If you google "Ikea Hemnes Shoe Cabinet Hack" you'll get a number of blog posts that discuss how quickly and easily the author transformed a simple Ikea Hemnes shoe cabinet into a beautiful statement piece of furniture. So when we decided to create a welcoming "entryway" on a blank wall outside our upstairs guest bedroom…
(Master bath) We are on the brink of potty training our first born. And I've made a terrible realization. Only one of the beautiful bathrooms I designed in our home is truly potty-training appropriate (i.e., has LOTS of room around the toilet and a ceramic tile floor). I cringe at the idea of repeatedly scrubbing…
For a professional job interview, it's the general advice to dress conservatively, in your best blue suit, sensible shoes, and understated jewelry or tie (I should know, I've practiced law in big firms for 8 years and been on both sides of the interview table plenty of times). But a first date is a very…
Continue reading ➞ How to Style Your Entryway – It’s a First Date Not a Job Interview
We moved into our house 2 weeks before I was due to be induced to deliver our son. I was ecstatic to finally be moving into our new home (which we were supposed to have moved into a month prior). But I was also stressed that we would end up dumping things randomly around the…
Our son is our second baby. But his room is the first nursery I've had (possessed) to decorate. We brought our daughter home to our 1400 -ish square foot 2 bedroom apartment and the only place we had for her crib was in our guest bedroom, which did triple duty as her nursery, our guest…
All photos in this post belong to Rustic Trades (Rustictradesfurniture.com) Click here for more info on our table! Welcome to the track! We run, gallop, hop, crab walk, bear crawl, and "Simon says ____" laps around this room every day. (My personal favorite is when "Simon says savasana" and my toddler and I lie flat…
Continue reading ➞ Designing the Track! (I Mean… Our Dining Room)
Spit and polish (noun) - extreme attention to cleanliness, orderliness, smartness of appearance and ceremony often at the expense of operational efficiency. This is my design process to a T! (Well, we’ll leave the extreme attention to cleanliness to my husband. That’s not me. The rest…guilty!) I'm Elyse and today I'm launching Spit & Polish.…
Spit & Polish 