A year or so ago, Scott and I stumbled across this eBay seller who specializes in DIY Home furnishing books from the 60’s and 70’s, and since then, we’ve developed quite a collection. I’m not telling Scott about this one (hopefully he won’t get around to catching up on my blog posts until the auction’s over) because I know I’d… Read more →
Category: Projects
Ohdeedoh Love
Our [Scott’s] Crib Hack is featured on Ohdeedoh today. Check it out! Up next? We’re hacking our Malm Dresser into a changer to match the crib, and reupholstering our Plycraft Lounger, which will serve as the rocker in our nursery. Oh, and I’ve got to finish the backings for our Expedit Hack – the final touch on our… Read more →
Voila.
He did it. The shelf is on, the boxes fit (although ideally I’d still like to find linen covered boxes that won’t break the bank) and the thing is sturdy enough for all three of us to sleep in. Our very own Ikea Crib Hack is complete, and I for one am over the moon with the end result (…obviously,… Read more →
More Nursery Stuff…
I feel my shopaholism slowly tightening it’s grip on me, but I’m trying to keep it as focused on the baby as I can. So I bought a lamp for her nursery. To offset our wild and crazy color, we’re trying to keep the lighting as calm and tranquil as possible. Which is why I’m super excited about this vintage… Read more →
Hack in Progress
What started as THIS now looks like that. The sides have been constructed and holes drilled. (The ends will be painted before the rails are permanently attached.) We’re on our way to a modern crib! (Don’t worry – that clutter is in our workshop, not our house.) Read more →
Let the fun begin.
Our crib hacking adventure has begun, and I’m so excited about the prospects of positive results, I can’t wait until we have a finished product to share our progress. It all started one afternoon while I was helping Sara convert her Baby Mod Parklane Crib (which I’ve always been a fan of) into a Toddler bed. I was rattling off… Read more →
Things that arrived in the mail.
Part of cleaning out our “nursery” has included a massive sell-off of everything we’re not using. It’s been a while since I’ve spent some real time on eBay or Craigslist, but in the last few weeks I’ve been a selling/trading/bidding madwoman and we’ve been able to buy just about everything we needed for the office/nursery switchover from the money we’re… Read more →
Expedit Prison
That’s the view from my new “office.” We’ve used an Ikea Expedit Shelf as a room divider between the “lounge” and the “living” portion of our main living area since we first moved in. So in order to create an office space that still provided some separation between home and work, we decided to fashion a sort of cubicle… Read more →
It’s a sickness, really.
I effing love me some Home Decor. Maybe it’s because growing up, my Mom was an interior designer (both by nature, and by practice) and was/is constantly bringing home new accessories/swatches etc. to switch out with the old and keep the house “fresh.” When Scott and I moved in together, I went into overdrive. I’m a home furnishings shopaholic, and… Read more →
Massacre in the Valley.
It is a sad day in the valley today, the end of an era, some may say. Both sides suffered great losses as men, both yellow and blue fell in their final stand against the DeWalt Driller, who sang quietly as he worked: “Oh Foosball…well you came, and you gave without takin’…” As the battlefield comes down, we’ll dream of… Read more →