With a couple of days off ahead of me, I’m getting ready to paint the bathroom (again). Our building manager has kindly repaired the walls, too, and will be priming today so I have high hopes for the finished look, especially considering the challenge of painting over orange without priming… which I had planned to […]
2 comments | bathroom hardware, Fish, Hook, Ingebretsen's, kids, Swedish, White
In addition to making food so good that people everywhere request that I end our relationship so that he might be available, Tom commutes by bike five days a week to North Minneapolis (~3 miles) rain, shine, or snowstorm. We moved to the city in 2008 and in all that time Tom’s been riding a […]
4 comments | 2&21, Apartment, Bicycle, Bike, Biking, Google Maps, Hanger, Hook, Long Haul Trucker, Storage, Surly, Truckaccino
Forget the food! Here’s the table setting before we filled every possible surface with a bowlful of stuffing.
2 comments | Candles, Cranberry Sauce, Nambe Candlesticks, Plates, Salt and Pepper, Silverware, Stripes, Swedish Candles, Table Cloth, Table Setting, Thanksgiving
Finally. Ready. To. Paint. (!)
3 comments | Apartment, Beige, Gray, Grey, Living Room, paint, painting, Sherwin Williams
About 10 minutes ago I was going to write about my first adventure in laying out a gallery wall (I suppose this handful of sentences somewhat counts). I bought a number of Ribba frames from IKEA to go with one I already had and used the papers inside to test possible layouts on our bedroom […]
No comments | Art + Craft, Frames, Gallery Wall, IKEA, Picture Wall, Ribba
On Monday I ordered another PosterHänger, a product that makes for a great cheap (!) frame for just about any sized work on paper. Designed by Jørgen Møller, they range from 12 to 72″ in length. I just ordered a 72″ for Tom’s world map (which is about 69″ wide) that I’ll soon be hanging in our bedroom […]
1 comment | Art + Craft, Bedroom, dining room, Frame, hanging, Posters
Last year Tom decided he’d like to start an herb garden on one of our window sills (After my agreement, this went into the grocery budget!). Living in a older brick building, we have the luxury of having large areas outside of every window on which to place planters. It’s true we have a northern […]
No comments | Bell Peppers, Garden, gardening, Herbs, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Spearmint, Tarragon, Thyme, Tomatillos, Window Boxes
We started the day with a big breakfast of toast, sausages, coffee, and strawberry banana smoothies. Yum. Tom and I don’t eat enough fruit… we talk about this a lot without doing much about it. On my last trip to the grocery store, I decided to take action. Bananas and frozen strawberries make a great […]
I’ve read a lot about “IKEA hacks” online but I’ve never attempted one myself. In fact, it’s probably still true that I still haven’t. I had help (the hands you see in the pictures below are my friend Rod’s), and it was more of a careful edit than a hack. Last month I came home with […]
3 comments | Aalto 60, Alvar Aalto, Artek, beechwood, dining room, frosta, furniture, gorilla glue, IKEA, IKEA hack, Ivar, Kitchen, stools, table and chairs
When I painted our bathroom orange last summer we purchased a new shower curtain at IKEA for $8, pictured below center. I wanted something brighter than the brown one we’d been using from Tom’s old apartment (you can see this partially below) to match the crazy brightness of the walls I’d created. Perhaps too crazy…? I […]
7 comments | Apartment, Bathroom, Dwell Studio, IKEA, Orange, paint, painting, shower curtain