This, as you may or may not recall, is the moodboard for Abe’s new room. One thing that it doesn’t have in it is a dresser (also curtains. But I have an amazing plan for curtains that I’m very excited about! AMAZING. Well, I think so anyway). I didn’t put in a dresser because I wasn’t sure what sort … Continue reading
Some people always manage a fun pun in their post titles. I LOVE puns, but I seem to be terrible at them. And really good at dry but descriptive titles. It’s so rare that I come up with a wonderful terrible pun, in fact, that I actually remember my two best ones, even though they’re both from college. Ready? So … Continue reading
At our rental house in California, Abe slept on a twin size trundle bed, in a room down the hall from ours. One night he woke up and, when I went to get him, he told me didn’t want to come into bed with us, but wanted to stay in his own bed. Well. I decided it was time to … Continue reading
Post contains affiliate links: if you buy something from Amazon from one of my links, Boxy Colonial gets a few cents, but you don’t pay anything extra. Thanks for supporting Boxy Colonial! When I posted about a potential “Adventure room” for Abe a few months ago, I said I was planning to do a series of mood boards throughout the … Continue reading
Today I’m showing you tiny changes around the house, because….well, because that’s all I’ve got! Abe has a lot of books. He has his Ikea Ribba book ledges, his squid-enhanced shelf, a bunch of books downstairs, and an overflow area in his closet, and there are STILL usually books all over the floor (and stacked three deep on his book … Continue reading
There comes a time in every home blogger’s life when she has to face the reality that her foyer rug just isn’t working out. Well, or maybe it’s just me. This is how my foyer used to look: I bought the blue batik rug from Urban Outfitters (it looks like it’s not available anymore), and I really loved it. It … Continue reading
Sometimes, when people blog about their houses, they worry that someday their houses will be all finished, and they won’t have anything else to blog about. I don’t have this worry at all. For one thing, we’re really slow. For another thing, we have a relatively big house with none of this “open concept” business; lots and lots of boxy … Continue reading
Thanks to Artollo for sending this whale print for me to review. I wasn’t otherwise compensated for this post, and all opinions are mine. Abe’s been in his new room for nearly a year now, so I thought it’d be a good time to check back in on the room and talk about how it’s working out and what’s changed … Continue reading
Let me tell you a little cautionary tale about how important careful reading skills are. Awhile back, I came across this post about art from The Hobbit on the blog, Brain Pickings. The post featured artwork from different editions of The Hobbit from all over the world, like this illustration by Tove Jansson: Gollum?! Is that YOU?! It was pretty … Continue reading
Post contains affiliate links; thanks for supporting Boxy Colonial! I know hexagon shelves are a dime a dozen these days, but I wanted to make some for Milo and August’s room because they’re awesome. We have a special affection for hexagons around here because two of our bathrooms came with hex tile. Our house had hexagons before hexagons were cool. … Continue reading