Over the weekend, my sister-in-law Laura and I gave a baby shower for our sister-in-law Jill. We were going for festive and fun. There were also some elephants involved, but all in all, not too themey. We made the invitations with some papers my mom had on hand, but she only had a small amount of […]
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Bamboo shades for the upstairs bathroom
Last week, I posted about how to shorten woven bamboo shades, but I didn’t show you how they look on the windows of our upstairs bathroom, curtains and all. I bought these white bamboo shades to replace the dull and dingy almond-colored dated metal mini-blinds in our upstairs bathroom and playroom. Before Sorry, I don’t […]
Books in the console table 2.0
Maybe I was a little naïve in thinking Elise wouldn’t bother my book arrangement. Maybe it was just wishful thinking. Either way, it wasn’t long before she discovered how to push the books and make them fall behind the stacks, which were pulled forward to be even with the front of the shelf. Now smarter and […]
Halloween bats from old hinges
It’s probably obvious I’m not a dead leaves and raffia kind of girl. Not that there’s anything wrong with traditional fall decor; it’s just not my thing. So when it comes to holiday decorating, I’m more into rusted junk and weird tchochkes. Speaking of rusted junk, these hinges came off our old fence, and despite […]
How to shorten woven bamboo shades
I purchased inexpensive woven bamboo roman shades for both our playroom and our upstairs bathroom windows. It was easy to find cheap shades in the width I needed (27 inches), but the standard length (63 inches) was way too long for my 44.5 inch windows. Just check it out. Yeah, that’s sloppy. Before I ordered […]
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