dreaming, thinking, and planning for a...

husband and i are waiting for a piece of property to call our own. it's been four apartments & three cities since the day we came home from our wedding. there's unpacked boxes in our would-be office corner, and more possessions in husband's parents' basement. renting is a drag, and we're plum tired of the same four walls & a leasing company telling us what we can and cannot do.

i'd much a like a real garden, and a real home with a real front door. i long for that homestead where family comes to gather & tradition fosters.

so as our hunt & wait continues, i snip plans into my spiral book, pin to my nesting board, and continue daydreaming of hammocks & door knockers. 

sigh.

the drawing board: my 1st bathroom

ok so husband and i are looking at houses. ohmygosh! a house?! we're looking near the capital, where there's a lot of brick homes with fireplaces & serious cabinetry. so far my favorite is a tall historical house built in the early 1900s. not surprisingly, some baboons embraced the 80s and laced the place with heinous carpeting & wallpaper. then the 90s hit and so did the neon green paint.

no matter where we settle, the bathroom will be ripped apart first. feast your eyes on my plans to pull it off.

1. benjamin moore paint in stone white, $68 for one gallon

2. victory pendant lamp, $149

3. victorian hex mosaic tile, $69 per 9 square feet

4. wire basket, $12

5. clawfoot bath, beginning at $1,200

6. glass jars, beginning at $3

field guide: how to launder white linens

upcoming summertime has me thinking about fresh whites & putting away the woolies. keeping white sheets from discoloring isn't nearly as daunting as it seems, trust me. i use maria carr's method, who pens the sought-after dreamy whites blog. it's a combination of oxiclean & mrs. meyer's -- one powerful elixir, honestly.

photo found here

(dangit tumblr. the url went missing during my trackback; if you know or run across the original source, please tell me!)

wall happiness

shanna murray is a new favorite illustrator; how special are her wall decals?!
she lives in new york.
her blog makes me drool.

(ps. she's the one who designed sf girl by bay's logo)

i need a studio.

there's a black hole in our apartment where unpacked boxes gather. my thoughts on the room include gutting the space & putting in a wooden desk & baller industrial what-nots. (i'm looking at you, hairpinlegs.)

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