I read an article a while back that talked about the worst gift ideas ever. Much to my dismay, right atop the list sat the words coffee mugs. Mugs, as the article explained, are insincere, impersonal gifts that show zero creative thought or consideration of the giftee. Ouch. After reading this, I immediately jumped into…
Snowball finds a home
Remember that adorable porcelain snowflake ball from Target that I bought on a whim and then realized I had nowhere to put? Well, it has found a home for the holidays (Perry Como-style) and on my beloved IKEA candlestick no less! The mix between the silver candlestick and the steely gray ball is pretty striking…
Waxy build-up
We burn a lot of candles in our house. They’re always white (to match any room), always unscented (smelly candles, though wonderful in theory, tend to make my nose go crazy) and always burned at nighttime (because it’s pretty, pals). But inevitably with each candle, long before all the wax melts away, the flame goes…
Let’s get this ball rolling
Jared and I were browsing through the holiday aisles at Target the other day and came across this gem of a decorative item. It’s a little gray porcelain ball, about the size of a navel orange, and it’s rocking my favorite wintertime motif. Yep, I’ve got a thing for snowflakes (everything looks prettier with a…
Ready for some light reading?
It’s Saturday, and like a lot of folks who are puttering around their homes this weekend (one of the last non-busy weekends before holiday plans start filling in the social calendar), I’m starting the day with good intentions: Today I will tackle a project. And what project is that, you might ask? One that, if…
Viva IKEA!
Meatballs, anyone? I’m pretty sure the last time I dined cafeteria-style was in one of the dining halls during freshman year of college, so I suppose I was due for some slide-your-tray-to-the-desired-cuisine kind of eating. So when Amber and I were cruising through IKEA around lunchtime last week, we decided to swing into the IKEA…
Confessions of a faux flower shopper
Perhaps it’s my inner hippie girl speaking, but I’ve always been a sucker for flowers. I’ll never forget when Volkswagen brought back the Beetle; I was a 12-year-old girl with zero interest in makes and models of cars, but this new Beetle, I loved — largely because it came fully equipped with a small plastic…
Close (en)counters, of the apartment kind
About a week and a half ago, some big news rolled into Columbia (big, at least, by 24-year-old girl standards). Our new Marshalls store opened! Woop woop! I’ve been a Marshalls fan ever since a shopping trip six years ago when I scored a pair of Uggs there for only $13. Sure, I’ve never seen…
Halloween décor: The rules need not apply
You know that saying that less is more? That does not apply to Halloween. From the time I was in first grade to third grade, my family lived on Rhein-Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. We had a lot of fun living there; we did a bit of traveling, visited nearby German towns and…
The make-do desk
Have you ever put together a wish list of all the things you would buy for your home if you had super deep pockets and never-ending storage space? Jared and I have an ongoing list of things we’d like to get for our apartment at some point in the future. It’s a long list, and…