The Pink Wall

We’ve been gradually adding to our vacation photos – the focal point of the biggest wall in our great room.  As we added one or two photos at a time, the grouping took on a decidedly weird look.  I ended up taking down all of the photos recently, in order to put up some little vintage [...]

A Few Changes

This summer I scooped up a cute little mid-century modern cupboard at a garage sale for a few bucks.  It was perfect as a place to drop keys when we came in the door.  However, it was only a couple of days into its new life when Wallace chewed up an edge and an entire [...]

Good-bye Stripes, Hello Polka Dots!

Last year I striped my hallway.  I never was very happy with it.  I kept adding more and more stripes, hoping I’d like it better and then finally decided to quit before it got worse.  Not sure if it was the colour-combo or the stripes themselves, but I knew it couldn’t stay.  A little while [...]

Pinwheel Ikea Light

I wasn’t in love with our last alteration to the Ikea dandelion light, so we did some playing around and came up with the idea of making pinwheels out of pages torn out of magazines.  Martha and I are very happy with this version of the light, so we’ll keep it this way for a [...]

Another alteration of the IKEA Dandelion Light

I’ve tried a couple of different versions of the IKEA dandelion light over the past year and a half.  I tried pink paper hearts a year ago but they only stayed up for a day.  Not a fan.  When I was in New York a couple of weeks ago, I was inspired by a light [...]