adios teddy

Last weekend we said farewell to the teddy bears in the office. I used my new fancy shmacy wallpaper steamer and while it was warming up I made this progress! As opposed to the basement wallpaper this stuff was sized and therefore came off in a snap! Without even steaming some of it came off…

Office Inspiration

This post is all over the place. I’m trying to transform the small bedroom upstairs from teddy bears to a grown-up office/crafting space. Needs: Hide my computer tower (Yes, I still use a desktop but my monitor can kick your laptops screen’s butt.) Large desk space for my sewing machine (Yes, I am an old lady who…

Teddy Bear Office

Since we moved in I’ve been working in what I like to call the teddy bear office. The room became the dumping ground for all things random. After I painted the dresser it sat like this, hardware-less, for several months. And slowly the room started collecting other random homeless items like my sewing machine, our old nightstand…

i like your colors

Remember how I originally ordered Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze for one of the basement colors but then chickened out? One of my fav blogs, YoungHouseLove, just painted their garage doors Urbane Bronze. I’m pretty sure they copied me. HA, just kidding, but it does look great on their garage doors!! I did end up using the…

from clutter to BRIGHT to minty

The front bedroom of our house went from cluttered to BRIGHT to minty. Below is when it was in it’s cluttered phase. It was winter we were still in housing limbo with Nolan’s parents so our stuff and their stuff was all over the house. Lucky for us this room and fan (???) had very…

Crafty – Starburst Mirror

Inspired by this post by Crafty Nest I set out to make my very own starburst mirror. Starburst mirrors are kind of a big deal right now, just Google starburst mirror image and look at the variations. I had these small IKEA mirrors left over from the MPLS house. Combine that with some craft sticks…