It's Almost Beach Time!!

Well, not really, but due to this recent rainy + cold weather, I need to think ahead to sunny + warm times!  In keeping with our summer tradition, we are going to the Hangout Music Festival in May!  It's an awesome music festival that keeps getting better + better acts every year, and did I mention it's ON THE BEACH!?

So this year, I am thinking ahead + planning about the most crucial part of the festival.. what I'm going to wear!  So here is my summer wish list, a couple weeks early...

[1] Urban Outfitters: Mint by Goorin Striped Floppy Hat [2] Victoria's Secret: Daisy Triangle Top + Matching Bottom [3] DIY Twisted Knit Bracelets [4] Anthropologie: McNally Necklace [5] Victoria's Secret: Tank Dress Cover Up [6] Urban Outfitters: Dolce Vita Raffia T-Strap Sandal

Finally! Somewhere to Put the TP!

Voila!  Behold the long awaited bathroom console!

 My mom got me this super cute bath console from Target for Christmas this year.  I really loved this particular one because of the nice glass front detail, and the fact that the pull matches the pull on the cabinet that I already have.  It's also white, which I didn't think I wanted at first, but I am now loving the white on white look!  

(I have a new love of the white beadboard and tile in my bathroom since perusing PotteryBarn.com, and seeing all that they did with white on white beadboard.)

Of course it did not come assembled, by any means.  It came with not one, but SEVEN baggies of screws, nails, and so on..  Overall, it went together pretty easily though.  Made for a nice little hour project.  And Leila loved her new box to play in!

And of course Bryon did his part... by playing on his new iPad and watching a documentary on TV...  men!!

Starting the Year off with Some Apt. Additions

ambience: someone like you - adele

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, y'all!

So I haven't get on here much lately due to the football and holiday seasons... however, I will have LOTS of free time for a while!

This Christmas was a very adult Christmas indeed.  First off, my sister Lauren is ENGAGED!  It was our first Christmas with all of us, including our boys on Christmas day. 

Secondly, this year my main focus for presents, were things for the apt., including a bath console and spice shelf that I have been needing and wanting seems like FOREVER.  And last week, I finally got around to putting them up!

First up was the spice shelf!  About a month ago I tried to put up another shelf that I got from Target, however my ignorance coupled with cheapness of the shelf ended up with a sloping shelf.  So I threw the shelf away and stared at screw holes in the drywall above the stove for months.

Finally, new stainless steel Pottery Barn spice shelf and jars in hand, I got some help from a neighbor Sam, finding the studs in the wall, and installed my brand new shelf!  This allowed me to clean out some wall cabinet space by filling my new spice jars with my spices. 

I still need to fill the last jar with something colorful and maybe add a picture above the jars!  Bath console post and pictures to follow!