• Nicole Balch (Color Factory Chicago) | Making it Lovely

    September 12, 2022
    Not that I ever left them completely. I always have loved a good dress. It's just that there weren't many…
  • Musical Instruments Stored Beneath a Red Console Table

    August 3, 2022
    I recently became obsessed with harps. Did you know that there are essentially two types: lever and pedal harps? And…
  • Nicole Balch | Making it Lovely

    March 7, 2022
    I went and got a sparkly new piercing in the flat of my left ear! That brings my total number…
  • Nicole Balch Likes Ochre.

    November 1, 2021
    Hey, that's me! I want these things! Perhaps you do too. And anyway, I'm just having some fun with the…
  • Reupholstered Armchair from Calico Corners | Making it Lovely

    October 12, 2021
    Sponsored by Calico I loved my loud floral armchair. It was a floor model, and there was a small rip…
  • I Want to Smell Like a Marshmallow.

    September 21, 2021
    But not like marshmallows. You know? More like the "ooh, you smell so good, what are you wearing" kind of…