Colleen’s house

Bookshelf Styling

I realize I have been a little quiet about my house recently. That is because of two reasons. One is that my work is making me real tired. I don’t typically like to complain on here, but this month has been so draining that I barely feel like a person. Luckily Meg has been taking

Kitchen Light Fixtures

I heavily dislike most of the light fixtures in our house.  I didn’t hate them enough to change all of them immediately, but now that I had time to mull about it a little, I am ready.  The fixtures with the most disdain reside in my kitchen.  And by fixtures I might fixture.  I hate

Office Inspiration

Remember my living room?  Well in one corner of the room, I am trying to sort out my office situation.  I already have a white parsons desk and delightful little white lacquered console from Ikea, so I am pretty set on good looking furniture.  Now I just want to accessorize it so I will actually

Lacquered Dining Table Before and After

Our dining table has been in my family since I was little.  There is even proof in the form of lovely Megan and Colleen drawings underneath the table from when we thought it was cute to draw on furniture (definitely no longer cute).  I was using it in my old apartment as a small kitchen

Megan and Caitlin’s Birthday Party

Megan and our friend Caitlin both have birthdays in April (3 days apart) so they always try to throw a party together because double birthday parties are really just more fun.  This year I offered to throw it at our house.  We were pretty casual, with hot dogs and hamburgers served as the main course,

Living Room Updates

Funnily enough, the room that we have closest to being finished is one that we really don’t spend that much time in.  Despite it not getting as much use as the family room, living room is my favorite room in the house because of the spectacular light that it gets pretty much all day long.