What a gorgeous living room, right?  I love the mix of patterns and the chunky coffee tables and those turquoise glass globes.  Those caught my eye first.  My next thought–after I noticed the big chunky books and started thinking of …

I think we win the award for the most ghetto entertainment area in history.  For the last 4 months, this is what our family room looked like: A large box that carried all of our mirrors from our apartment to …

Saturday, we were in the vicinity of Ikea, so we had to stop in.  Of course.  We left with our cart full and a couple weekend projects we couldn’t wait to tackle.  Creating some open shelving in the kitchen has …

Today Apartment Therapy is featuring our living room as a part of their series called “The Color Cure.” EEEeee!!!   I know the readers are gonna be honest—VERY honest because that is how they are over there.  Feel free to …

Although our kitchen has undergone a few cheap, cosmetic changes over the past 4 months, I have mentioned before that these quick fixes are just to tide us over until our major kitchen renovation in the next year or so …

Yesterday, I mentioned that we bought some countertop paint and I am back to give my first full report.  I painted our mauve countertops last night.  The whole process was quick!  It only took me 2 hours total including a …

Our countertops are muave. Pink, really.  And it has kinda been an elephant in the room on the blog.  Even when we painted our cabinets, it was such a big transformation–but it almost made the counters seem MORE pink.  And …

Confession: Chris and I went to Pizzeria 712 again for date night.  It didn’t disappoint.  Before dinner, we stopped at a fabric store so that I could scout out some swatches for a roman shade in the kitchen as well …