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  • Basket Case

    Let’s talk about baskets today, okay? I never thought choosing a few baskets for toys would be so difficult. I need two, maybe three, for the new shelves I installed in my girls’ shared bedroom. When I thought I finally decided on a basket, I returned to the store to find they were all gone. […]

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  • The Act of Taming Toys

    For months now, I’ve been in the process of turning our girl’s shared bedroom (the one that used to be our’s) into a functional space for sleeping, playing, and storing everything in between. After painting the room but before hanging the black-out curtains, I installed this wall full of shelves. I used Rubbermaid shelving tracks and […]

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  • Dining Table Decisions

    Can we talk about our dining room table for a bit? When I first came across this table, I was infatuated. After all, it was a pretty great deal. Since then, I’ve collected (and collected, and collected) more chairs to place around it and we’ve enjoyed many meals at it. I had always planned to […]

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  • DIY Jump Rope

    In grade school, jump rope was my life. That and dodgeball, but since I was much better at jumping than running, I tended to cower in the back, using my classmates as human shields. When a ball would find its way to me, I’d snatch it up and sheepishly attempt to throw it to the […]

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  • A Simple DIY Desk

    Our desk situation has recently changed, which you may have noticed in this post. We were previously using a vanity-with-a-story as a desk. It was left in a historic home that my mother lived in when she was a child so it’s been in the family since. We removed the mirror to make it more […]