If you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know that I have used IKEA ledges and spice racks as bookshelves in most (all?) of the kids rooms I have designed. In Maya's new room, I used the IKEA picture ledges as bookshelves and they worked perfectly. Here are the reasons why I love doing these outward facing "libraries" in kids rooms: 1 // Books as art. Kids books have such fun ... View the Post
A Sweet Blue and Yellow Nursery
A new niece arrived into our lives a few weeks ago - little miss Mae. She is so sweet and cuddly and we are smitten. Her parents' are Dan's younger brother, Doug, and his wife, Ginny. They also happen to be some of our besties and live in the same neighbourhood as we do (we talked up the neighbourhood for years to them, so when they finally came back to Ottawa they were sold!). Anyway, Ginny is ... View the Post
DIY monogram door letter
One little project I have been wanting to do ever since Maya was born was to find a letter 'M' to put on the outside of her door - you know, one of those DIY monogram door letters. It's not like in our wee little house there was any question as to which room was hers (ha - we have 3 interior doors - total!), but I liked the idea of marking her room in some way. And plus, once we (hopefully) ... View the Post
How To Use IKEA Spice Racks For Books (or the easiest DIY wall mounted bookshelf)
Even though we had finished our nursery makeover before Maya arrived in August, there was one project that remained on the to-do list: using IKEA spice racks for books. We wanted to create outward facing book storage on a small sliver of wall we had in the room. When I helped decorate my friends' nursery last year (check it out here), we used IKEA spice racks for books and I loved ... View the Post
The Most Simple DIY Tree Painting
Here is the last DIY artwork with tape project for our ScotchBlue Painter's Tape week. I racked my brain and perused pinterest for a while to think about this third canvas. I didn't want to do any kind of geometric pattern after finishing up the triangle piece, so when I saw a tree drawing online that was sort of boxy and straight, it was the perfect inspiration for a shape that could made with ... View the Post
project nursery: before + after
So almost three months ago we started the switch over from office/guest bedroom to nursery/office. One of those slow and steady makeovers, and I'm happy to report that a week before our baby girl is due we can call this one done-zo. Let's take a little trip back at this room, shall we? Here it is in it's crazy turquoise glory, full of mis-matched leftover University furniture that we shoved in ... View the Post