Yes, you read correctly, EPIC. FAIL. Our first Pinstrosity here at B&B, though I'm sure it won't be the last. It all started with the discovery of this old cotton rug in the basement. Unused, just waiting for a home. I had been planning to come up with some sort of small rug to go… Continue reading Pinterest Challenge Winter 2013 – Epic Fail Style
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It’s Raining! ~ Or A Baby Shower
It was a very busy weekend (hence delaying this post until Tuesday) with friends and family as we showered my Sister for her second baby girl due in May. My family is in the Philadelphia area, while I sometimes live in DC or Pittsburgh. This made for a challenging planning process. Officially, my Niece Leigh-anne… Continue reading It’s Raining! ~ Or A Baby Shower
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DIY Instagram Calendar
This post comes to you out of pure necessity. Paper calendars are becoming a thing of the past with the rise of smart phones, however, it still is nice to have a paper calendar hanging up nearby for a quick reference. I wait until after Christmas to buy a calendar at half-price. Something funny or… Continue reading DIY Instagram Calendar
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Showing the Love ~ Inexpensive Art
Monday we unveiled our updated bedroom with a new pop color, Kermit Green. And you may have noticed the new artwork above the bed. Let's take a closer look. Oops! Forgot I wrapped it! As it had sentimental meaning, I actually made it specifically for Bill for Valentine's day. Let's let him open it first.… Continue reading Showing the Love ~ Inexpensive Art
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It All Started with a Lamp ~ Or, the Bedroom Revamp!
Earlier this month we shared some simple updates we did with our little RASTafari hack including some simple organizing as well as a re-styling. If you read carefully, there was a teaser about coming updates to our Pittsburgh bedroom. Well it's FINALLY time to share them with you! Fortunately, Kermit approves of the changes. You… Continue reading It All Started with a Lamp ~ Or, the Bedroom Revamp!
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Styled Containment of Dresser Clutter
For the longest time I have been on the hunt for one thing. A tray. I know, I know, I have a ZILLION trays, what do I need another one for? I get it, I get it, there are a LOT of trays featured here. But there's a special one I've been on the hunt… Continue reading Styled Containment of Dresser Clutter
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Fridge Flourishes
It is cliche, but sometimes it really is the little things. During one of the FIVE stops at a Target we made this past weekend (are we the only ones who find ourselves detouring to Target whenever we're in a new place? The prices and what's on clearance are always different!) we came across some… Continue reading Fridge Flourishes
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Bubble Wall
Who doesn't love a good deal, amirite? Well, when I found this convex mirror in the back of the DC area West Elm, I HAD to buy it - at only $9! It had been in a display so it was 'used' and marked down $20! So I've been trying to figure out where to… Continue reading Bubble Wall
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The Beer Diagram ~ Inexpensive Art
This one is ultra simple. And if you're a catalog hoarder, should be free for you too. Yes, that is the Christmas 2012 Crate&Barrel catalog. In the drinkware section there's this handy guide to different types of beers. Grab your favorite empty frame... ...Get to taping.... ...and there you have it! Now go hang it… Continue reading The Beer Diagram ~ Inexpensive Art
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Kitchen Wings
We've mentioned before how small our kitchen is and how verrry little space we have to work with. We even showed you the whole of our counter space just last week when revealing our new gilded spice rack. Right there. Next to the sink. That little itty bitty space is the entirety of our counter… Continue reading Kitchen Wings
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Some RASTafari Re-styling
Yesterday we slapped some drawer liners in the old RASTafari nightstand and re-organized to make early-morning blind searches much easier. Now that the insides are spruced, it's high time to dress up the top a bit, and make it look a little more grown up. The artwork that has been on display since we unveiled… Continue reading Some RASTafari Re-styling
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Some RASTafari Re-Organizing
If you've been following along, you'll know we lovingly refer to our nightstand as RASTafari as it was built from an ikea hack using the RAST. Once we finished the outside, we just sorta tossed some things into it and left it alone. I had always planned to line the drawers with some pretty paper… Continue reading Some RASTafari Re-Organizing
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Spice Rack Re-boot – Got Gold?
Just a few months ago, we shared with you a handy little project where we put some baskets into our kitchen cabinet doors to store our spices and recapture space. It was a pretty good idea. The trouble was, we went the dollar store route to try and keep the overall cost low - a… Continue reading Spice Rack Re-boot – Got Gold?
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Inexpensive Art ~ Yummy Kitchen Frames
One of the goals we've set around here is to dress up our walls more. So lets get started! Yup, that's the December 2012 issue of Real Simple magazine. And those are some simple frames leftover from my college-posters-look-classy-in-cheap-frames days. They aren't fancy frames, but their simplicity means they're easier to clean with a quick… Continue reading Inexpensive Art ~ Yummy Kitchen Frames
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The Tiers of Gifting ~ Or, a DIY Tiered Platter
When gifting things, we all make priorities. We don't cop to it, but it happens. That cousin that's the weird mouth breather that always gets you something so you have to give them something too? Yup, they're bottom tier. Well these tiers are not about prioritizing what sort of gifting you'll do. They ARE the… Continue reading The Tiers of Gifting ~ Or, a DIY Tiered Platter
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