• Step Two of a Reader’s Bedroom Makeover: Our Inspiration

    Our second step in tackling our winning reader’s bedroom makeover, was determining Nicole’s furniture layout. We wanted to make sure we addressed the challenges in her room–namely creating a serene space to sleep, relax and work–all around the randomly sized and placed windows. For pictures of the room as it currently is, see yesterday’s post. 1.  First and foremost, placement…

  • Step One of a Reader’s Bedroom Makeover: Before Pics and Her Inspiration

    In November we announced the official launch of our design services and with that announcement we gave away a Two Perspectives Design Board as a special thank you to our readers.  Nicole from Illinois won the giveaway and decided to have us tackle her master bedroom. She recently purchased a new home and was struggling with this room–it’s large, has high…

  • What We’re Loving at Cost Plus World Market

    We were having our weekly company-wide meeting yesterday morning (so basically Amy and I going to breakfast and talking about the blog/writing while our kids are in school) and ran into Cost Plus to grab some cheap Valentine’s Day treats for the kids. They’re having a big furniture sale and there were lots of great pieces we thought we should…