Multiples

Complementary fortunes from Chinese take-out on Friday night

The snow has given way to rain, and the recent time change promises that spring is right around the corner. We used the slow-but-sure seasonal shift as an impetus for an active weekend centered on the house, where the motto certainly seemed to be: the more, the better.   

Transitioning into a warmer weather scent via my ever-growing collection of Diptyque fragrances

Shelf decorating inspiration at Anthropologie

Taking advantage of the sale at Oberweis and stocking up on some favorite ice cream flavors

Spontaneously cleaning out the hallway closets to install our new organizers

Library Love

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We (read: my boyfriend) hadn’t even finished putting together our new bookshelves when I started pulling together my back issues of National Geographic and Martha Stewart, old J. Crew catalogs, vacation travel guides, and extensive collection of Coralie Bickford-Smith-designed books for display. Now all I need is a vintage ladder and some style inspiration….

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IKEA Vortex

Our weekend started out innocently enough with an early morning trip to IKEA. In order to avoid any 30 Rock-esque mishaps, we fueled up at a little Greek restaurant on the way.  The combination of sugar and caffeine must have done the trick because we had one of the most successful (and affordable) shopping experiences ever. Two birch Kilbys, a Vika Adils and a cute little Rens later, we had the makings for a renovation that proceeded to take over the entirety of Saturday and Sunday.  Don’t you love when building bookcases turns into cleaning out a closet, reorganizing seven years worth of paperwork and hand-cutting mats for art that you’ve been meaning to frame since you moved in three years ago?  

Deciding if we should take our chances and not anchor the $25 bookcases into the rental condo wall

The answer to the desk dilemma: a very utilitarian $20 piece of wood on $3 legs that will do the trick until I quit being so indecisive

The beginnings of a Geographer's dream library

Fresh mint from a friend's yard and the makings for a mojito at the end of a labor-intensive weekend