I’ve got a motley collection of things that don’t get their own posts today. 1. New blanket! If you’ve ever read the comments section on Apartment Therapy (or, umm, anywhere on the internet), you’ve probably noticed that being incredibly kind and giving is not everyone’s top priority when making comments. I’ve usually gotten off fairly easy over there, though, and … Continue reading
As those of you who follow me on Instagram already know, my brass animal menagerie went through a pretty significant expansion this past weekend. When we heard about the “Thrifting with Tyler” fundraiser for Dwell with Dignity a few weeks ago, my friend Kristi and I signed right up because we love thrifting, days off from children, and long bus … Continue reading
We’re mostly still working on Abe’s new room this week, but I also have a couple of small bathroom updates to share. My small bathroom updates have me itching to make some more progress in there and start seeing things come together. So fingers crossed for a another snow week so Dave will be home to help! Just kidding. I … Continue reading
There’s a lot of unintentional alliteration in my title right there. Uncrowded periods at Ikea are just about as elusive and valuable as at Disney World. Last year I hit upon the idea of giving Superbowl evening a try and met with great, uncrowded success. So this year we decided to go ahead and call it an annual tradition. … Continue reading
Babies are very easy to shop for relative to older kids, yet I’ve put off buying stuff for Abe the longest. I’m more or less finished with the older kids, and it was surprisingly easy this year (umm, partly because they all agreed on sharing a Wii U for their big gift, so they’re not getting a whole lot else). … Continue reading
Who’s ready for a post that’s not about Christmas?! If you’re like me, there’s not much that’s not about Christmas going on in your actual life right now, so it’s kind of a relief to read about something else on a blog at least. I usually blog pretty much in real time….we finish a project, and then blog about it … Continue reading
As you may or may not recall, a couple of months ago we got a new loveseat for the library, and said loveseat’s diminutive proportions made our side chairs look somewhat ridiculous: I sold those chairs (and our old chess table) to my mom the other day to sell at her shop. She gave me $70 for everything and … Continue reading
I have a history of ordering things online and expecting them to be much bigger than they actually are. One time I ordered a bunch of stuff for the kids for Christmas, thinking confidently that I had ordered them so much stuff; it was going to look like TEN Christmases when it got here. I wouldn’t need to buy another … Continue reading
This week I got together with those five other bloggers up there to do a whole house full of all Ikea mood boards. (You can see all the mood boards here). Today we’re continuing our Ikea-splosion by each doing a more general post about using Ikea in your house. Because, generally speaking, you don’t really fill a room ENTIRELY with … Continue reading
Yesterday I showed you my bathroom mood board. Today I give you…..ALL the boards. A house tour. It’s like going through one of those fake Ikea apartments, only bigger and you don’t have to leave your house, and you don’t have to go during the Superbowl to avoid the crowds. And everyone’s board is so great! I had so much … Continue reading