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DIY: Corkboard

I’m gearing up to reupholster a chair this winter, so I’m attempting a few smaller DIY projects until then. This project is for a corkboard, and it was super easy. Last year I made this chalkboard for my senior capstone class. I picked up the frame from Hobby Lobby for $25, and a can of […]

Can’t find your phone?

I just found this website and I had to share. It’s the neatest thing. If you can’t find your phone and no one is around to help you call it, just head to this website, enter in your number, and click on “Hello.”  It calls your phone! When you pick up, there’s an automated message […]

Ballerina Love

I have a slight obsession with ballerinas. Just a slight one. When I was 5 years old, I said I wanted to be a professional ballerina when I grew up.  Well, as everyone knows I’m not a professional ballerina.  I wasn’t put in dance classes, but my mother [wanted to torture me and] decorate my […]

With Sadness Comes Happiness.

Last week was a whirlwind, and an emotional one at that. Tim and I decided to start our search for a beagle puppy a couple weeks ago. With a little help from a fellow friend, we found one at a rescue shelter here in Saint Louis and gave her a visit last Sunday. We instantly […]

Room #1 is Finished!

So everyone knows that your first place takes some time to get exactly how you want it. Well Tim has lived here for six months, and myself for three. We actually have 3 rooms in the house done to how we would like them, but here’s the first of them…the downstairs/basement bathroom! Since the basement […]

“Inspiration is for amateurs…”

I love Chuck Close. He can do some amazing things with paint. Every time I make a visit to the St. Louis Art Museum, I make sure to head up to the third floor to see one of my favorite pieces in the entire museum, Keith by Chuck Close [pictured below]. It’s not a photograph—that’s a […]