DIY Closet Build

We have that rarest of specimens in a NYC apartment--a walk-in closet. Our only other closet is a narrow affair in the bedroom. Awhile back, we built out the walk-in closet with a Rubbermaid System, in order to better utilize the space. Despite this, my husband's clothes threatened to take over the floor of the closet, mostly because we were using hanging fabric shelves for his clothes, which don't offer much in the way of support » READ MORE

April 28, 2008

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Crafty Invites

I was inspired by a project in the January issue of Martha Stewart Living to make my own invitations for a friend's baby shower. The original project was for a New Year's Eve party, so instead of doing a champagne glass, I did heart cut-outs. The insert has the lyrics to "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" on one side and the shower invites on the other side. Sure, it would have been cheaper and taken less time to buy pre-made cards » READ MORE

February 02, 2008

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An (Organized) Hanging.

We have lots of blank space on our walls. We've been quite lazy about decorating around here and we're forever flapping our lips about getting our photos printed to hang on the walls. Then, last week, I saw this article on Lifehacker and that re-lit the fire under my ass. We ordered a box of ten frames from Target (see my clippings section), and went through our flickr streams. We tagged the photos we wanted with "print," so that we c » READ MORE

August 24, 2007

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Wedding Favors.

I totally wasn't going to do favors for my wedding. Instead, we were going to donate to two charities of our choice, in honor of guests and in memory of my grandmother. I just thought it was silly and wasteful to spend all that money on crappy favors that people probably won't keep.

Then... my sister suggested little photo albums, since Henry and I met on flickr (yes, we did!). I thought people wouldn't want photo albums that have » READ MORE

August 23, 2007

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How to... Recover a Disaster of a Closet.

When we couldn't see the closet floor, when we couldn't find Henry's passport, when the light fixture broke, all these things were signs that our closet was reaching the point of no return. First, I took the lazy (and broke) girl's way out-- I pleaded to Real Simple magazine to give me a closet makeover, but they didn't even respond to my e-mail. I guess the pictures scared them.

The other lazy (rich people's) way out is California » READ MORE

August 19, 2007

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