Recently, I finished a makeover of a college apartment living room shared by my daughter, Elizabeth, and her four roommates. I was a participant in the One Room Challenge and if you’d like to read about it here is the link to the reveal post: High Style/Low Budget College Apartment Makeover Reveal While the bulk
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Last year, my daughter Elizabeth and I collaborated on bringing function and style to her bland college dorm room. I’ve listed the sources for all of the items at the end of this post. You’ll also find some dorm room hacks in this post that I think are a first of their kind! Like most
At the beach house, everyone enters through the back door. The area just inside the door becomes a messy drop zone for shoes, packages, jackets and beach gear. To bring some organization to this space, we added a Pottery Barn coat rack last year, as well as a diy rack for fishing poles. Recently we
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We’ve been busy with several house projects, all in various stages but none of which are complete. Part of the problem is that I like to wait and see what comes along in terms of accessories and furniture. I love thrifting and yard saling, rather than buying new, but it does take awhile to find
Industrial Shelving Update Read More »
I love the month of January. For me, it is a time to slow down after the busyness of the holidays. It’s usually peppered with a couple of snow days which adds to the take it easy, watch movies, stay in our pj’s all day kind of mode. And there simply is less to do
The Organizing Continues – Pantry & Paints! Read More »
Hi there and happy new year! It seems everyone gets the organizing bug this time of year and I am no exception! I have so many areas of my home to tackle but the one that has bothered me the most is my desk area. In the very busy days leading up to Christmas, I
New Year’s Resolution: Declutter and organize my workstation- check! Read More »
The Hope Christmas Craft Market in Hope, New Jersey is just around the corner on Saturday and Sunday, December 6th and 7th. This is our 6th year doing this show and we are excited about all the furniture pieces we have this year, along with new pillow designs, new wreath designs, new tote bag designs
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In a previous post I shared how we used Ikea cabinets in our new home in order to keep costs down. When I was planning this kitchen and looking at pictures on Pinterest and in magazines, those that were outfitted in head to toe Ikea often looked uber modern and a bit sterile. I found that
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I have a hard time parting with my magazines and love to keep and look at them for years. The hard part is knowing how to store all of them. Here’s an idea that we came upon by accident. We had been given about 300 back copys of the magazine life:beautiful a couple of years
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School’s out here and it’s been a rainy June so my crafty girls are looking for things to do. Flower Pens are an easy, cheap project that can be completed in a short time. Supplies: Flower pot and saucer coffee beans (to anchor the pens) pens silk flowers floral tape wire cutters Directions: 1.) Using
