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Day Three of the 10-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge – The Bathroom
Oh yeah… it’s bathroom day. Do you hear all the excitement in voice? The bathroom is not my favorite place to clean, actually none of them are my favorite, but at least it goes quickly and you get a lot of sparkle for your efforts. Alice Mongkongllite for BuzzFeed One minute: Shine the sink &…
All I Have to Do Is Dream
Sometimes when I’m looking for the perfect thing for my client a take a tumble down a rabbit hole that ends in being not at all the perfect thing for my client. This is what happened tonight and somehow I ended up at an online bed linens boutique in Australia. No, these are not the…
Day Two of the 10-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge – The Kitchen
You survived Day One of the 10-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge and you’re ready to tackle Day Two. We’re going to work in the kitchen and it’s important to keep in mind that this is not meant to be a deep cleaning of every surface. You’re just doing the grown up version of the 10 Second…
Your Ultimate Guide to Prepping Your Home for Spring
I was looking at the forecast for tomorrow’s weather and they’re predicting snow in Chicago. Not fun! So while you’re doing the 10 Day Spring Clean Challenge it might be a good idea to think about getting your home ready for warmer weather. One King’s Lane has a helpful blog post on what to swap,…
Day One of the 10-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge – The Bedroom
So we’re off to a late start here on day one of the BuzzFeed’s 10-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge. The cats were not into it and since it appeared I wasn’t going to have any help I stayed in bed an extra hour and read Facebook. Not for long though because my husband coaxed me out…
Take BuzzFeed’s 10-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge
Are you up for a good, clean, fun CHALLENGE? Jessica Probus at Buzzfeed Life gives us a 10 day, 10 minute challenge to help us clear out and clean up so we can start spring fresh and anew. Let me be honest here, I hate to clean. I get bored with it quickly and I…
How (and why) to Plant a Square Foot Garden
I was the at the first annual Outdoor Design Conference at the Chicago Merchandise Mart these past couple of days and was getting a look and education on the best outdoor furnishings and fabrics. Today is officially SPRING and since leaving the show I’ve had fresh flowers and veggies on the mind. Every year I…
Shylight – the Light That Blooms
While looking for some unique interior lighting fixtures for a client I came across these beautiful works of lighting art. I think I could watch this all day. Enjoy! Certain types of flowers close at night, for self-defense and to conserve their resources. This highly evolved natural mechanism is called nyctinasty, and inspired Studio…
Classic White Kitchen Backsplashes
I needed to find some examples of gorgeous white subway tiles with light gray grout used in a kitchen for a client who is doing a beautiful update to his cabinets, counters, and tile work. Lucky for me, Mary Ann Pickett at Classic Casual Home has a blog post today about classic white kitchen backsplashes…