April 19, 2017
10 April DIYs
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March 20, 2017
Spring Inspiration
Rhubarb Curd // Mary Lauren // Claire Brody Designs // Matcha Frosted Sugar Cookies // French Toast Granola // DIY Easter Foliage Eggs // The Glitter Guide // Anna Remarchuk // Avenue Lifestyle // Breakfast Polenta with Salsa Verde // Kimball Colorblock Macrame Sling Chair // Yasmine Mei
Posted In easter, food, furniture, holidays, house and home, living, make it, outdoors, recipes
October 21, 2016
DIY Halloween House Monster
I always decorate for Halloween, but there’s no formula. Some years it’s only a porch full of pumpkins and others it’s something a little more. This year I decided that the windows in my guest room were begging for eyeballs.
And that’s how it started, with six dollars worth of poster board and a pair of scissors. My first thought was that I’d like for them to be a bit larger, maybe even bigger than the windows themselves, but I was happy. I shared this photo on Instagram and Facebook as an afterthought.
And that’s when the design by committee began! Several friends and followers suggested that the large living room window directly below needed teeth. And they were 100% correct, so back out came the scissors and leftover paper scraps.
A window full of neon yellow snaggleteeth later and more suggestions came pouring in. Friends who live in town started driving by with their children in tow and I even caught a few snapping photos.
The last suggestion that I entertained was the addition of some mean eyebrows with the last two scraps, which definitely made this DIY Halloween house monster complete. All-in-all it was a blast to create and I can’t wait to see the looks on trick-or-treaters’ faces in a few weeks!
Posted In behind the scenes, create, halloween, holidays, house and home, living, my house, outdoors
October 12, 2016
12 October DIYs
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July 25, 2016
Backyard Spaces
Aside from the guest room and a planned flower garden for the front of the house, the actual yard part of the backyard is all that’s left to take care of at my house. I’m forever futzing and rearranging but those are the only larger projects, and I think I’ve been delaying them for just that reason. I’ve taken care of the decks but I want the entire backyard to feel like an extension of living space. These spaces have accomplished that in spades and are full of inspiration!
Posted In living, outdoors, round up, series
July 22, 2016
Happy Weekend
1/Mehmet Ali Uysal‘s installation literally peels and pinches the walls of a gallery. 2/Adult Capri Suns are a thing. 3/Chuan-Bin Chung uses his chalkboard drawing skills to teach students anatomy. 4/IKEA taps HAY and Tom Dixon for new products. 5/Minipresso is the world’s smallest outdoor espresso maker. 6/The colorful grout trend. 7/Pole dancer performs an interactive routine with a responsive geometric background. 8/Genius wage gap alarm clock that rings for women after 79% of the workday. 9/JC Sheitan Tenet got the world’s first tattoo arm prosthesis. 10/Temporary tattoos from Jeannerot look and smell good. 11/Perch Light is a playfully interactive light shaped like an abstract bird. 12/Olafur Eliasson installed a waterfall in the middle of the Palace of Versailles garden.
1/Kris Knight 2/Dreamy Daybeds 3/Katherine Tromans 4/Incense Burner No. 1 Corian
5/William Betts 6/Muesli 12 Ways 7/Matthias Heiderich 8/Ridges 9/Reyes de la Flor
July 14, 2016
12 July DIYs
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June 24, 2016
Get Outside Already
Have you been spending lots of time outside or are you holed up inside avoiding the heat? I’ve been doing a little bit of both, as well as avoiding some rainstorms by hanging out on my porch. (One of my favorite times to be out!) The key to enjoying the outdoors for me is making my yard just as livable as my house, which means furniture that carries over the same style and sensibilities. Peek at my backyard setup that I shared last year, then take a look at these stellar outdoor furniture pieces.
June 8, 2016
Modul’Air
Since Labor Day all I’ve wanted is to be sitting poolside, but it’s been cool and raining most days here in Pennsylvania. Pigro Felice‘s Modul’Air modular blow up system does double duty as outdoor furniture and pool float, so you can pull it in and out of the water to suit the mood and purpose.
(via Design Milk)
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