Caffeine altar: creating special space for your rough mornings
Back in my wild-partying days, I used to do this thing for myself: before I went out, I’d get my bedroom all set up to be the perfect come-down/hangover den. I’d make the bed and fold back the blanket. I’d leave the twinkly lights on. I’d set a glass of water on the bedside with a couple Advil, right next to the stereo remote. Basically, I got really good at anticipating my compromised mental/emotional state, and pre-creating a space to make it a little easier.
In my kitchen now, I’ve used the same idea to create the perfect caffeine altar.
Your kitchen needs a retro diner booth!
If you have room, you have to do me a favor and take advantage of Retro Planet‘s free shipping deal on their retro diner booths. Wanna take a few measurements of your breakfast nook, or maybe your game room, and then check out some of these awesome booths? If you promise to get one of these and let me live vicariously through you, I’ll show you my dream booth. Lookie…
De-beigeifying our rental kitchen with no-damage DIY and lots of color
Just because your lease commands that your place remain “rental beige” doesn’t mean that you can’t make your home colorful, useful, and glittery. Yeah, I said glittery! Check out one Homie’s de-beigeifying work-arounds.
Monday Moment: Happy chalkboard-y fridge with skulls on top
Janelle’s skull and erasable chalkboard fridge makes her smile every day and brightens up her otherwise very grumpy/groggy mornings. I dig the Tardis drawing.
Use oven rack guards to save your clumsy limbs from burning
Guys! How stoked am I that oven rack guards are a thing? Super stoked.
Bamboo fencing: my favorite island-style home decor
I’m working in Maui right now. Aloha, bitches! So I’m inspired to talk about one of my favorite decorating tools to instantly give your home an instant island feel — bamboo fencing! It’s obviously useful as fencing, but also has many indoor and outdoor uses to make your home feel like a tropical vacation.
Would you ditch paper towels for this re-usable “unpaper towel” roll?
Thanks to KP who uploaded her super colorful and quite eco-friendly paper towel roll photo into our Flickr pool, I learned what an unpaper towel roll is. We talked about going toilet paper free. But would you ditch your paper towels?
Monday Moment: kitchen cabinet organization nerdy treasure hunt-style
I LOVE seeing a fresh moments in our Flickr pool! This one was great because last week I showed you how moments can look awesome when they’re scattered, and now we can celebrate one that’s been all proudly organized… with a nerdy treasure hunt to boot!