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How Not to Update a Spring Mantle: Procrastination Strikes Again!

There’s a hoppin’ spring mantle party today over at Lettered Cottage, which is perfect because my mantle has been staring at me, dejectedly, wondering why it’s been ignored since Christmas, and I can no longer stand the guilt and condemnation. But that doesn’t explain why I did it all wrong this year. So here’s how […]

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Decorating the Nursery: How would you do it?

Maybe the longer I delay finishing the nursery for this baby girl, the longer she’ll delay arriving. That’s a reasonable expectation, right? Not that I want to be any more pregnant than I am. No – no one has ever been this pregnant before, EVER. This is me a month ago: Imagine that, but now […]

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The office built-in wall is FINISHED

We finished the office built-in wall. I mean, no big deal. Just a tiny little project we started and finished. No exclamation marks necessary. We are all TOTALLY CALM AND RESERVED ABOUT THIS. Extremely accurate depiction of both of us. Okay, for OTHER people, this would be no big deal, because OTHER people can start […]

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Best Online Shopping Tips: Part 2 – Ebay

This post is part 2 in a series. Check out Part 1: Craigslist Shopping Secrets and Part 3: Tricks to saving money online. Remember back in the dark ages of the interwebs when eBay was mostly populated by individual sellers with unique items, back before it was taken over by massive industry and lost all […]

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Picking Teams: the Ruthless Art of Decorating with Fresh Flowers

Last weekend was a fun, busy one for us: we had family in town, celebrated Weston’s 2nd birthday, and my friends and family threw a beautiful baby shower for the little girl. So that was my excuse for “needing” fresh flowers around the house. Before I tell you about all that family stuff, let’s talk […]

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Tagged!

There’s a little game of tag going around the ol’ blogosphere (I love using that word like it’s a normal thing to say). I’ve been tagged by a few of my favorite bloggers: Erin at His and Hers Blog, Lisa at Shine Your Light and Jean at Flower Hill Design, so I’m going to jump […]

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My Best Online Shopping Tips: Part 1 – Craigslist

Welcome new readers! This is part 1 of a series. See part 2: secrets of Ebay shopping and part 3: saving money everywhere else. Don’t miss my other money-saving posts: subscribe via RSS feed here, or through Facebook or Twitter to catch the rest. Thanks for stopping by! Let’s do a series, whaddaya say? Because […]

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The Office Design Plan that Didn’t Happen

You might remember that we’ve been redoing our office, which started out looking like this: And will possibly someday also have an accompanying “after” shot. (We are excellent “before” photo collectors.) The wall of bookshelves is actually incredibly close to being finished, but cutting in the paint between the shelves is the most tedious, terrible, […]

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A bunch of random junk

1. First reason why I’m freaking out This baby girl is due in 8 weeks, less if she comes early like her big brother. And guess what I’ve done in her nursery? EXACTLY NOTHING. Not any things. If I make pizza, will you guys all come over and just knock it out in one afternoon? […]

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Secrets of Antique Auctions

Maybe when YOU go on a date, you go dancing, or go bar-hopping, or to a fantastic concert or some other glamorous thing. A rave = “some other glamorous thing” We recently got a babysitter and a whole evening to ourselves, so naturally we headed straight an event where the average age was three times […]

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What If Your Husband Had Free Reign to Decorate? {Honey Do-List Blog Swap}

Hasn’t this week been fun?! I’m sad that today is the last day of the Honey Do-List Blog Swap, but today is a SUPER fun topic: What would your house look like if your significant other made the decorating decisions? You can read what I have to say – along with Erin, Carrie and Michelle‘s […]

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The Number 1 Thing I’ve Learned… {Honey-Do List Blog Swap}

It’s Honey-Do List Blog Swap Day here! A handful of freakin’ fantastic DIY bloggers are spillin’ the beans on the number one thing they’ve learned about doing DIY projects as a partnership. If you missed the kick-off yesterday, head over to Erin’s blog and check out Day 1, then saunter your pretty lil bottom right […]

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Top Tips for Surviving DIY Projects with Your Significant Other

It’s Valentines week, and that means mushy, gushy, couple-y things and flowers and teddy bears holding hearts. Important soapbox moment regarding teddy bears holding hearts: NO. Just NO. Why are these still in circulation? NO ONE WANTS THIS as a Valentines Day gift. Please return it to the 7-eleven where you bought it. That is […]

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Bloggy Birthday Party

You are invited! What: Bloggy birthday party When: Today Why: Because there will be BROWNIES. RSVP: In the comments please. Oh look, brownies! sourceSee? I would never get your hopes up for nothing. Especially when chocolate is involved. I’m calling this my one-year bloggy birthday even though it’s technically not. I started blogging in 2008, […]

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How to Choose a Paint Color: the Thinking Tube Method

Interior designers will tell you the proper process for choosing paint involves finding an inspiration piece and pulling the paint color directly from that piece. It involves buying paint samples and applying them all to the wall to decide which works best in different light. They will not tell you the truth: it’s really all […]

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