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navy, navy, navy…
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father’s day gift guide
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father’s day gift guide
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a workspace i could call my own
Apparently I am obsessed with our office. It’s the room I post about the most and the room I am least content with. Maybe it’s because I spend such a large amount of time in there and mostly look at wires and clutter.
I have been obsessed with the idea of moving for a month or so. We have neighbors from hell. But we’ve decided to stay put for a while longer so now I have decided I need to make the office a place I want to spend all day in. Now it’s time to start planning how to fix the room without really spending money and doing anything too permanent for when we do decide to move. I’m thinking dark walls (like I’ve posted about before) and staining (and trimming) our desktops.
These three workspaces have an order to the clutter. It makes work seem so much more relaxing. Also, the pipe shelving is so good. Is that a challenge to build and then bring with us when we move? I’m guessing yes but I’m going to look into it.
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a workspace i could call my own
Apparently I am obsessed with our office. It’s the room I post about the most and the room I am least content with. Maybe it’s because I spend such a large amount of time in there and mostly look at wires and clutter.
I have been obsessed with the idea of moving for a month or so. We have neighbors from hell. But we’ve decided to stay put for a while longer so now I have decided I need to make the office a place I want to spend all day in. Now it’s time to start planning how to fix the room without really spending money and doing anything too permanent for when we do decide to move. I’m thinking dark walls (like I’ve posted about before) and staining (and trimming) our desktops.
These three workspaces have an order to the clutter. It makes work seem so much more relaxing. Also, the pipe shelving is so good. Is that a challenge to build and then bring with us when we move? I’m guessing yes but I’m going to look into it.
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making this: a sweet little gold dipped jar
Our windowsill next in the kitchen was feeling a little lonely. So I grabbed some chattering teeth (why not) and an old jar and filled it with some weird fake foliage stuff I had laying around. Um, that needed a gold accent stat.
I don’t really have any process shots because the process was taping it and painted it… a million times. The paint needed something to stick to so I used a couple coats of matte medium, but it just was a matter of getting the paint thick enough to not show through when it was sitting in front of the light. I would say this was about 6 coats or so.
Easy (a tad time consuming) little fix. And now something pretty to look at when washing dishes.
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making this: a sweet little gold dipped jar
Our windowsill next in the kitchen was feeling a little lonely. So I grabbed some chattering teeth (why not) and an old jar and filled it with some weird fake foliage stuff I had laying around. Um, that needed a gold accent stat.
I don’t really have any process shots because the process was taping it and painted it… a million times. The paint needed something to stick to so I used a couple coats of matte medium, but it just was a matter of getting the paint thick enough to not show through when it was sitting in front of the light. I would say this was about 6 coats or so.
Easy (a tad time consuming) little fix. And now something pretty to look at when washing dishes.
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it’s so officially summer now.
And happy the month I go to Hawaii! I should be making one of these swimming caps for the trip, right?
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wishlist
copper champagne bucket / tribal chained necklace (for some reason they don’t have it in gold. dammit.) / “what’s your number” on dvd (am i the only one who thinks this is a fantastic movie?! haha. well they don’t on hbo go yet. ugh.) / french kitchen island (someday…) / agate cheese plates / “grown up” leather wallet / southwestern rug (we went to a wedding in durango, colorado and had a pretty woman shopping moment trying to buy a southwestern rug like this. seriously. he showed us the rug and when we asked how much it was, he told us it wasn’t on sale. and put it back on the shelf. so sad.)
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eating this: white chocolate chip cookies
I love white chocolate macadamia cookies. But not super into macadamia nuts. So I don’t know how that works really but I was like hey – what if that cookie was even more delish because it had no macadamia nuts. You catch my drift.
These had a chewy but shortbready kind of texture that people who tried loved. Every last cookie in the batch of like 24 was eaten.
White Chocolate Chip Cookies (adapted from About.com)
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups white chipsPreheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, stir together flours, baking powder, and baking soda. In a mixer, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Beat eggs and vanilla extract into butter mixture. Gradually stir in flour mixture. Stir in the white chips. Drop by level 1/4-cupfuls, about 2 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. Allow cookies to cool for 2 minutes on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
