My Faves This Week

These things will do nicely in my home, please… This artwork is beautiful and it’s a DIY! This is THE. RUG. OF. MY.DREAMS. Have I mentioned already how much I love Emily Henderson? Why does this show up the week I’ve fallen in love with my black chandelier? This is a great discipline idea.  Kids …

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Polyvore-ing my Closet

I have an idea.  I’m going to catalog my entire closet on Polyvore!  I’ve come across tons of adorable outfits on Pinterest that I realized I had a lot of components for in my closet.                      Now, I don’t think this is going to be an …

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Black Chandelier

It sounds like a 70’s soft rock band.  But, actually, it’s way cooler than that.  If you remember, I put up this statement wallpaper in the dining room with the help of my mom: But, alas, the dining room that used to be the family room, did not have an overhead light.  Not wanting to …

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What I Made this Week

I had a great extra long weekend and I have one good for you recipe and one not good for you at all, but fun to make and topical.  Well, not actually topical anymore, but maybe you can pin it on your “What I will Make in 2 Years for the Summer Olympics” board. First …

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My Faves This Week

Truth.  Especially if you are going on a job interview.  (PS, you should never wear any of the following to a  job interview!):   And if dressing yourself well is good manners, then certainly you must also dress the home well: Moving on to up-ending my entire universe with pure genius: I’ve been day dreaming …

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Family Room

  This is my first pass at Polyvore.  I loved it. It started off very easy, but there are a couple of things that I can’t quite figure out how to fix.  Like, for instance, the chaise lounge from Ikea is $350 and I can’t for the life of me figure out how to fix …

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The De-Dingefication of the Bathroom

Yeah, autocorrect, take that!  De-dingefication.  I answer to no electronic dictionary. Except for when I forget how to spell vacuum. The main bathroom in the house was looking a little sad.  It was completely remodeled a few years back after a strange plumbing incident (which involved water only).  So, all the expensive stuff is pretty …

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What I Made this Week

I’ve been in a funk.  I don’t really think it has much to do with my diet, but it certainly isn’t helping.  I decided to try one of the paleo recipes I found on-line.  It’s a crock pot recipe which is right up my alley. Crock Pot Balsamic Chicken ‘ Wow, I didn’t really look …

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