We lightened up our bedding for spring in our master bedroom. It felt so good to pack away the flannel sheets and we look forward to sleeping with the windows open soon.
April 9, 2015
April 4, 2015
Happy Easter!
Signs of spring are finally everywhere. We have been excitedly preparing for Easter Sunday. Our Easter preparations always include a trip to the neighborhood near where I grew up. I received a chocolate Easter bunny from Genevieve's Home Made Chocolates in Garfield, NJ every year and now my kids do too. It's a holiday tradition for us and I hope this store never closes. The chocolate is, by far, the best I have ever tasted. Godiva? No thanks. For us, it's always been about Genevieve's and I love supporting a small family business. The shop is always filled with customers from miles and miles around who, like us, return to the old neighborhood for their holiday chocolate.
April 2, 2015
Kitchen Dish Towels Turned Kitchen Curtains
March 26, 2015
DIY Project: Industrial Stool Turned Side Table
This corner of our living room is my favorite place to sit. I keep my laptop and iPad charger just behind this oh-so-comfy Ikea chair along with whatever book I am currently reading. I guess you could call this "my spot". But I was missing a side table here. A place to rest a cup of coffee and such. I had my eye on a cute little industrial table from Target, but the online reviews were awful and when I went to see it in the store, I realized why. The top was made very poorly. So there in the furniture aisle at Target, I spied this industrial stool on sale for $50 and I knew that there was a $10 off coupon code for furniture online that week. The stool looked just like the bottom of the table I liked and I knew that we could build a much better top, for much less than the $80 table I had come to look at.
March 20, 2015
Spring Living Room
Happy first day of spring! We are expecting a few inches of snow this afternoon and they have already called for an early dismissal from school today. So I am focusing on the inside of our house, where there are many signs of spring. And hopefully any snow we get today we get today will melt tomorrow when some warmer temperatures return.
March 18, 2015
March 16, 2015
Spring Family Room
Welcome to our spring family room. This is the lower level room in our split level home. I made a few changes to lighten things up in our family room for spring. I like this room to feel warm and homey whatever the season. I added a quilt (from Marshalls last year) and some new throw pillows to the sofa. Over on the mantel, I added a window pane mirror that I had in my basement and painted the letters to make up the word "bloom" with spring green craft paint.
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