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West Elm or Bust

Last Tuesday I woke up with a wild hair to drive to San Antonio and pick up two of these Step Side Tables from West Elm (brown ones): I called my friend Lynn, who's from San Antonio. She was fully [...]

P.S.

Clearly, I should've also mentioned this:It's late. I'm tired as hell but bored and too rebellious to go to sleep. I thought I could get by with a quick little shout out rather than waiting until I'd collected three things [...]

Love Mid-Century?

If you are a regular reader, you probably know I've sworn myself off of more mid-century furniture for my living room. I want some modern stuff to balance the mid-century pieces I already have, lest the place starts looking too [...]

My Holiday Short List

I typically don't like to use standard red and green for my holiday decorating...but our new house and new decor beg for red. Here's a smattering of what I'm going for this year:

Categories: Seasonal|

Home Decor by Larry

I realize we've been in this house for (over?) two months now, but I haven't taken the time to select decorative pillows to go with our new decor. Apparently frustrated by my procrastination, my cat took matters into his own [...]

Mini Makeover

How many times have you looked at your built-in entertainment wall unit and thought it was just too much? Too much wood, too heavy-looking, too much of the same 'ol same 'ol? Here's a project I recently completed that will [...]

Cool Toys

If kiddos are on your shopping list this holiday season, check out this line of stylishly simple wood toys by Plan Toys. If they made all toys (and judging by their product line, they soon will), it wouldn't be so [...]

Categories: Fab Finds|

Super Cheap

It's not every day you can order six stylish items off the Internets and only pay eighteen bucks including shipping. Here's what I snagged this morning:These small planters will be great for fresh herbs or a little bamboo on the [...]

Categories: Fab Finds|

Thought for the Day

Just a note about an easy way to beautify your space without spending a dime. All it takes is some Windex (or similar product), a pair of scissors, a scraper, and/or your fingernails. Removing tags and stickers.Since I just moved [...]