Archive for October, 2007

Penmanship Stationery

The studio is not ready to be shown yet, but I’m very excited about my latest design!

There are matching pins and magnets too. I think they’d make a great gift for a teacher from a little boy or girl… so sweet!
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Studio Floor, Finished

The studio looks good, even while empty! It’s amazing how much difference some molding can make – the new floor looks sharp.

Kim (Four Beds Two Baths) and Raya (The Paper Pony) are installing wood floors right now too… I’m looking forward to seeing their finished results!

Feels Like Fall

Cooler weather and little changes around the home… it finally feels like fall.

Studio Floor Progress

We’re still working on it. Remember my little list?
We still need to:

measure for the baseboards

buy the baseboards

paint the closet and alcove (and do touch-ups around the room)

install the baseboards – we’ve put up the baseboards, but not the baseshoe yet

prime and paint the baseboards – we bought them pre-primed

clean up

move the furniture back in

move […]

The Studio Has a Floor

We installed the bamboo flooring this weekend in the studio!
Day 1
We emptied the room, shoving everything into the library and future guest room. Brandon ripped out all of the carpeting, pulled up the baseboards, and removed all of the staples and carpet tack strips from the subfloor.

An underlayment had to be rolled out and […]

Coincidence?

Hello, Urban Outfitters. These look a little familiar:

I suppose the work is done for you now, if you don’t feel like making your own.

(Thanks for the heads up, Keira!)

Tao Console Table

I’m trying to think of a space for this table from Room and Board.

It would fit in with our home, but I don’t know where it will fit in our home!
We do need a spot to put our mail, keys, spare change, and the like. Our home doesn’t have a true entryway (the one […]

Getting Things Done, So We Can Begin

Our next big project is going to be the studio floor. Brandon and I will be ripping out the nasty beige carpet and putting in bamboo. It’s the same bamboo that we used in the bedroom a while back.
The bedroom was our first floor experience, and the whole project took eight days (I […]