jayna | February 7, 2012
In keeping with my joy over finally having a mantle to keep decorated, I present the “man, I miss my Christmas decorations but this sugary sweet stuff isn’t bad” mantle. I have a confession. Two, rather. The first is fairly unimpressive, given my joy over this mantle. The amount of time I’ve spent arranging and [...]
jayna | January 27, 2012
A few months ago, I was so triumphant when we finished with this part of the girls’ room . . . I loved everything about that dresser, right down to the ridiculously expensive knobs that we just had to have because they made the look. Until, of course, those ridiculously expensive knobs (from a store [...]
jayna | January 12, 2012
When we made the crazy decision to buy this house – with me 6 months pregnant – we knew it would be a challenge to downsize so much. One of those challenges was the question of where to put the baby, where to designate as the “nursery.” E stayed in my room until she was [...]
jayna | October 14, 2011
When we moved in, the upstairs bathroom was placed on the short list of rooms that were in desperate need of a facelift. The cabinet and vanity were in great shape – gorgeous wood and excellent quality – but the room is so small that they were overwhelming and made it really dark. The toilet [...]
jayna | October 7, 2011
After we got the girls their new beds, and experimented with some artwork to go over them, it was time to turn to one of the other blank walls. Directly across from the foot of E’s bed, is their dresser. Found (scored, actually) at the same wonderfully musty antique store as the pink washstand, it [...]
