I told you last week that I’d share the color scheme for my ongoing guest bedroom project with you. Despite a short delay due to a broken water heater, here it is: turquoise, yellow, and gray, with white accents. The bedroom is not done yet, but I have most major elements in place. I’m … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Laundry Days
Mondays are traditional laundry days and I have a pile of laundry to tackle. We have been gone for 10 days while we drove to Toronto, Canada to a fabulous wedding then camped our way home along the shores of the Great Lakes. Now it is Monday and I am faced with putting away the camping … Continue reading
Water Heater Blues
Last week we had a bit of an emergency at the house. Our water heater broke and we couldn’t take any showers. Ahh! It turned out that there was water sitting in the pilot light compartment, and therefore the pilot light was out. And it wouldn’t re-light since things were so soggy. Since the access … Continue reading
Housekeeping
I haven’t posted about any of my home projects for a while, and I’ve been doing just a few odds and ends. Plus the house is a mess. It’s hard to motivate when you first have to clean. And hard to clean when you’re out of town on the weekends, since Brentan and I have … Continue reading
Mood Board Monday: Mark Rothko
I spent the afternoon at the DeYoung Museum at their traveling Picasso exhibit which was fun. I am a big Picasso fan! I also took a few minutes to look around the permanent collections and saw this beautiful Mark Rothko piece. The colors are great, and I thought that I could make a mood board … Continue reading
Things I Dig
I got the new Crate and Barrel catalog in the mail the other day, and here are a few images I’m digging. The Oslo Sideboard: retro, yet modern and looks so good against the dark walls. Nice styling too, but they are C&B after all. The Scholar Bed: it would look so good in a … Continue reading
Mendocino Village
Last week was my third anniversary, and Brentan took me on a surprise trip for a little cottage getaway to Mendocino. We visited very briefly on our road trip to Oregon in Spring 2010, and I knew that I wanted to go back to explore the tiny little town by the sea. It really reminded … Continue reading
Decorating / DIY / Making / painting
Faux Bois Floor … or How I painted a fake wood floor
I just returned home from a relaxing 10 day retreat to my tiny cabin in the northwoods. It is my favorite place in the whole world. The cabin is minuscule, just 20 x 20 feet. It is an old bunk house that has been rescued from a fishing camp deep in the wilderness near the … Continue reading
Just About Home 