Random post today about a “project” I had no intention of ever mentioning, but it was such a positive experience that I wanted to quickly share: modern and minimal photo books!As a kid I loved flipping through our family photo albums and I always promised myself I would stay on top of managing that area … More Modern Family Photo Albums
One Room Challenge finale post and I’m feeling pretty darn good about it! I have a “new” den I’m in love with and the space is already serving our family better than it ever has. As an ORC first timer, the accountability and defined timeline has been interesting. I love that it kept me on … More Den Reveal – ORC Week 6
Hello hello hello from One Room Challenge Week 5! If you are just joining me, I’m working on switching up our den and sharing progress right here and on the One Room Challenge blog over six weeks. Over 200+ other guest participants, and a handful of legit designers, are working on rooms too – many … More DIY Abstract Painting – ORC Week 5
Hello and welcome to week 4 of the One Room Challenge! Get up to speed on the den revamp right here… Week 1 Intro + plans! Week 2 Paint! Week 3 Wall Paneling! This week is all about furniture decisions! I’m shuffling around couches, chairs, lamps, plants, everything, to see what stays and what goes! … More Den Furniture – ORC Week 4
ORC week 3, here we go! If you have no idea what ORC I’m talking about (LOTR nerd alert), I’m participating in the One Room Challenge as a guest participant and working on our den over six weeks. I’m sharing weekly progress reports here and also linking up on the ORC blog, along with so … More DIY Modern Wall Paneling – ORC Week 3
Welcome to week two of the One Room Challenge! If you missed it, I’m in the middle of reworking our den. Last week I shared the areas I want to improve and vague plans. Today, I’m sharing FRESH WALLS! The blue is long gone and things are feeling very light and bright! I painted right … More Den Paint – ORC Week 2
I am joining in on the One Room Challenge as a guest participant and I am stoked! If you aren’t familiar with the One Room Challenge, or ORC, it’s a biannual event where 20 featured designers and many guest participants do up a room over 6 weeks and share weekly progress. It provides accountability and … More Den Revamp – ORC Week 1
Did you have one of these ceramic lighted trees as a kid? We did and it might be my favorite Christmas decoration memory from childhood. (Well that and an odd stuffed Christmas mouse in clothes that hid under low slung furniture? Mom???) I looked forward to organizing those little plastic bulbs all year long! It … More Rainbow Christmas Tree
Guess what? We finished baseboards in our den years after we put the wood floors down because sometimes doing everything yourself takes a long time pat on the back anyways and to commemorate the accomplishment, I figured an updated room tour was in order. I seem to share this space yearly during holidays (last year and year … More Den
I’m sharing a super simple way to beef up plain or ugly pendant electrical cords today! I have and love this old wicker IKEA lamp, but the plain white cord was an eyesore and I finally, years later, had enough and decided to just something about it. The best solution seemed to be a 100 … More Macrame Pendant Lamp Cord DIY
Christmas happened all around the house but I’m only sharing the den today because of this real life fact: I’m incapable of having two rooms clean at the same time. Today the den is clean. The rest of the house looks like the Wet Bandits blew through town. My kids are in an incredibly prolific … More Christmas Den
I’m finally getting around to posting updated den photos with the new rug + proper heightened fireplace. If you want to catch up, read all about this room here, the lowering of the fireplace here, buying vintage fireplaces here, the bookshelf here, and the new rug here. That light reading should about cover it!The new(er) rug is working … More Den Again
Look who grew by a few feet! Like I said before, this fireplace’s cropped height was driving me crazy because its second flue was too tall by a few inches to fit below the ceiling. It looked nonfunctioning, even though it is (I’m that shallow). And now its fixed, but still nonfunctioning…if you call a centerpiece … More The Preway Grew
This bookshelf. Two things about it: 1. Books sorted by color are for sellouts – And I am a sellout. My sister teases me for color coordinating my books, and I fully deserve it. I like to think I have a decent dose of integrity. But in this case, I am 100% sure I will look back on … More Deep Bookshelf Thoughts
Let me guess…you can’t get those sweet 70’s fireplaces out of your mind since my last mention? Me neither. I’m pretty much ALWAYS thinking about them because very few things in life are better than strange old fireplaces that look like they are going to eat you up. So, what’s left to do but covet more for every room? … More Buying a Vintage Cone Fireplace
I’m bringing back the den. Homes these days with their studies, studios, media rooms, “man caves” (let me swallow the throw up in my mouth), offices, bonus rooms, finished basements, play rooms, blah blah blah. But does anyone have a den anymore??? That oddball room tucked into every house in 70’s and 80’s suburbia? Did you … More Not a Living Room or a Family Room
