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Design Risks 26 Aug 2013 | 05:46 pm
via flickr creative commons While shopping over the weekend for some (ridiculously overpriced) bar stools, we were told by a salesman that the bar stools in question were welded together so they woul...
Obsession of the Moment: Word Art 20 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
I don't know what it is, but I am so into Monograms, Calligraphy, Hand-lettering, Typography, and anything that has to do with words and letters drawn in a beautiful swirly fashion. I want my monogra...
Our art studio/craft space 16 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
There are quite a few rooms in this house that are pretty unfinished, and will remain that way for awhile. And although this room I'm about to show you is one of the most unfinished of all, it's still...
My Cleaning Checklist 12 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
Getting into a housecleaning routine since we moved has been a bit of a challenge. As I've already mentioned, the floors are a lot to keep on top of...and that's just one aspect of keeping the house c...
House Tours Updated 9 Aug 2013 | 06:09 pm
I realized that my "house tour" link is going to be a work in progress for quite some time, so I figured I would just attempt to add projects and rooms as we "finish" them. I imagine it'll be years b...
Ombre Painted Dresser 6 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
I hinted at this project in an earlier post, but have been terribly slow in getting around to finishing up the details. That's sort of how life has been around here lately- we worked like CRAZY to get...
Texturized 2 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
I think it must have been all of the hours that I spent obsessing over which rug to put in the family room that turned me crazy- but once I laid my eyes on the varied golden beautiful texture of a jut...
Keeping up with the floors 30 Jul 2013 | 05:42 pm
One of the things that attracted us most to this house was the floors. They are all beautiful and golden and shiny. But anyone who has wood floors in their house will tell you that even though they ar...
My navy blue, dream come true, Family Room 25 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
Alrighty, it's time for the "big reveal" of one of the only rooms in our house that I consider "done," and by "done," I mean it's only missing 3 or 4 things that I can think of off of the top of my he...
How to clean a chandelier 22 Jul 2013 | 10:27 pm
At some point I am going to have to sit down and really write a post about the state of this house when we moved into it. I feel like in every post I touch on how dirty it was, but I never REALLY brea...
