When we were working on this room–for a very long time–Ari and I had a running joke where he insisted it needed a theme, like Abe’s National Parks room. “Are we ever going to finish my baseball-Star Wars-math room?” he’d ask. There is not actually a theme. And we took so long to finish that it’s sort of not even … Continue reading
I was this close to just buying regular old black track shelving hardware at Home Depot or wherever for Ari’s room. But at the last minute I looked around online for more exciting options, and I’m really glad I did. This brass is taking the sting out of the copper-hardwared dresser not working out the way I’d planned. The brass! I love … Continue reading
This post is kind of sad. Probably more for me than for you. I had a wonderful vision for the dresser for Ari’s room. It involved copper pulls and Target, so what could go wrong? I thought. Many things, it turned out. So many things that I did not even bother to take pictures with the real camera. Cruddy iphone … Continue reading
An IKEA hack stacked plywood desk for Ari’s very, very slow room makeover! Putting your own top on Ikea’s Alex drawer units to make a desk is not a revolutionary idea, as a quick glance at Pinterest will tell you. But it is, nevertheless, what we did, and we put a bit of our own twist on it by using … Continue reading
We’re in the middle of the very long process of replacing all of our upstairs carpet with bamboo. As in, it’s been going on for years now, and I’m not sure when it will be complete. But right now we’ve done three out of four bedrooms, so I feel ready to talk about the big question of how it’s all … Continue reading
In an utterly unsurprising turn of events, a project that was supposed to consist of ripping out carpet and putting down bamboo in Ari’s room has turned into something…bigger. But first, here’s where we started: That’s what his room has looked like since we first redid it back when he was twelve. And now he’s just turned NINETEEN. So I … Continue reading
Last summer, on the very last morning of our giant cross-country road trip, we went for a walk at Tannehill Ironworks State Park in Alabama, where we were staying. And we spotted this little guy by the side of the trail (excuse my foggy lens. Alabama in July is humid, ya’ll): An ALIVE armadillo! It stared at us for a … Continue reading
Post contains affiliate links. If you buy something after following my link, you don’t pay anything extra, but I get a small commission. Thanks for supporting Boxy Colonial! Disclaimer: Gus isn’t actually a teen yet. He’s 12 1/2. But Teen/Tween Boys’ Room is too unwieldy for the title. Also, in six months I will have THREE TEEN BOYS! Ack! I feel a little weird … Continue reading
Just a quick update on Milo and Gus’s room today, because I love these chairs! And so do they. We needed chairs for the desks under the Stuva loft beds, and Milo and Gus both really, really wanted the spinning variety of office chair, so that they could roll across the floor constantly and make lots of noise right over our … Continue reading
Right this second, I’m sitting at a campground on Jekyll Island, having a glass of wine and watching Jesus Christ Superstar Live. But just a week ago, we were frantically trying to get the floors finished in Milo and Gus’s room and put their new beds together so they could move back in and we could get the house semi-put … Continue reading