With crossed fingers that the sun will come out and stay out, I plan to hit my local garden center at the end of this week. I’m notoriously bad about getting plants into the ground early in the season (somehow Massachusetts’ unoffocial gardening start date of May 15 always comes and goes without a second thought), but [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Goofproof Gardening
Posted in Grow It, Outside on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
French Bull Picnic Set
Posted in Inside the Mudroom, Outside, Shop It, Tabletop on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the weekend I heard a depressing statistic…here in Boston and the surrounding area, we’ve had a grand total of three days of sun in June. Since we don’t, in fact, live in Seattle, I think enduring the ongoing deluge deserves some sort of medal, or at least this sassy and summery picnic set from French Bull. [...]
DIY Art: Downloadable Vintage Prints
Posted in Art, Make It on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you’re looking for a no-cost way to update your walls, click over to Vintage Printables and start shopping. Don’t be scared off by the sometimes clunky site — it’s chock-full of fabulous high-resolution, downloadable, free images that have been hand-selected by “Swivelchair,” a biopharma worker who has a serious love for collecting out-of-copyright scientific illustrations. [...]
Built by IKEA, Updated by Bemz
Posted in Furniture, Reinvent It, Shop It on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m a big fan of slipcovers. In theory. When my husband and I bought our first “real” living room furniture (read: not a hand-me-down futon on an unfinished frame with splinters that I slept on beginning my sophomore year of college) every piece was slipcovered. Dirty? Throw it in the washer! Bored with the look? Order another [...]
Mudroom Shoe Rack
Posted in Inside the Mudroom, Organization, Shop It on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I had been planning on waiting until next Fall to re-think the “mudspace” at my back entry, but with all this ridiculous rain flooding us in New England, I think I might need to figure out a better system for our family of wellies before October. This simple, utilitarian, yet handsome boot rack from Winsome Wood should do [...]
They Like Me…They Really Like Me!
Posted in Nothing Specific on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the many surprises this new blogging adventure has offered me is a huge – and hugely supportive – community that I didn’t even know existed. In just the short time since I started The Mudroom, I’ve had the opportunity to connect with people from across the country, even across the world, whose work and opinion [...]
Toss One On
Posted in Décor, Furniture, Reinvent It, Shop It on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One day recently, I was at a friend’s house consulting on a living room reinvention (maximum change for minimal cash) and I spent some time extolling the virtues of throw pillows and their ability to pull together a room through pattern, update a couch or chair, or just generally add visual interest to a space that’s [...]
A Lamp of One’s Own
Posted in Décor, Shop It on June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The very first time I saw the “U-Fill-It Lamp” from Circa Lighting, I fell in love. Dining room? Fill it with elegant glass marbles. Craft room? Colorful skeins of yarn. Office? Gumballs, definitely. I had an idea for every room in my house, but at this point in my life I can’t justify a $315 lamp that I don’t really need, no matter [...]
Naptime? Makeover!
Posted in Décor, Outside, Reinvent It on June 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ever since I started this blog (a whole month ago) I have found myself even more inspired and determined to do things to my house than I was prior to my first post. So it only seems natural that one recent day when I was home with my kids, I became possessed with the idea of [...]
With an oink oink here, and an oink oink there…
Posted in Décor, Shop It on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night, after a couple of weeks of successful — ahem — coaching, my husband and I felt secure enough to move the changing table out of our youngest son’s room. Now presented with a completely blank wall of opportunity, I’m thinking shelves filled with his ever-growing book collection, broken up with pig heads and bums…how [...]
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