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A New Fixture and Paint-a-thon

October 25, 2013 - 2 Comments

We put in a lot of painting hours yesterday. The good news is, it’s done! (The painting part.) The bad news is, it was so late (11pm) that I didn’t get to snap any photos for you, so we’ll have …

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An Experience in Exterior Fixtures

May 23, 2013 - 16 Comments

Some projects are just laughable. This was one such project. As a part of our exterior makeover (that has been severely thwarted from rain, rain and more rain) we wanted to switch out our back patio light. You can kind …

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New, Cheap, Modern + Traditional Wall Lamps in the Bedroom

May 20, 2013 - 19 Comments

Back in 2011, I gave two lamps a major makeover for our room, including making the shades from scratch. They still work great, and actually, with our bed higher (we recently put our box springs back in place after one …

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FAN-tastic!

April 25, 2013 - 17 Comments

I have known two people in my life that used the word “fantastic” really frequently and with a lot of enthusiasm and now, when I say, “fantastic”–it’s more like, “faaannnntassstic!!!!!!” in their voices which is funny to me, but now …

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The New Kitchen Lighting (Or Fluorescent Be Gone!)

March 22, 2013 - 26 Comments

First off, I am doing much better after Monday’s incident. Thank you so much for your concern and comments. I was able to get up and walk around and even do some dishes yesterday. Strangely thrilling about the dishes. This …

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A New Fixture for the Big Girl’s Room

December 10, 2012 - 5 Comments

Thanks for excusing me for a few days while I gave my full attention to our little sicky. Truthfully, Greta is still sick with a bad and everlasting case of croup. I think we are on day 5 or 6 …

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Our New Favorite Chandelier

August 13, 2012 - 10 Comments

Replacing our chandelier in the dining room has been on our list for awhile. We DIYed this Moooi Random light knock off last year, and since then–a lot of other people have had great success in making their own, too. …

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Chandelier Shopping

July 30, 2012 - 5 Comments

Our DIYed string chandelier has seen better days. In fact, for the past several months it has been in a semi-collapsed state. For awhile, we thought about trying the whole thing again with a stronger glue (we have heard wallpaper …

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$7 Exterior Lights I Can Live With

July 5, 2012 - 8 Comments

Welcome Design*Sponge readers! To see more photos of the nursery-turned-studio, check this post out. Feel free to kick off your shoes and stay awhile. :) We have a lot of dreamy updates on our exterior to-do list including updating our …

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Semiflush Drum for the Win

June 4, 2012 - 7 Comments

I love looking at before pictures of spaces in my house. It is quite amazing how a room can look so bad. And although the carousel horses stenciled around the borders and the circus valence may have you mesmerized, don’t …

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