Summer is upon us and while I always picture long days of my kids lazing around and slurping watermelon juice from their arms and amusing themselves with nothing more than chalk and bubble wands,…
1. this sun tea. {chilled.} 2. this pot of mint. {for doubling before my eyes.} 3. this dress {and the perfect weather to wear it in.} 4. this rearranged closet. {for being a better…
When I decided to recover our couch in engineer stripe denim, I did not list among my reasons its ability to withstand human excrement, but here we are. In this little loveseat’s first 12…
Gift ideas for fathers, or anyone at all you love, in springtime: A porcelain utility crock for essential utensils (or anything). A little something to restore the glow to those cheeks. Some time to…
1. this watering can. {a gift, and the best new addition to the window ledge.} 2. this new-to-us dresser. {we’re figuring out if it works in our space and marveling at the built-in drawer…
It’s been steamy in Brooklyn this week. Steamy and sweaty with sun that forces you off your regular route in search of shade. The hydrangeas have started poking their way out from between wrought…
The majority of our current kitchen cabinets are without pulls or knobs. There’s a small indentation along the bottom edge of the cabinet doors which makes them easy enough to open without handles, but…
There’s a cardboard box in our kitchen filled with sandpaper and paintbrushes, scrapers, screw drivers, putty, primer and paint. It’s topped with a folded up drop cloth and every day for the last week,…
Birthday party season is upon is and summer is coming faster than I have time to register it. It’s a season ripe for having simple projects on deck for gift giving or time passing…
1. this repotted plant. {for having more room to grow.} 2. this rescued sidewalk fan. {less so the cleaning of it.} 3. these tiny sunflowers. {mostly just for being tiny.} 4. this fabric. {and…