Remember when I posted awhile back about wondering where I could get one of these Moroccan poufs that I saw in a J.Crew ad? Well, now I see them all over the place, and I’m still wanting to get one. I need to make a special trip into the city to visit the John Derian store, which has a large variety of colors. Also, Tazi Designs sells them at a cheaper price. But I’m not sure if the quality is the same.
image one J.crew ad
image two Making it Lovely
image three Design Sponge
I’m still trying to figure out which kids will share a room together. Stella and Lucas. Or Lucas and Jackson. Keep the room all boy or have a gender-neutral room. And I’m in the market to find a big-boy bed for Lucas. With that said, I’m looking for either a trundle bed or a bunk bed because before I know it Jackson will need a bed. Might as well get it now instead of later. Anyway, I really like Sunrise Ruffalo‘s gender-neutral room that her daughter and son share.
I forgot to post pictures of our finished basement, which has been converted to a playroom. I love my basement now. It’s so nice and refreshing to walk down the stairs and actually see drywall up, paint, recessed lighting, a ceiling and flooring. I’m starting to enjoy doing my laundry. And most importantly, my kids love it. This is where all their toys are located. Where they can run around and be crazy. And make a mess. Lucas and Stella both have their own little play area, and I love to see their imagination expand. Our contractor built a huge closet for me, so I can store jewelry packaging material, gift wrapping supplies, craft projects, books and large toys.
Because it’s a basement, I wanted to make it colorful, bright and light so it didn’t feel like a dungeon, and it would be inviting for the children to play. I bought colorful, striped rugs that were on sale at Pottery Barn. The bookshelves, TV stand and sofa bed are from Ikea. I didn’t want a lot of furniture down there because it would restrict the children’s play area and I’m sure they wouldn’t be happy if I did that to them!! I was going to buy the sofa bed from here but I thought the colour of the Ikea sofa would suit the room a little better. I also bought the cable picture gallery system at Ikea. Stella loves this because she can display her artwork. We are also going to change it out with the holidays. In the future, I’ll get some prints to hang on the wall.
Love this kitchen renovation. And one of the main reason why is because they did more updating than gutting. Lots of good ideas. You can see the step-by-step process here.
I have finally ordered my prints of our family/children pictures we took last year. I don’t have a lot of wall space available, so I’m going to arrange the photos on the wall by the stairs. I’ve been checking on online for ideas on how to do this, in my opinion, tricky project. Not a lot of resources–I guess not many people do the staircase photo gallery.
{via Real Simple, Martha Stewart, BHG}
