I can't believe that in a week and a day my maternity leave will be over. I had such delusions about all of the things I would do during my thirteen weeks off. Silly me! One of my goals for my maternity leave (you know, for few minutes each day when I'm not feeding, burping, or changing Junior), was to finish a project we started loooong ago that would add much needed storage and color to our entryway. Remember this crappy old dresser from last October? Of course you don't - let me refresh your … [Read more...]

It's Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend. I spent a good chunk of mine working on some projects after a productive trip to Ikea with my mom and Junior. Junior was appropriately Swedish in his Baby Bjorn as we walked through the maze in search of a linen cabinet for our laundry room and whatever else caught our eye. We did find the cabinet (more on that further down), but it was the "whatever else" that makes me really happy. You see, I've always had issues with one of the walls in our … [Read more...]

While roaming through Home Depot last weekend, we passed through the tile section and a pretty mosaic caught my eye. We've discussed adding a tile back splash in the kitchen, but didn't have any immediate plans to do so. For a $25 deposit, we took tile samples from HD home to try. Why not? The tile on the left was the one that originally appealed to both of us. I love that it's a glass and stone combination in a subway pattern. But after looking at them both for a while, we realized that the … [Read more...]

I nearly forgot to mention that my furbaby, Whiskey, appeared on Desire To Inspire this week in the "Pets On Furniture Monday" series. It's such an adorable series; I love seeing how comfy pets get on our furniture, whether they're allowed on it or not! Whiskey is in photos 5 and 6. You'll recognize my living room! I didn't submit this photo, but it's too cute for me to not share. Needless to say, I'm a proud mama of my fat and furry troublemaker. :) Hop on over to Desire To Inspire to … [Read more...]