Week 1 // Week 2 Time for more One Room Challenge updates! I don’t know about you, but I really look forward to seeing how all the other participants are doing each week. There are so many talented designers involved in the challenge this spring, and it’s really fun watching their ideas take shape. After the new bed was installed … More Crate Inspired Nightstands – ORC Week 3
It’s already the 2nd week of the One Room Challenge, a blogging event where participants and featured designers makeover a room in 6 weeks. I’ve decided to make some much-needed changes in my master bedroom, and I shared all the “before” pictures of the room here. Well things are moving right along. Last week, I spent a … More New Bed & A Plan – ORC Week 2
Guess who has decided to participate in the One Room Challenge™ (ORC) this spring? ME!!! ORC is an online blogging event hosted twice a year by Linda at Calling It Home. Bloggers/anyone who want to participate are challenged to transform a room in six weeks. Each week they link up to share their experiences, and … More Master Bedroom ORC Week 1
Way back in July, we filled a big wooden crate with all of our possessions to be shipped to the UK. We knew the shipping process would take a long time (about 3 months). We knew there was some risk involved. We forged ahead, reasoning that risks and some unpleasantness are unavoidable with an international … More Living Room Update/Horrors of Shipping
I really love the idea of crafting, but actually sitting down to make something is a different story. Which is why I spend a lot of time pinning DIY ideas, and zero time DIYing. UNTIL NOW! That’s right, I made something! The other day I came across Beautiful Protest‘s bit about hanging stuff from sticks, … More DIY Jewelry Hanger
Andrew and I have a lot of books, and at this rate we’re going to end up with a lot more than what we have now. I’m studying library and information science, so books come with the territory. Andrew owns a nook, but for some reason he keeps buying hard copies… Fortunately, we both feel … More What to do with your books
When Andrew and I found our first apartment, we knew it would be temporary. We signed a year lease, but figured we’d probably have to move to the UK before it ended. So we moved our mismatched furniture from our college years into the brand new apartment, and tried to piece together a home without … More Apartment Living
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