The living room is starting to look less like a construction site. The rug is Sakura from West Elm.  Window coverings as vexing me more t...

I recently spent an evening detailing my dishwasher.  I know, my life is very glamorous.  I saw a how-to on Apartment Therapy about it and ...

I did it!  The Audubon Society certified my yard as backyard habitat!  Getting this entailed a bunch of stuff ( all of it here ) includin...

I spent all day Sunday painting the ceiling and trim, which is a terrific way to spend a lot of time doing something unpleasant with no real...

So, about those bedroom curtains. I ordered a swatch of the fabric I posted last week , only to find that it really has an olive undertone...

Sometimes I do things that, if a girlfriend was describing them to me, I'd be like, "Girl, what are you thinking? Don't do that...

I've never storyboarded (is that even what it's called?) before, but this is sort of the master plan for the living room.  Until, yo...