Posted in DIY Projects, Home Sweet Home on Dec 9th, 2009
…decorate!
We are wrapped up in the giant snow storm that is lovingly embracing the Midwest. I got off work early yesterday and surely won’t have to drive in today, so I finally have time to play with some new Christmas decorations!
Last week, K spotted some pretty silver ball garland from Target (like this). [...]
Posted in Furnishings, Home Sweet Home on Nov 2nd, 2009
Ugh, it’s Monday. What can you do? To cheer you up I’m going to share one of my favorite furniture items – the Expedit bookcase from IKEA. I knew that’s what you needed Here it is in all its glory:
What’s so great about it? Well, like everything at IKEA, it’s relatively inexpensive, plus it stores [...]
Posted in Friday's Fabulous Find, Furnishings, Home Sweet Home on Oct 24th, 2009
PSA: Do yourself a favor and get a flu shot. DO IT. And then quarantine yourself until spring.
Hello, lovelies! I apologize for the tardiness of this post. It’s all I can do to get through the day – it’s so bad, I’ve been sleeping in my car at lunch. Yes, I’m that girl. Feel [...]
Posted in Blog Tour, DIY Projects, Furnishings on Sep 28th, 2009
Hello, lovelies, I have quite the treat for you today! I stumbled upon a new blog last week and have been devouring all of the eye-candy ever since (I gorged myself, it’s true). Life in the Fun Lane is written by the lovely Holly….
and oh, how fun it is! She takes second hand furniture from [...]
Posted in Furnishings, Home Sweet Home, Inspiration on Sep 23rd, 2009
Get it? Mantel? Hahaha…oh, I’m glad I can make myself laugh.
Anyway, way back when, I mentioned the problem I’ve been having with decorating our mantel. This is what it looked like then:
I love the cutesy houses and the weird vase (that I’ve been told resembles Larry the Cucumber), but I know that it just looks [...]
Posted in DIY Projects, Furnishings, Home Sweet Home on Sep 16th, 2009
For our next installment of DIY Week at Homage, I’ll give you a walk-through of how I took a crappy bookcase off Craigslist and turned it into a beloved living room item. I’ve previously mentioned how I was inspired by this post by Centsational Girl, but this lovely china cabinet in K’s house brought my [...]
Posted in Home Sweet Home on Aug 12th, 2009
As promised, here is a look inside our homes. Not designer and definitely works in progress, but that’s the point, right?
This is the little green bungalow where K and G reside. Why yes, we do have approximately 1 million hostas. Please PLEASE contact me if you would like some (and, you know, you live [...]