school bus 3rd birthday party
Throwing a DIY Birthday party at home is a busload of work. But it’s fun. In fact, it’s pretty much The Most Fun.
crafty: diy quick leaf crown for toddlers
Let the Imperfect Crafting Games begin! This is either the beginning of a whole lotta spontaneous kid-crafting for us, or it’s a one-off. We’ll see. But the other night I […]
diy baby clothesline: the hoarding starts now
There are many things I am uncertain about in this parenting venture but there is one thing I know for sure: I will never ever be able to get rid of these tiny newborn suits! In fact, though it is logical, normal and the correct course of events, I am […]
laundry room button art
Our laundry room is a crying shame. It’s dingy, it’s messy, it favors function over style a thousand-fold. This didn’t used to bother me. After all, it’s just a laundry room. But now that I have an infant and am doing approximately 65,000 loads of laundry per week, I find […]
taxi, please!
So the theme of Ian’s nursery has turned out to be Nature and City: this wasn’t intentional but this is how it evolved. And I suppose it’s not that surprising… For those of you who don’t know, Rob and I met when I was living in Manhattan and he was […]
diy: gettin’ twiggy with it
Super Storm Sandy: Check. Power back on: Check (though it has flickered several times, in fact twice while I was trying to post this, and many in our area haven’t gotten it back AT ALL yet.) Internet, Phone and TV Service finally restored: Check, check and check. Price-gouged gas in […]
diy: confessions of a napkin addict
I have amassed an embarrassing number of paper napkins. A whole mountain of them, all with a different theme: holiday napkins, striped ones, napkins featuring cartoonish slices of watermelon. My collection once fit in a large bowl in our pantry, and having outgrown that container, they’re now overflowing from an […]
DIY design: earrings on a wire
What do you do when you own approximately a trillion pairs of earrings? …When they’re getting all tangled, mixed up, and separated from their twins in your otherwise trusty jewelry box? Well, this of course is a very tragic problem and one for which there are only two solutions. 1) […]
what is happening to decorative throw pillows?
[In honor of Design/De-sigh-n month, I decided to bust this out: A version of this piece previously appeared on one of my favorite humor sites, yankeepotroast.org, a while back.] Is it just me or have decorative throw pillows become completely ridiculous? I mean, they’ve always been covered with tassels and […]
design: will e-readers kill the bookshelf?
I have always revered books as objects. Not only did I “publish” several great works before the tender age of ten (i.e. I had a few excellent, hard-working teachers who harnessed the power of lamination and did a masterful job of stapling), but I also spent countless hours arranging and […]
de-sigh-n month has arrived!
Happy De-sigh-n Month! You might be wondering: why the sigh? Well, this is because I am a conflicted person. Let me try to explain… The realm of interior design brings me a great deal of joy, But it also brings me pain. I already have far more things than I […]
what does it take to become an amazon bestseller?
So what does it take to become an Amazon Bestseller? Answer: a lot of great friends, kind-hearted acquaintances and supportive blog readers! Wow – on Wednesday, the day it launched, my new humor book, The Homeowner’s Guide to Greatness, became a bestseller in the categories of “Humor” and “Crafts, Hobbies […]
this homeowner’s guide will change your life
Top Ten Reasons to purchase The Homeowner’s Guide to Greatness on Amazon TODAY: 1. Kirkus Reviews calls it, “An amusing response to the woes of homeownership sure to be enjoyed by anyone who’s ever taken out a mortgage.” 2. Pig Pen from the Peanuts Gang gives it two thumbs up, […]
what to do BEFORE tackling any DIY projects
Queue drumroll (preferably played by Animal of the Muppets). Here is the exciting news I hinted at in the last post: My new humor book, The Homeowner’s Guide to Greatness is officially coming out in TWO DAYS. So, this Wednesday, July 18. This groundbreaking guide is my first book, very […]
fyi: there is such a thing as too much light
It is perfectly normal to want a living space with lots of light. In fact, you might even say that this is a healthy human desire. But I have learned that there is such a thing as too much light. In the following post, I will detail how I came […]
sod or seed? the answer is here
Guest post from Suzanne @ Inspire; to breathe Oh yards! Trees, grass, and flowers: so many opportunities for beauty, and so many opportunities for…disaster. I have been reading Suzanne’s blog, Inspire; to breathe for a while now and have been continually impressed by her positive attitude and her sense of […]
diy: welcome to the enclave
(NOTE: In order to get in the right head space for this HIMP Month installment, please read the title of this post in the voice of Axl Rose singing, “Welcome to the Jungle.”) Weird thing about our house: we don’t really have a useable backyard. It’s narrow, sloped, and adjacent […]
tool school: what you need in your kit
Guest post from Leena and Bradley @ Bye Bye Brooklyn Get out a pencil and notebook because you are about to learn a thing (or thirty) about tools from some bona fide Home Improvement experts. Leena and Bradley said bye bye to their tiny Brooklyn pad and hello to a […]
