duvet cover and striped socks

I love my down throw (you know, a small down blanket perfect for being cozy all year long) but I’m not in love with the snowman pattern on the throw. They are cute, but get tiring after awhile. This fabric makes the perfect cover and now the down throw is all season and just as [...]

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melting

I was going to take a nice photo of our new aluminum ice cube trays that we got at a garage sale this summer, but it’s hot and I would rather drink the ice cold water and sit her by the open window. But the ice cube trays are great. We got two trays for [...]

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nook

This is the after result of organizing my art/ sewing nook in the bedroom.
I added EKBY VALTER brackets with the EKBY TRYGGVE shelf (x3). I also put up a BYGEL rail with ASKER containers- the while bulbus containers haninging from the rail. I love them and have coveted them since IKEA started selling them. The [...]

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happy new year

Lars gave me permission to organize all of the books by color on our shelves. I think it looks fantastic, much more organized looking than when they are alphabetical or by genre. Not that they were really organized before anyway. I usually walk around our place and stuff random books back on the shelves so [...]

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Annika’s owl

This is one of the best things I did this year. I always want to do this on my walls but, 1. I live in an apartment, 2. I don’t live alone in my apartment, and 3. I’m not really a child anymore. So, I had the pleasure and delight of helping a friend paint [...]

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