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The Vikings have struck again, this time with both home and garden ideas for the summer. Take a children’s swing outdoors for everyone, build a beach house gate out of old shelves, some romantic bookshelves made from napkin holders and more. Click below to see the latest and greatest in IKEA hacks!
Greenhouse Design Studio is a gorgeous online ( and sometimes Pop-up!) shop full of vintage and new products that are eco-friendly. I love their simple, rustic style, Take a peek at some of my favorites, next!
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Since we’ve been renovating our home I’ve been looking for “temporary fixes” for problem walls that we’re not yet ready to permanently paint or paper yet. Anyone who has lived in a renovation knows what I’m talking about; sometimes it might be budget-related and you can’t yet fix a room the way you want yet or maybe it’s a domino effect; you can’t fix one problem until you finish another. Well for us it’s both and so to deal with it I’ve been resorting to papering some of our problem walls (this one in our hall), another is the downstairs bathroom with temporary wallpaper solutions. I’ve been loving the nautical look this spring so I created this printable paper using vintage ship photo’s I’ve found on the flickr commons site. The result, a cool paper that is so easy to apply to a feature wall. Obviously you can’t cover large walls, but this idea is a great fix for smaller areas – and fun thing –it’s also perfect for Father’s Day wrapping paper! With that in mind I went hunting for other printables you could do the same with. Click below the jump to get links to (the one above) and more printable or budget-friendly wallpaper ideas!
With warm weather in the forecast we’re ready to stretch out legs and explore town on a cute summer cruiser bike. I was pleasantly surprised to find some really adorable options from Walmart (!!) all under $200. Which one would you pick?
Temperatures are warming up and I’m looking for more cool options in my closet. Fortunately Target has lots of adorable dresses right now, and they are really affordable. These are fifteen I have my eye one, and they’re all less than $45.
I was inspired when I spotted this vintage camera made out of recycled photography books recently by swiss artists Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs — also known as Tonk. Crafted from a stack of hollowed out tomes with a design that recycles old books. Although this isn’t a DIY (I’m sure someone will attempt it soon); it reminded me of all the amazing DIY’s there are out there using or making books. Here is a round-up of some faves. (Vintage camera found via PSFK).
With sunny weather comes BBQs, garden parties, and picnics at the lake. These melamine dishes will get the job done in style no matter where you are. Still stuck in April showers? Melamine and kids go together indoors or out! Continue reading »
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