Courtesy of Ikea Hacker, I now know that if for some reason we don’t like our new Ikea Kitchen Cabinets, we can use them to create a sideboard! There really are amazingly creative ideas on that site.. like the ingenious hack contributed by Andrew of turning this Hemnes Daybed into this eat-in-kitchen area: Wow. I can barely […]

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This is completely NHR (not home related) but I was very excited to learn that my very best friend Alexis Starkey has finally started a blog! This is exciting news for two reasons: 1) Alexis is an excellent writer and I’ve been telling her she needs to blog going on a few years now 2) […]

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Leafing through a past issue of “Remodeling & Makeovers” magazine, I spotted these faux crocodile porceline tiles from Walker Zanger’s Matouche Line: I LOVE these! I wonder how they would look as a backsplash behind the stove? It looks so elegant in the bathroom below: I also really dig their new Metal Tech tiles shown in the […]

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After two unsuccessful months of monitoring craigslist for nice used patio furniture, we finally caved and ordered the Delahey 6 Piece Wood Patio Dining Set from Walmart.com Yes, I know its politically incorrect to buy from Walmart and I normally try to avoid it when possible, but for $268 (plus $100 shipping) this set was […]

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You know things are bad when you go to Ikea TWICE in one day.. just walking through the showroom with its snaking paths and corridors takes up at least half a day, and that’s if you don’t actually stop to look at anything! We were in the market to find 39″ wall cabinets to replace […]

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You’ll have to excuse my newfound obsession with creating color palettes.. I’m sure we’ll get back to our regularly scheduled programming soon.. but in the meantime, I came across this lovely image today via Terramia: and had to of course create a palette based on it: Thanks Terramia!

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I love the earthy mix of yellows and browns. Too bad I can’t use this palette, I’m out of rooms!

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Surprisingly, we didn’t come up with the idea to get rid of it until recently… its amazing what being in a space for a while can open your eyes to.  Here is the before photo: See the 2+ foot drop above the cabinets? It also runs over the  side by side windows over the sink, […]

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It was love at first sight when I first spotted this Louis side table from Anthropologie:  But at $598 plus $75 shipping, it’s a little um, pricey.  My “cheap” version? This lovely circa 1930 shabby chic white end table I got at my favorite antique dealer in NYC for $125: At first glance, not so similar.  But they […]

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Approximate pallete (with healthy doses of black and white thrown in) Accent Color inspiration: A muted gold like in this Deer Print by Daniel St. George available at Little Paper Planes

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