the framed piece above the mantle is by Lacey Volk - http://www.laceyvolk.com/

amiencc - you're right, the client was my mother, and this is in a home of my family's, but if you think that means that I wasn't held to my usual professional standards you're kidding yourself. My...

Oh - the blue is Benjamin Moore's Summer Nights (#777) - it's really gorgeous in person.

Thanks everyone. I forgot to mention that the TV is off center because the mount it's on needed to go into studs, and the studs are off center there - we couldn't figure out an easy way around th...

they should be going there now . . . it's working for me

quiltmaster: Yes, the mat is rubber backed mflick: It does get dirty, but no faster than any other bathmat I've ever had, I actually have two so when the first gets dirty I can switch ...

Thanks guys! There's a 60 watt CFL bulb nestled in the middle, which stays cool to the touch so no fire hazard. I'll do a close up later this week to show how I strung them.

wc_canuck: you can't see it, but the back of this organizer has two large pockets you can slip gift bags, folded tissue paper, etc into.

Etsy's search function does leave a lot to be desired. I do have some tricks, though they're too long to write out here - look for a post in the next few weeks about how to successfully use etsy (I...

the green boxes are the Office Basics file boxes from See Jane Work, we wrote about them her...

both the poppy paper and the blue stripes are from Paper Source , I just buy their single sheets and cut them down ...

RichardinLA - you're right, "reasonable" is different for everyone. The sandblasting and powder-coating for this job cost me $160, which to me was "reasonable" considering the (extrem...

yay Lise! Glad to have you on the team.

oops, link is fixed. They were actually sitting on top of wood chips, although in my picture they do look rather like chex mix . . .

thanks everyone! The duvet is from Pottery Barn, see the post about it here .

thanks for the feedback everyone! MichelleMyBelle and closertotheocean: the headboard reflected in the mirror is a vintage iron folding screen I spray painted and mounted to the wall -...

your kitchen is looking great Shayna

Thanks everyone. You can't really see it in the photo, but directly to the right of this door is our fridge - we keep the chalk in a small bowl on top of it (although we have experimen...

The side rack is an "over tank magazine & tissue holder" - we picked ours up at the local hardware store, but similar ones are available at several places online -

Hey everyone - I'm pretty happy with the quality, it's a pretty durable ceramic (um, I already dropped one of mine) and the switch is not on the cord, but at the top of the stem where ...