My goal in life (other than getting rid my constantly ingrown toenail) is to have the perfect coffee table. You know the one. It’s the big square, stylish yet comfortable looking one in all the magazines, loaded with a few casually, yet perfectly placed random objects set beside a stack of art books that make me look like I’m both cultured and smart with a sense of irony. I’m sure you’ve seen it. At the moment my coffee table has a silver bowl and a glass vase. Ehh. It’s so-so. I’ll probably change it tonight in my desperate attempt to fall in love with it. That’s what I do. Move things, change things, screw around with them until I fall in love with them. I do it with furniture arrangements, table settings, bookcases and closets. I do it with stuff I buy and stuff I make. Read on to learn how to make it, move it or repurpose it.
Photoshop fun! Seems like an oxymoron doesn’t it? And it is. For the first few years anyway. After you get over that initial decade of figuring out the basics of Photoshop, it’s smooooothhhh sailing. If you’ve encountered the frustration that is the Photoshop learning curve, stick with it. You’ll survive in the end. Provided you [...]
Wayyyy back around Christmas I took some time off to partake in my latest adventure. Relaxing. As many of you may remember, relaxing consisted of knitting a sweater, perfecting homemade pizzas, reading and … teaching myself to screen print these tea towels. I also spent a little time looking up the *exact* definition of relaxing. [...]
A couple of years ago I dedicated an entire post to how much I hate Easter decorations. I’ve recently realized I don’t hate ALLLL Easter decorations. Just the ugly ones. Which means pretty much anything in pastels. So I decided to take the rabbit by the ears and come up with a few ways to [...]
I gather eggs on a daily basis. Much like a farmhand. Oftentimes I look like a farmhand. Sadly for me, I usually look this way when people show up unannounced. Happily for me, I don’t much care. I know I clean up nice, so that’s really all that matters. Well, that and the fact that [...]
One of the many things I love about my house is how it isn’t all cluttered up with space sucking things like closets. And linen cupboards. And closets. And any storage areas in general. Yup. That’s what you get when you purchase a 170 year old house. A lot of centipedes and nowhere for them [...]
. Today I’m in the mood for a philosophical discussion. Is there any truth to the widely accepted theory that “Less is More”? Let us examine this in the context of oxygen. If given the option of receiving either less or more oxygen, which would you choose? Let’s see … no oxygen or lots [...]
It took all the restraint I had to NOT buy more than 3 Ikea sheepskins when I was redoing my house a few years ago. I didn’t even know what I was going to use them for, I just knew I had to have them. I thought about a Meandering Goat costume but couldn’t find [...]
Today I’m going to give you a lesson on being open to taking things in a different direction when you have to. ’Cause I’m all about giving life lessons and making the world a happier place with rainbows and kittens and skin tags that magically disappear with the wink of an eye. I went to [...]
I think it’s fair to say that I have a “thing” for candles. I like em. I like lighting them, looking at them, smelling them. I like em. You know those people who hoard candles and stick them in every possible cupboard and drawer? I’m not one of those people. I burn my candles. Even [...]
I need to warn you all of 2 things. One … this is going to be a short post. Two … I didn’t invent this idea, I saw it on the show “House”. Also there’s going to be the opportunity to see a dink at the end of this post. So I guess technically, that [...]
Last week I issued a bit of a command. A challenge really. I mildly suggested you might benefit mentally from chucking a few things. 50 things to be precise. And chuck you did. Chuck, chuck, chuck. All around the world people were chucking stuff in a mad frenzy to regain control of their lives. [...]
It’s my favourite day of the year. Christmas Eve Eve. You still have all the excitement and anticipation of Christmas without the pressure of the Christmas Eve party and the sinking feeling that comes at the end of Christmas Day. So Christmas Eve Eve it is! The most wonderful day of the year. I plan [...]
