The Estate of Things

Is the Expedit a workhorse or what? This thing just doesn’t quit.

For times when you can’t quite afford the custom built-ins in the playroom yet.

P.S.

Loving that bead board ceiling!

One of my besties, Amanda is having a girl! Such amazing news for their family, they already have a little boy and now they’ll complete their collection, ha!

In light of this joyous news, I decided to mock up a nursery for this precious girl scheduled for arrival in October. My source of inspiration comes from the Baby Giraffe series by Sharon Montrose,

This darling would be perfect in a large size on the nursery wall. 20×200 currently has a 30″x24″.

After seeing Baby Giraffe No.5, my mind wandered to Rubie Green’s pink chevron fabric called East Village and then everything else kind of came together.

Amanda already has the Gulliver crib and the Hemnes dresser so those elements were included. Here’s what I’m thinking as far as bedding goes,

Crib bumper in Rubie Green East Village (pink) because the Gulliver looks a little silly with a skirt (there’s controversy about using a bumper but Amanda and I both used them and didn’t have any problems so for the forseeable future I am pro-bumper)

Small comforter/coverlet in John Robshaw’s Kochi Kashmir, for the first long while she won’t use this because of safety hazards and it will be placed over the end of the crib. Note: You could have the skirt fashioned out of Kochi Kashmir and have an East Village bumper.

Crib sheet-off the shelf, pink polka dots, pinstripe or solid white

We had to share…

The girl has got skillz. This is Sarah’s daughter DC, chatting with her parents after dinner.

F is for freakin’ cute when it comes to Paperfingers alphabet prints.

And the cuteness doesn’t end with the alphabet, you can also get a custom name print for your little snuggle bunny.

I love the idea of a handmade holiday and Sara Carr has got some sweet gifts in her Etsy shop for the holiday season.

Twin beds is something that we are seeing a lot of whether it be in a shared bedroom for kids or a guest room, we previously posted about the twin invasion here. But I recently spied something that was a little different, a spin on the twin bed lineup.

What do you think about this concept? Would you rather have separate headboards?

I think the plague is going around in the American magazine circle. Today I read at Abbey Goes Design Scouting that her beloved Gourmet is going bye bye and then I was over at Ruby Press and discovered that in addition to Gourmet, Conde Nast is closing Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Cookie.

I don’t cook but I do love the covers of Gourmet and I’m slightly dissapointed about Cookie, how else will I figure how to be a stylish parent? I don’t subscribe but I have purchased it a couple of times. Right now they are mulling over the topic of “Is it ok to smoke weed at play dates?” and wouldn’t you know there’s Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker). I’d head over to Cookie’s website and start harvesting all of the decor inspiration you can before they shut it down. They’ve got a load of domestic and international house tours, of the entire house not just the kiddie spaces.  There’s also some good nursery design ideas to gather there too.

Some of my favorites…

There are a lot of great blogs out there and sometimes you’ll find one that really inspires you or just makes voyeurism that much more fun. Either way, I found a new blog a couple of weeks ago that I promptly bookmarked, its called katie did.

Peer in to the adventures of Katie and her three blonde children, no she does not bleach their hair, someone actually asked her that on the street!  One of the many things that I love about Katie and her blog is her amazing sewing talent and beautiful children’s clothes.  She’s thinking about producing patterns which is very exciting and I’d like to maybe attempt them myself.

Thank you Katie, for sharing your life and children. We’ll keep a look out for your patterns.

And Katie seems to go in to what she calls a “baby quilt binge”, this is one of my personal favorites.

Simon from SNL would’ve liked these interesting little tub crayons in his bath.

Coconut, Lime, Cotton Candy, Peppermint….yummy. Great gift for teachers but I like them in a glass jar in a kid’s bathroom. Get them here.

DC’s room is still a work in progress, since we moved in May. She is 14 months old now, spending a little more time in her room and really getting in to…tearing stuff off the shelves she can reach and pitching it on to the floor.

The unfinished part is mostly the walls and the art that I originally purchased on Etsy is still great however, because art is so accessible now I see something new 15 times a day that I want to hang in her room. Recently I’m seeing Geninne everywhere and this particular idea really ticked my fancy.

I think I’m going to do it and I know where I can get tiny clothespins, that would be here.

Who says you can’t create a great collage of these beautiful prints… say in your dining room above the buffet or how about to fill that big void over your sofa?