Thrifting Vintage Wooden Stools For The Kitchen
Soooooo smething crazy happened. Here’s a little hint: It all started when John and I were lying in bed one night talking about what we’d l…
Decorating Ideas and Projects
Here are a bunch of decorating tips and tricks to upgrade any home and makeover rooms on a budget. From curtain hanging tips to what kind of rug to get (and how to mix patterns) there's a lot of info to discover.
Hanging A Mirror Over The Mantel
We’re reaching the point in our house where we’re finally trying to slowly upgrade the “we’ll-just-put-this-here- for-now-since-we-just-mov…
Listy McListerson: Updated
Warning: this post contains more words than a handful of housewives can sling around in one of those two hour reunion episodes. So feel fre…
A Curvy Armchair For The Kitchen
Chairs are definitely one of those high/low things for us. In the low category we have our $30 thrift store egg chair… … our $32 stools fro…
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
First there was a fortunate event. We found a giant piece of art in a pretty wood frame selling for $20 at a yard sale in our neighborhood.…
How To Paint An Old Egg Chair
I have officially hatched my evil egg chair plan (mwah-hah-hah). Sorry, couldn’t resist an ovum-related pun. Anyway the $30 thrift store ca…
A Green & Gray Living Room
It all started when I was going back through old posts looking for a link to something when I came across this old forgot-about-it mood boa…
How To Decorate A Dining Room Buffet
Yes, that’s an SNL reference. But before I go any further I have to say thanks and I love you to you guys. Your kind words from this mornin…
$230 Bathroom Makeover
The ceiling hole is patched (see more on how I get that done here, complete with a ridiculous video of the process) – although admittedly t…
Add Something Old To Every Room
You know how a bunch of designers have been saying things like “every room should have something old in it”? Or have I been the only one no…
Renovating Arguments – They Definitely Happen
Occasionally we get comments like “I don’t know how you spend all day together without fighting.” While I appreciate the assumption that we…
Buying Rugs For Our House
It feels like the last few months have been The Age Of Rugs. We got this one from a local outlet for our bedroom… … this one from Urban Out…