Category: Honor Roll

Honor Roll
- My grandparents and I used to sing this song together all the time, and now Eleanor and I sing it while I play the ukulele. (My grandpa is gone, but we did do a duet for my grandma after we learned it.) We’re cute, but not that cute. She can’t hold a tune and I can’t play that well! That video though? The best.
- Popular Science is shutting down its comments.
  “Even a fractious minority wields enough power to skew a reader’s perception of a story.”
- Wildlife photos. (The baby fox! The owl in the tree!)
- I think Macaulay Culkin and the Moldy Peaches guys are playing a trick on us.
- 33 of the worst (fictional) first sentences.
  “Betty had eyes that said come here, lips that said kiss me, arms and torso that said hold me all night long, but the rest of her body said, “Fillet me, cover me in cornmeal, and fry me in peanut oil”; romance wasn’t easy for a mermaid.” — Jordan Kaderli
- Holly’s thoughts on blogging, and Karen’s hustle.
- Carolyn Cassady is gone.
- YES. The most amazing paint-by-numbers mural in a nursery. So awesome!
- High/low canopy beds. Which would you choose?
- I could see using these modern linoleum tiles for the right project.
- Selfie help.
- Need the perfect terrarium plants to create, you know, the perfect terrarium? Of course you do. These things are important.
- I’m out of my gourd! (Better order more.)
Hold up, there’s more.
- I will be at Madewell in Oakbrook next Thursday night from 6-9 to celebrate their one-year anniversary. You should come! Discounts and personal styling (by me! What!?) and macaroons, oh my.
All this, and a giveaway too? Woohoo!

This week on MIL’s Facebook page, enter to win a velvet pumpkin trio from LoveFeast Shop. Good luck!
September 27, 2013
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- Our new favorite story here is Rosie Revere, Engineer. Perfect for kids, fantastic for us, too.
- What is real, what is true.
- It’s never to late to start.
- Answering the question, what would a three-year-old pin?
- I forgot to mention it yesterday, but this striped sofa is on its way here. For the library? OH YES.
- A mathematician, on falling in love with math.
- Cats! They power the internet.
- My office is in shambles right now, moving boxes everywhere. Good time to focus on little details like gorgeous office supplies from Schoolhouse Electric, right? (Say yes. The other option it to unpack more, which well… pass.)
- I still love crazy peacock wicker headboards, and now you can buy them, all brand-new like!
- Would you wear brocade? Decorate with it? Or both?
- Ez’s new prints are so sweet. Perfect for kids’ rooms, but cute mixed in with grown up spaces too.
- Get the look: a sunny yellow bathroom.
September 20, 2013
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There are a few happenings happening around town soon. Check it.
- Chicago Home + Garden will be hosting its fourth annual Chairs for Charity on Wednesday, with proceeds going to Designs 4 Dignity. (Sneak peek here.)
- Also benefitting Designs 4 Dignity, the 2013 Chicago Modern Home Tour will take place October 5. Tour the interiors of some of the areas private, modern homes!
- Doug Deuchler (a friend of ours, we are happy to say) will be at the main branch of the Oak Park library on October 12, discussing his newest book, Legendary Locals of Oak Park.
- The last Elkhorn Antique Flea Market of the year will take place on September 29. I haven’t been before, but I’m looking forward to it.
- I have a fireplace! I have a fireplace! I get to decorate the mantle! Fireplace mantle decoration inspiration ahead.
- Entertain like a fox. (This will require a brass bar cart. Pick one.)
- This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
- It’s a little ridiculous how much time I’ve spent recently looking for the perfect trash can to go in our kitchen. Which one did I get? The suspense is killing you, I know it!
September 16, 2013
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- I spent a lot of time looking through the galleries of the 4th Trimester Bodies project. Beautiful, beautiful.
- Posthumous advice: ‘Nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit’
  [via A Cup of Jo]
- A great point of view on urban public schools.
- Mint green, you are so pretty.
- How much do you know about Victorian houses?
- Copper for me, copper for you. Copper for everyone, everywhere!
- Planked walls are popping up with tutorials a lot lately, but would you buy, or DIY?
- I am so feeling black, white, and wood for the home.
  Good thing I have miles of wood trim, eh?
- The little apartment that could.
- Get the look: black accents in the kitchen.
September 6, 2013
Honor Roll
- Daniel’s big kitchen reveal is all that we could have hoped and asked for. SO good.
- This Bill Waterson quote and accompanying comic are perfect. (Some of those panels looked nicely familiar.)
- Lena Dunham’s #tbt letter to a sexpert (and the response!) had me smiling six ways to Sunday.
- Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance was CNN’s top story.
- Have you heard about Erin Loechner’s upcoming new venture, Clementine yet? I’m looking forward to the launch.
- This is so cool: write a secret message outside!
- You know Cole and Sons’ Woods wallpaper, right? Would you buy, or DIY it?
- 10 of the best modern bar stools.
- I think August would like this red arrow shelf. Especially if I threw a couple of toy trains on there, like in the picture.
- I always have a thing for miniatures, and these living roof fairy homes are pretty adorable.
- Awesome custom modern house portraits.
- Awaken, to a gentle beam of light! (It’s called a considerate clock, you guys. Is that not the best?)
August 30, 2013
Honor Roll
- Comparison is the thief of joy. Lisa’s thoughts on this really stuck with me.
- There’s a trend of houses selling with everything and the kitchen sink. Would you buy a house fully furnished? To me, that takes all the fun out of making it your own.
- Four sisters, photographed each year, for 36 years. As adults.
- This Charming Charlie — heaven knows I’m not miserable after finding this.
- I’m feeling so inspired by Anna Bond’s gorgeous hand-painted mural for her trade show booth.
- Flatout Frankie looks flatout fun for kids.
- Get the look: a modern paisley wallpapered bedroom.
- Would you decorate with vintage mugshots?
- What’s old is new again: the Prague 811 chair.
  (And psst: a set of 10 are up for sale on Etsy. The caning is impractical for us right now, but they may be a good fit for someone else!)
- ‘Hey, you got your chandelier in my pendant light!’ ‘No, you got your pendant light on my chandelier!’
This week on MIL’s Facebook page, enter to win a unicorn terrarium from Moss Love Terrariums. Good luck!
August 23, 2013