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Target Coastline Desk

Monday, July 28, 2008    Organizing    Add a comment »

Target Coastline Desk

Teresa left a comment a few days ago about Target’s knockoff of the Pottery Barn Bedford Desk, and from the photos, it looks even more like the Bedford than the JC Penney version that I bought several months ago. I think it’s the square “feet” on the bottom that I like the best. It comes [...]

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Deciding on a big boy bed…

Monday, July 7, 2008    Decorating, Kids    Add a comment »

Deciding on a big boy bed...

My son is just about to graduate from his toddler bed to a honest to goodness big boy bed. So now I’m trying to decide what’s best. A bunk bed that would be fun when he’s older and has friends sleep over? A trundle bed to store the extra sleeping space away when it’s not [...]

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Kids Costume Cabinet

Monday, February 4, 2008    Kids, Organizing    1 Comment »

Kids Costume Cabinet

The big fundraising auction for my son’s preschool is coming up later this month. This year the Three’s class is providing a “Costume Cabinet” as our group project. Each family has contributed a different dress-up costume, and they’ll all be housed in IKEA’s Hemnes Kids Wardrobe. So far, we have an astronaut, pirate, cowboy (with [...]

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My new desk

Sunday, January 6, 2008    Decorating, Organizing    21 Comments »

My new desk

I’ve had my eye on Pottery Barn’s Bedford Desk for a long long time. Just about every time I receive my weekly Pottery Barn catalog, I flip right to that darn desk and picture exactly where it would go in my home (replacing the tiny, clutter-covered table in the corner).
Then I was obsessing over [...]

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Guests coming over? Quick, hide the junk!

Thursday, November 22, 2007    Decorating, Organizing    1 Comment »

Guests coming over? Quick, hide the junk!

My dream of having Candace Olson over to give me a wall of built-in storage has not yet materialized. So in the meantime, I continue to stack mounds of blankets and toys anywhere I can. I love the idea of furniture that looks great and provides needed storage. My favorite is the new Charles [...]

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