good long while

buddies

house paint

It took us a while to paint the house, but earlier this summer it finally happened.

These photos aren't the best (I took them in the blaring mid-day sun) but a few friends and family members wanted to see and the blog seems like a good way to share.

kid stuff

While poking around on the anthropologie website I found some cute items for the younger set.

{ squirreled away lamp, earnerst raccoon, mushroom pouf, time & memory baby book, and mountain peaks bath basket - which looks good for storing toys }

a goodie

I thought this was a great sneak peek on design*sponge.

plover baby

Doesn't this crib bedding from Plover look lovely? I like that the patterns aren't overtly baby-ish.

{ spotted here }

good morning sunshine

The sun was out when I woke up today for the first time in what seems like a long time. This kitchen, with it's pops of yellow, has that same greeted-by-the-sun feeling.

We have a couple stools like these in our kitchen that we were going to paint but then decided to leave as natural wood. I may be leaning towards painting them again after seeing this photo. 

{ image from here via here }

yellow + blue

Today I looked around and noticed that I've surrounded myself with these particular shades of yellow and blue. From my outfit to the new pillow combo on the bed to the open tabs on my computer.

{ lamp, rug }

P.S. I like this room with the dot-grid rug.

 

west elm kitchen

I'm feeling like I need to do something with the house right now. Move things around, freshen things up, add some color. I guess that's my version of spring fever.

These colorful kitchen items from west elm fit my mood right now.

tipi

We had a bunch of little friends over last Friday. I built this make-shift tipi out of bamboo garden stakes and a table cloth for them to play in. It was a little rickety but survived the playdate.

{ Am I becoming a blog cliche posting about a kitchen chalkboard and now a child's tipi? oh well! }

one last kitchen update

a chalkboard!