• Practicing What We Preach: Bookshelf Styling

    For Throwback Thursday, thought I’d republish this post that revealed my styled bookshelves. We get asked a LOT about restyling of shelves so thought a little inspiration for a summer project was in order. You can also see the before and afters of my built-ins project here. … It’s all well and good to give advice, but the most important…

  • Celebrating July 4th

    We’re back! Hope everyone had a great week. Such a good week around here–super busy, but great family time. Started off a fun weekend hanging out at Wilmette Harbor (I think Madeleine has aspirations of hanging out in the South of France…) …and fishing off of the back of Grandpa’s boat. My father-in-law has the best view of the Bahai…

  • Easiest IKEA Lack Hack Ever

    My daughter Madeleine’s room is a work in progress (having an infant just isn’t conducive to getting design projects done!) She’s now three and wants a little area in her room to sit down and draw, have tea parties, play with legos, etc. But, she can’t really be trusted not to draw all over the place yet so I decided…