It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful
The other day I gasped as my boys walked out of their science class. They were holding what I later learned was a polyhedra.
I had always called it that cool shapey, faceted thing I’ve had on my table for over a year. Now my boys were walking out each carrying one of these wonderful things. They said it was easy and fun to make. What?! How?!…
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This room makeover is creeping along. By the time it’s done, Ty Pennington will have worn out 39 buses (busi?) with his one week makeovers. My kids will be so old they won’t even be able to get their walkers and grandchildren up the stairs to come up to this room. Chevron will be back [...]
Our guest room is still progressing. Isn’t every room, always? But it’s much cozier now. Remember, it started out like this? Then my sister was coming so I quickly turned it into this? But that chair was driving me crazy. So then I moved this chair in. I also was stealing from Peter to give [...]
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Last time we talked about the guest room (I think it was September?) Here’s what it looked like. I am the world’s slowest room put-er together-er. HGTV magazine contacted me, wanting photos of the room so they could consider a feature. Such great motivation! Want to see the big reveal?
Sometimes when I’m not sure what I want to go where, I’ll grab my camera and snap a few pics to see what I really like best. And sometimes I make the opposite decision once I realize I don’t even have my coffee table back in place after taking out the Christmas tree. Wondering about the [...]
Barbie Collector At least, I thought I was playing with Barbies. It wasn’t until a few years ago when I thought back and realized I wasn’t playing with Barbies at all. I was playing with their houses. …I’m talking about what we played with as children and how that “comes into play” (get it?) at [...]
“One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter” –Henry David Thoreau (also I’m totally going to start using the word “bittle”) We’ve only got a few weeks left of the official summer break, for moms and kids, summer ends when school starts. As I think back over the [...]
I should have done this three years ago.
Restoration Hardware We have three boys. The oldest will be 15 this year and my other two are 12 and 11. Years ago I bought them all matching beds, two dressers and some book shelves for their rooms. We never got further than that. When I wrote out my home goals for 2011 I included [...]
Have I told you that I automatically wake up at 5am almost every morning? No alarm? Actually, that was before Tanzania. Since Tanzania it’s been 4:30. It started January 1st. NO LIE. Is that odd? Do you think Someone is trying to tell me something? I do my best writing while the sun is rising [...]
I've got a secret that will unlock creativity and hope for your home. Ready? Here it is:: It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. Yep. That's it. All you have to do is believe it. Read More…
