a plant in every genus known to man, I ordered myself some. They arrived a few days ago and are seriously adorable, though considerably…
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30 More (and Then Some) Great Places to Buy Fabric Online
By far the most popular post on this blog (I’ll be honest, it’s the one that brings in almost all of the traffic) was the post I did on great places to buy fabric online. I got dozens of responses from readers about other online sites they loved and felt should be included, so I…