Clockwise from top left: Keane-Under the Iron Sea, Bloc Party-Silent Alarm, Death Cab for Cutie-Narrow Stairs, Manchester Orchestra-Everything to Nothing Clockwise from top left: Headlights-Kill Them With Kindness, Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Show your Bones, Modest Mouse-We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, LCD Soundsystem-Sounds of Silver All day while I work I sit and listen [...]

I’m so excited- next weekend I’m heading up to the Outer Banks to stay in my family’s o-l-d beach cottage. Isn’t it awesome?? It doesn’t have air conditioning, but the way it’s situated it’s perfectly comfortable (almost) all summer long. Can’t wait for a nice tropical drink on the screen porch in the evenings… and [...]

I started my vegetable garden last night…I bought a bunch of seeds yesterday and am getting them started indoors. This is really the first time I’ve done this, but I am so so excited!! I will (hopefully) be growing: cucumbers yellow squash zucchini butternut squash jalapenos green beans bibb and romaine lettuce rainbow chard some [...]

Just finished reading this book: My So-Called Freelance Life-How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire by Michelle Goodman. It was slam full of great information on freelancing and working for yourself in any capacity…in this economy, more and more people are turning to their own skills to help generate extra income on [...]

The tagline is “A mom and pop shop with an inspiring and curated collection of unique vintage and modern treasures for your home.” And that pretty much seems to cover it…lots of really fun vintage stuff, a lot in the realm of the “industrial” look, but all kinds of different things! My only complaint is [...]

Thought you all might want a little look at last weekend’s BIG project (thanks Kristi and Pete!!). It was more work than I thought, but sooo worth it! I still need an area rug, but this was a start… Floors from ikea (Tundra in Dark Brown) A good view of the floor itself… New light [...]

I LOVE this…analog weather report, by Steffi Gloor and Kurtli Riedi. Beautiful images, really fun concept…today’s and tomorrow’s actual weather report for about 32 cities worldwide. Check it out here, and be sure to look at all the weather pictures, you’ll love them:)

Perhaps not the most functional of dining tables, but still really cool. From alph.be (I’m not really sure who or what that is, but they had cool stuff on their website)

I am so excited…this morning I ordered my very own business cards….yippee!!!! Just wanted to show them off a little bit early, becuase I know it will be at least a week or two before I get them in. And I just had to share my excitement!!!

Love this stenciled staircase. For me, it just works….the patterns go together well, and keep it interesting, but the muted color scheme prevents it from being too busy. Love this idea!!! from Apartment Therapy