Hanging Fall Leaves
As I mentioned in my last post, there aren’t a lot of obvious signs of fall in Los Angeles. Ladies […]
As I mentioned in my last post, there aren’t a lot of obvious signs of fall in Los Angeles. Ladies […]
It all started with a cute Martha Stewart idea — bats that magically unfold into a garland […]
Our living room decor skews a bit toward cabinet of curiosities as it is, with sharks’ teeth, bird feathers and old nature illustrations covering the walls. To decorate for Halloween, we just took it to the next level — an apothecary jar of candy, a snake skin, an 1875 skeleton illustration (via Just Something I …
If you waited until the last minute to decorate for Halloween (like I did), here are a few projects […]
For the final installment of Southern Soirée party posts: the streamers! Using just thread and paper circles, we added a pop of color and a little bit of whimsy to our backyard party. Originally, I hoped that the circles would all face in one direction. That just didn’t happen, but the result was a really …
I am such a sucker for outdoor lighting. OK, I’m not a huge fan of small, standard Christmas lights (probably from the years of using them as dorm decor), but I love decorative string lights and small clear globes and paper lanterns and regular lanterns and candles of all sorts. If a restaurant has a …
I inherited a small cabinet from a roommate in Indiana, and it has fearlessly traveled the country with me for the last four years. Though thinly coated in flat white paint, it faithfully held a TV in South Bend and a lamp in Atlanta before becoming the perfect entryway piece here in LA. The many …
Note: This is Greg’s first Seakettle post! Since he was completely responsible for every step except number 11, I figured it would be easier for him to explain the shelves than for me to transcribe the process. Thanks, Greg! We acquire a surprising assortment of stationery on a regular basis—postcards, wedding invitations, a Charley Harper …
Sorry for the lack of posts lately! It seems I have a million projects on the to-do list, yet we’ve been spending all our free time out of town! Speaking of traveling, we’ve added this new print to our collection: “We don’t take vacations, we take adventures.” Greg came to this conclusion in Charleston, as …
Despite my taking 5,000+ photos per year (for fun), our apartment had exactly one photo on display. Pitiful. It isn’t even a particularly good one, it just happens to have been framed years ago. Yesterday, I finally changed that. Part of my hesitation in putting up tons of photos (especially, no offense, of family and …