On June 7 my mom and I were supposed to make a little road trip to Ikea and pick up all the stuff I still needed for the playroom.  Instead ...

Finally!  After weeks of obsessively checking Craigslist, I came across an Ektorp chair (usually $250) for $50!  I know it looks gross in...

I'm finally finished with those stripes and it feels amazing!  I was kind of nervous about the vertical stripes because horizontal str...

Just so you know..... ... this is available in my Etsy Shop . So is this little monkey . All prints are $12 for an 8x10, $20 for a...

....that's me!  What did I get myself into with these stripes?  I had a plan...a very well thought-out plan, and I still found a way t...

We're not making a trip to Ikea for another week and a half, so I'm trying to get done what I can get done until then.   I'm ...

via west elm , pb kids , target Yesterday, in my little Kid's Table DIY/Makeover Roundup , I mentioned that this post had inspired ...

I've come across some pretty great kid's table and chair DIYs/makeovers since I've been searching for a way to avoid spending ...

A couple weeks ago I started doing a bit of organizing and cleaning in our little office area.  This desk was usually so trashed because i...

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