bookshelf: scary or amazing?

via storage glee

bookshelf love

Ren, i lied before: THIS is the bookshelf I want in our basement. Bookmark this post. Make me this shelf this summer. Thank you. Via storage glee

storage glee

storage glee is a website I'm obsessing with lately but storage glee (the emotion) is what I felt when I saw this idea posted there (seriously, i wept). Vintage printer drawers turned jewelry storage? Oh, hit me. Total ♥.

book page rose tutorial

same as the one below, i just wanted to document the book page one for later usage. full tutorial by stephanie lynn found here and here.

mounted mason jar storage

more ideas for my studio - mounted mason jars, made with sections of wall molding from a thrift store and hose clamps. via weeping cherries

put those old crayons & pencils to good use

crayon monogrammed wall art! by two peas in a bucket and by dollar store craft via Pinterest

seriously organized closet

i think i may have soiled my pants a bit... this is too awesome - from the container store

when everything has a home

Else's dream: to have her studio neatly organized where her tools & resources are all visible & easy to reach. Like this:



via The Nest

porcelain "cross-stitching"

by Gina from doe-c-doe, super cool idea on how to use Pebeo Porcelaine pens to customize your mug. I ♥ Gina. Check out her tutorial here >

acqua nursery

one of the most beautiful nurseries i've seen. Ren, for our next magic trick, i mean, baby, I am going to need this nursery. via House of Turquoise

repurpose

finding a new purpose for a bookcase. Totally awesome. Via Pinterest >>

birthday wishes, natural history store edition

i could probably live without the items above but if I had them, my living would be just a bit sunnier.
by Natural History >>

true beauty is on the inside

i have been yapping to my husband about the inside of our storage closets & dressers for a while. Hmm... Wouldn't it be lovely if every closet held a bright & cheery surprise on the inside? (and I'm NOT referring to my messy belongings). Expect a future BEFORE/AFTER post from Else Boo, showing her revamped closets. If any of you out there have ideas, send them on, email me.

To be continued...

(closet image via dandee)

more chalk ♥

I despise caramel (i'm going somewhere with this). And do you know why? Because I have the gift of "obsession until sick", is what my mother calls it. When Else Cake was 8ish, she spent an entire allowance on a giant bag of hard caramels, her favorite. I knew if I went home my mom was going to make me share them with my mean, mean brothers so instead, I climbed up my neighbor's tree and ate the entire bag. I got sick. The end.

Chalk lettering & drawing is becoming my caramels. I'm obsessing. I'm pretty sure I'll be sick of it before long and will feel ill at the sight of it. But for now? I'm up in the tree feeling nothing but love for it.

xoxo,

Else Pooh

PS: Oh, geez. By the way, this is Dana Tanamachi. She's a Brooklyn based letterer & graphic designer. I ♥ u, Dana.

if you have $700K laying around...

will you buy me this lovely home in Australia? via designtoinspire
(i'm in love with this house)

three potato four stuff i can't live without

by three potato four

yup. another one.

HUGE rabbit hole: lottaagaton.blogspot.com

redecorating the cube

did i tell you i'm wallpapering my cube with chipotle bags? (which i'm hand coloring and putting up). i am pretty sure it's the stupidest, least creative but yet most fun thing i'm doing right now. it all started when Else Bear got stuck in an "awesome" conference call and decide to put her crayons to good use. the finished piece was a VERY colorful Chipotle bag (which I had laying in front of me at the moment). I've colored every bag I gotten since then and I'm actually liking it. And no, it's not like I don't have enough crap to do but conference calls kill me and this is the medicine I take for it.

i'll send a pic when done. :)

oh, the 70's

via Wanken

chalkboard kitchen wall

I did it. Took about 4 hours, a can of chalkboard paint, a jug of orange juice (not required, I was just craving it) and some chalk. Made that corner a little cozier (another word for smaller) but my dear daughter & husband have a space to doodle. Ta da!

PS: it was 11pm when I decided to do this and miss impatient me did not prep the wall correctly so if I dig in real hard with a nail, some paint may scratch off. boo-hoo. my fault. i'm sure i'll be posting a rant about it later... for now though? happy as pie. :)