childhood favorites

My mom has a sweet collection of children’s books.  Some classics, and some crazy off the wall books that would give your child nightmares if they read them before bedtime.

gather round children, as I tell you THE STORY OF ATOMIC ENERGY-GY-GY-GY (that was an echo btw)

when we visited my grandparents growing up the only books available to us were Calvin and Hobbes anthologies.  Funny, but not nearly as educational as what Gran Jan has on her bookshelf!

40 hours

I realized my camera was in my purse the other day so I snapped some photos of my office.  I wish I had a before picture of this space…pink walls + hunter green carpet = 1988 threw up in my work space.  I spruced it up last fall and now it is a much more pleasant place to be.  I need to hang some photos on the back wall and get another lamp since I refuse to work under the fluorescent lighting.

when I acquired the office there were 4 of these shelves in an L shape in the corner.  I had the ones above my desk removed and it made the room feel much bigger.  I left these 2 up so I could display some things.

my inexpensive art

the very important source of non-headache inducing light, a lamp from walmart.  Also loving this fun little calendar I bought on etsy.

and my chair, that is looking kind of sad now that I brought the pillow home to use on my bed.  Will have to replace it soon.  Mirror is from World Market, as is the slipcover.  I scored the chair on clearance at Homegoods.

so there you go, my tiny office that fits me plus about 1.5 other people 🙂

change it up

So happy to see our bedroom coming together.  Just 2 walls left to paint and I’ll post some pictures of the whole room.  I am having fun with all the options buying a white duvet cover has opened up (bought on sale at Target for $40 a couple of weeks ago).  I’ve been collecting various throw pillows for awhile now but didn’t really know where to use them.  Still, I couldn’t pass up a good deal on a great throw pillow.  So here are some of the different options I have now, I can change my pillows out with the seasons or my mood 😉

spring?

summer?

fall?