I’m so glad I spent all that time/money designing this lovely mudroom so that my kids can toss all of their shoes and backpacks on the floor.
Oops. One pair of shoes belongs to me.
The struggle is real.
:)
Happy Saturday friends!
Happy Friday friends! Slow blogging week I know! I have been making major decorating/organizing progress around here that hasn’t left me with much computer time. Hopefully next week I’ll have time to share more. I’ve been checking things off my list! You all know how much I love that feeling. :)
It’s been a while since I’ve done a quick round-up of some of my every day pics from my iPhone so I thought I’d share a few today. If you follow me on Instagram (erin_sunnysideup) you’ve seen a few of these already. These day to day snapshots are always my favorite because when I’m old and gray it’s the little every day things I want to remember.
Every morning I wake up and stumble into the kitchen and sunlight is pouring through these windows in my nook. It always makes me smile and I tell myself that “today is going to be a great day.” My little morning pep talk to myself before I wake the kids up and the crazy begins!
Continue reading “Things I want to remember (daily life round-up)”
I don’t know about all of you but lately I feel like I am DROWNING in my kids’ paper work. Three kids with all of their class assignments and tests and reports and stories and art work and parent letters and the list goes on and on…
I thought I’d share a few ways I’m attempting to contain the paper around here. I’ve shared my hanging file holder several times on the blog. In the past I’ve used it to hold magazines. Right now it’s hanging in my office. (I get asked a lot where it’s from – Ballard Designs!)
Continue reading “Organizing Art Work and Keepsakes”
Oh my word. Our playroom is organized. Plus I finally got the place clean enough to take pictures. Miracles DO happen! ;) Continue reading “Organized Playroom”
Do you want your home decor to stand out? Continue reading “Daily Design Tip”
Sharing my organized attic today! Along with our extra room above the garage. Remember back in January when I came up with a one year plan to organize my home? You can see what area of my home I’m organizing each month here. (It’s not too late to start a plan for your home!) I’m personally loving my well laid out plan because it’s just so doable. A couple of spaces each month. My list really is keeping me on track! These were my January organizing goals: Continue reading “Organized attic, bonus room and holiday decor”
Happy Wednesday everyone! So I’ve been organizing. A lot. And I was going to share an organizing post with you today but two hours later I’m STILL editing the pictures. I took too many. And I may have gotten a bit distracted somewhere along the way watching Fixer Upper. Two episodes. Oops. :) Continue reading “Clean spaces and a work in progress”
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Just wanted to wish you all a lovely weekend and share this picture of Ad I posted on Instagram last Thursday night. I took it right after she finished her masterpiece – a Cupcake Valentine box to go with her cupcake valentines. I nudged her in the right direction but she pretty much made the whole thing by herself and was so proud. So was her mom. :) I’ll share how she made it at some point. SO so easy with stuff we already had around the house.
Continue reading “Happy Love Day!”
Ok. I have to thank you all for your sweet comments/advice when I shared my front entry bench dilemma with you earlier this week! The bench is so fun there, but I think I’ve decided to leave it in the formal dining room (for now anyway!) and look for a new bench for the entry. Since I started talking front entry with you all I thought I’d share another room in our house that is one of my many decorating projects for 2015 – our formal living room! Makes me kind of laugh whenever I think about this space because the first thing I told our architect when we were sitting down to design our house was that I didn’t want a formal living or dining room. Rooms that don’t get used as much and just sit and take up space.
And yet that’s exactly what I have now. :) My husband really wanted the formal dining room so we compromised by him getting the space and me getting free reign to decorate it as UN-formal as I wanted. :) The formal living room came to be because for a while in our plans when you walked in the front door you were staring at the dining room. Neither of us loved that idea. I really wanted to walk in the front door and see out into our yard and pool so we ended up putting in a formal living room to look pretty when you walk in. Sort of an extension of the entry. I LOVE this room now (I had so much fun designing it!) and I think we actually will use it more than I thought we would once we get furniture. It has been sitting empty for a year. :) But that’s about to change!
Continue reading “Our Formal Living Room (blank slate!)”
Popping in to share my most recent fun find with you all! Last week I went shopping with a good friend of mine and she introduced me to the cutest little boutique here in San Diego. SO many fun things in that store. I wanted one of everything! I didn’t buy one of everything (are you reading Kenny? I promise I didn’t.) :) What I did come home with was this fun print of California with a heart magnet that (for me) represents San Diego. I fell in love with this immediately. First just because I’m collecting things for a gallery wall in my house and the soft pallet and wood frame are exactly the vibe I was looking for.
But more importantly, this print tugs at my heart for another reason.
Continue reading “San Diego is home”
Happy Monday everyone! Good weekend? I hope so. I have to share my fun new find with you all! I was at Down East Home in Utah last time I was visiting my family and landed on this fabulous black tray. There was only one in the store and it was kind of hidden in the back. I went to pick it up and the handle came apart on the left side. I showed it to the store manager and asked if he had another one that wasn’t broken (knowing the answer would be no) and he said no but I could have this one for 40% off. Score! That’s totally the response I was hoping for. :) Easy fix to glue the handle on and I LOVE it on my farmhouse table. I needed something big and this fit the bill perfectly!
Continue reading “Benches and Bowls”
Happy Wednesday everyone! Continue reading “Over 10 fun ideas for Valentine’s Day!”
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