I Resolve to Have More Fun
If yesterday's tragic bombing in Boston teaches us anything, it is that life is too short. You don't know exactly how much time you have on the planet, and the saddest thing of all is that it could only be [...]
LED Daylight Bulbs Suck
We have a five-light halogen light fixture in our kitchen that had declined to the point of having one lone working bulb in it. Every night I felt a little like Laura Ingalls Wilder, making dinner out on the prairie [...]
Feng Shui’ing My Office
While we're on the subject of transformation, if you have an interest in improving various facets of your life via feng shui, I highly recommend Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life, by Karen Rauch Carter. I've mentioned this book before, [...]
Meet the Petersiks of Young House Love at BookPeople Tonight
We dorked it up to meet Jonathan Adler last month and we're doing it again tonight! This time it's John and Sherry Petersik from Young House Love at bat. Their eponymous home decor book full of DIY decorating how-tos hit [...]
Mini-Makeover: Natasha’s Living Room Built-Ins & Bedroom
Somehow I totally missed posting this mini-makeover before and after. D'oh! So although it's very Christmas-y, better late than never, right? Natasha was one of our Guest Room Giveaway one-hour mini-makeover winners. Natasha and husband Glen welcomed a baby boy [...]
Gift Guides & Holiday Tips
Is it too late to post a gift guide? No? You're still on the hunt, too? Pinterest is making it mighty easy to get gift ideas and holiday decorating inspiration, and I thought it would be the perfect way to [...]
Claire’s Blog Roundup: November
Room Fu Decorologist Claire Patrick has pulled her favorite posts from the blogosphere for another monthly wrap-up! 1. At its origins, I fully intended on writing these “best of” monthly posts without repeating a particular blog – there are SO [...]
Thanksgiving Prep: Table Linens
Okay, so this whole holiday thing is upon us, and if you're hosting Thanksgiving this year, you don't want to wait until the last minute to get your table linens locked down. We've put together several different combos to give [...]
How to Select Art for Your Bathroom
Ages ago, a blog-reader-slash-client posed this question on Facebook: "Can you tell us what kind of art you should put in a bathroom?" Nothing like answering a question months (or years) later, right? I do apologize, Jen M., for taking [...]
Fab Finds: Good Books
While browsing and having mental love affairs with furniture at Jonathan Adler, I picked up a few good books on design and decorating I thought I'd share. Before you roll your eyes and assume I'm referring to anything written from [...]