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A Light Bedroom Adjustment

July 11, 2012 Filed Under: bedroom, renting

I’ve made a tiny change to our bedroom. I switched out the pair of lamps that were on each side of the bed.

We used to have a big tall white sleigh bed (a Big Lots find that I painted) and the lamps on either side were fine. A little high but fine.

Then we got a new bed (from Joss & Main are you sick of me talking about them yet?) and it is a much lower bed. See how tall the lights are? I had to practically get out of bed to turn mine off and if I looked up I could see the white-hot lightbulb. Not good reading light for a low bed.

I even tried shopping the house for a mismatched pair of lamps but nothing worked. Also, for the record, that shade on the right is black pure black, but it reads purple. Moving on… The tables I have are really high so I had a few choices–get new lamps, get new tables, or get a lower table for in front of them and put my old lamps on. So I shopped around for a few weeks and figured out new lamps would be the easiest to find.

I found a pair of lamps from HomeGoods that can be adjusted and hinged and turned and even though they aren’t super pretty, they are perfect for this situation. I can use the old lamps in the boys new/old room and now I don’t have to be blinded when I read.

PS, I took this photo minutes before I started a fun wall treatment back there an OH my word you won’t believe how it turned out! Promise to show you soon!

Our Master Bedroom Evolution

How to Paint Furniture

Our Paint Colors

DIY $20 Posterboard Sunburst Mirror (it’s a year and a half old and still looks great!)

Our Upholstered Bed: We bought it through Joss & Main and it’s one of the most common sales, I see it almost every week.

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Using Plants in Your Home Part 4 :: Terrariums

April 11, 2012 Filed Under: about my nest, nesting, planty, renting, seasonal

Twig This is part 4 of a planty series read parts don’t forget to read parts 1, 2 & 3 in any order. DoodleBirdie Tiny terrariums are my newest obsession. If you’ve been around these parts since the beginning you might remember my huge terrarium on a stand that I’ve had both inside and out. [...]

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Using Plants in Your Home Part 2

April 4, 2012 Filed Under: about my nest, nesting, planty, renting

This is part two in a little micro series on using plants in your home, read part 1 here. The other day, in part 1, I showed off all the plants in my home. Now I’d like to try to convince you that it’s worth risking killing a plant in hopes that it will live [...]

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Using Plants in Your Home Part 1

April 2, 2012 Filed Under: about my nest, nesting, renting

A few of you have asked about some of the plants I have sitting around so let’s talk about them. I thought we’d split this post into two parts, today I’ll show entirely too many photos of how I use plants around our downstairs (I hardly have any upstairs right now) and then in the [...]

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A Renter’s Laundry Room Makeover

March 19, 2012 Filed Under: home tour, price my space, renting

Here’s the current progress on our laundry room. We added the most functional item to date, the counter top. This $50 Ikea counter spans from wall to wall so I don’t need to worry about a sock getting stuck in the crack between the washer and dryer. And we always had a 10 inch gap [...]

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My Pot Rack

August 30, 2011 Filed Under: about my nest, dishes, idhtbptbb, renting

Pot racks are like minivans with automatic doors, once you spoil yourself with one, you can never go back to not having one. Which is why I’ve never had a minivan with automatic doors. I cannot imagine my future self whining and complaining about having to open a car door, how annoying I would be. [...]

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A Secret Decorating Ingredient :: It’s Awful

February 7, 2011 Filed Under: nesting, renting, seasonal

This weekend I finally found something that I had wanted for a very long time. I wanted a sailfish. I felt dumb even admitting it here a few times. Why in the world did I want a sailfish on my wall? I remember a fish {was it a sailfish?} on my grandparent’s wall growing up [...]

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Master Bedroom

January 10, 2011 Filed Under: about my nest, budget living, home tour, idhtbptbb, paint, renting, thrifting

so far before Our bedroom had been neglected for far too long. I was ready for change and my requirements were: neutral colors a pretty bed drapes masculine and feminine feel places to sit an 8 x 10 rug surfaces to place books and tums and snoring medicine and my other old lady paraphernalia better [...]

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31 Days To A Less Messy Nest Day 13:: Edit Much

October 13, 2010 Filed Under: 31 Days To a Less Messy Nest, renting, shop the house, thrifting

Lately, I’ve asked myself what’s the least amount of items I can have displayed and still love the look? Not that I’m trying to go minimalist or anything, I think you can tell that by my full gallery wall. But what has my obsession been with much? In years past, I asked myself, How can [...]

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It’s Stuffy in Here

September 8, 2010 Filed Under: idhtbptbb, renting, Uncategorized

A month ago my sister and mom and I decided to have a yard sale this October. I’ve been slow with getting stuff together. I just had a big sale last year, I probably didn’t have much to sell. But suddenly I’ve been bombarded with reading poignet blog posts about stuff and then there was [...]