A little Birdie told me...

... that our chandelier is a fabulous place to sit on. So I let him. And a couple of his friends, too. We like living close to nature.









Other "Springification" projects of this past week include:




Paper Streamer Flowers



Pillowcases





And a side table painted in "Pesto" and accessorized with the most amazing flower-knob from Anthropologie

Change of Mind

Remember that grey and white striped rug in the entry way? Yeah. Wasn't feeling it anymore. Way too dark and boring. I wanted something bright and sunny that brings the spring into my house. So I flipped it over and painted the back. I love how it totally changes the mood of the entire room.
Side note: You know you've been taking way too may trips to Home Depot when the guys in the paint department start to treat you like family.

California Cruisin'

In between egg hunts, Easter brunches, barbecues and eating way too much candy, we snuck out and took a long bike ride along the beach. It was perfect.

Room for Creativity

Reason #207 of about one million why I love this house: My own space.











Most of the things in this room like the desk and the shelves I already had before we moved. Even the various picture frames, which I have been collecting for quite a while. The only items missing were a rug and some antique-looking chairs. The latter I found at the thrift store last week. One was bright orange, the other one neon green with purple zebra fabric. I'm pretty sure the lady at the store thought I was crazy for buying them, but with some fresh paint and a new cushion they now look great. As for the rug, I decided to do the painting-thing again. This time I made two different stencils to transfer the outlines and used a normal paintbrush to paint on the pattern.