Photo inspiration + weekend links

Images from here I'm a day late with my usual Friday post, but we had some family over for dinner last night and I spent most of the day...

An organized, but still unfinished, closet

After I finally got around to painting my closet, I took some time to sort through my clothes - again - and added a few more things to the g...

DIY striped closet

On Friday, Janice's freshly-painted dressing room  inspired me to do a little painting of my own. Back when I painted our bedroom, I thi...

Photo inspiration + weekend links

source: A Cup of Jo Did you see this San Francisco apartment tour on A Cup of Jo? A family of four, 500 square feet. It's inspiring stu...

Refresh an old light fixture in 5 minutes

Life's little details have been keeping me busy lately (i.e. I spent an hour shovelling our driveway this morning. Winter, I'm so ov...

5 DIY ideas

We spent the weekend visiting Adam's family and yesterday I had an afternoon brunch with a few girlfriends. It was lovely. Since I didn&...

Photo inspiration + weekend links

source: DesignSponge source: DesignSponge When we finally renovate our stairs, I'd love to try out some chunky stripes like these. I thi...

Seven ways to decorate an Easter egg

Easter falls early this year, which means I've already started thinking about chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs. I'm determined to a...

Updating boring slab doors with paint

I don't know what's harder to believe: that I'm sharing these embarrassing pictures of our entryway on the internet, or that I&#...

Weekend projects

We started sleep training and Adam got hit with a flu-like cold this weekend, so we're all a little worse for wear today. The good news ...

Photo inspiration + weekend links

  If you weren't convinced about the transformational power of paint, make sure you check out the full  before and after on Design Spon...

Choosing an area rug for the nursery

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . Now that the  DIY book box is complete, the only thing missing from  Hannah's room  is a rug. I've rounded up a...

DIY striped pelmets

My pelmet project took a little longer than I thought. All the steps are easy, but I wasn't sure about the painted stripe, so I waited u...

Hannah's monthly photo

Hannah is seven months old today. I caught her in a serious moment during our "shoot" this morning and thought it would be fun to ...

Photo inspiration + weekend links

Images via Lonny.com I've been think about adding pelmets to the windows in our bedroom for awhile, but this living room - from Lonny...