Every year I say I’m going to keep the Christmas decorating simple. And then I get into it and have so much fun, blasting the Michael Bublé Holiday Pandora station and thinking up that “one more idea” that before I know it, every last hall is decked. But, that’s just how we do it here. […]
Today I’m sharing the how-to for the personality of my recently made-over mud room: the mustache and monocle pillow. Super-fun and yet simple, this could be a great little accessory for all kinds of rooms. To make this, I combined a few of my stand-by techniques including using canvas drop cloth for the fabric choice […]
You may not agree at first, but I think Thanksgiving is the perfect time to come to terms with the fact that life is just not fair. Someone gets the last of the Lucky Charms… or has to go to bed earlier than their sister… or gets wrongly accused… and the first thing you hear […]
And now for the continuing story of the mud room… Instead of getting treated like a tired old maid who was constantly being bogged down with all my kids’ junk, I thought I’d rescue the old mud room. Give it a new personality. One that was a little more dignified. Like a distinguished English butler, […]
I have four kids. Therefore, I have four-kids-worth of kid paraphernalia. Coats, shoes, bags, and junk galore. We’ve got it. So, when we built our house three years ago, my husband and I made sure the plans included a mud room for pretty and practical storage of the kids’ stuff. Only, it turned out to […]
