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The Revolving Office Room

by kenz on May 1, 2013 in Decorating, Home Tour with 10 Comments

This is part 2 of the Musical Rooms saga.

TLDR: Aaron’s office was upstairs. We had a free bedroom in the basement he decided to move his office to. Then Karl got a drum set, and stole that room. Much moving has happened. They say that girls are indecisive. But I say, I’ve never moved an office 3 times. So…

Aaron didn’t change Karl’s paint color. And I wasn’t about to help. I wasn’t in the mood. I’m like the grumpy cat DIYer.

This post isn’t some clever tutorial or any piece of mind blowing creativity. It’s just a new set up of Aaron’s office in another basement room.

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Engineer Prints With Excellence

by kenz on April 29, 2013 in Decorating with 36 Comments

We had a big ugly empty wall in the midst of some big ugly demo.

Engineer Prints are the bee’s knees smothered in cheese. I get mine at Staples, and these are the prices for each size.

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Musical Rooms – Literally

by kenz on April 15, 2013 in Decorating, Home Tour with 23 Comments

Last Sunday, Karl came home with a drum set. At 11 PM. It ended up in Aaron’s new office.

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Bringing Our Wedding Home

by kenz on April 8, 2013 in Decorating, Inspiration, Little Touches with 37 Comments

Two years ago today I married the most wonderful human on the planet. I have no doubt that Aaron and I were custom made for each other. There is no one on the Earth who could tolerate and love me so perfectly. Of that, I am positive. (I’m quite the terror, I’ve been told.) He is the ideal life adventure partner. He’s the Jones to my Indiana. The Brave to my Toaster. The Earhart to my Amelia. The fuel to my Cessna. The Drew to my Nancy. The Peeta for my Katniss. I could go on forever. Good thing our marriage will… go on forever.

Wow, anyway. Am I giving you a cavity with all this sweetness?

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My First Bunting & Baby Shower

by kenz on March 27, 2013 in Decorating, Events, Tutorial with 18 Comments

My sister Gina is having a miracle baby! We’re so excited for little Molly to join our big Greek Family. Gina literally lives a block away from me, which is the most rad thing ever.

I got to host my first ever baby shower. And normally, I LOVE throwing parties, but I gotta say, I was sweating chunks for this one. Maybe it’s because a lot of family members who haven’t seen my house, and neighbor ladies from where I grew up (most of whom read my blog) would be there.

All you other bloggers, does it make you nervous when people who read your blog come to your house in real life? Or am I the only weirdo out there that thinks people judge my house extra hard because I blog about it?

Anyway, we had a chandelier that did this:

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Spray Paint an Old Chandelier… Again

by kenz on March 25, 2013 in Decorating, Painting, Refinishing with 23 Comments

If you are my friend on Facebook you saw this:

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Decor In The Office (The Elephants In the Room)

by kenz on March 22, 2013 in Decorating, Little Touches, Room Reveal with 16 Comments

On Wednesday, I was cruel. I showed you how I made this awesome cork board, but didn’t tell you where I was putting it.

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Pinterest Challenge: Lobster Art

by kenz on February 27, 2013 in Decorating, Little Touches, Tutorial with 29 Comments

You Are My Lobster

Today’s the day. It’s a burrito filled with joy. It’s: the PINTEREST CHALLENGE!

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Knock Off Restoration Hardware Art

by kenz on January 25, 2013 in Decorating, Little Touches with 17 Comments

You all know I would trade my vital organs for Restoration Hardware, right? Glad we’re clear on that.

Something about that style just pulls me in. It’s rustic, and quirky, and unique, but traditional, and dark, but neutral and balanced. I love it. My eyes could eat it all up.

So far our Restoration Hardware knock offs include: the vintage map, my version of the Versailles chair, and their Slate paint color formula.

I love the idea of gold framed antique documents, like these manuscripts from RH.

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$15 / 15 Minute Project Link Party!

by kenz on January 21, 2013 in Decorating, Link Party, Little Touches, Tutorial with 20 Comments

Covering Canvas in fabric - quick DIY home decor

Happy Monday, Internet! If you’re like me, you have the day off work today. Bank holidays are a glorious thing.

Me and my girls from the DIY Action Squad (DIYAS for short) are ready to party today!

DIY action squad

Whoever said Monday wasn’t a party day, never met the DIYAS. Partying on Mondays is so fetch.

As you remember, we decided that our projects would be $15 (or less) and could be completed in 15 minutes.

To be honest, this was a project I struggled with. I’m not into quickies. But I AM into makeshift temporary art. As you know, we are planning a big living room/dining room/kitchen reno. However, that doesn’t mean that I can’t have temporary art for my living room, right?

I had some old canvases with yellow chevron fabric from my ugly old bedroom. And I also had some new ikat fabric that was sitting in a closet, waiting for a last minute craft project.

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