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IKEA

  • Big fat work tables.

    It’s taken me a long time to accept the fact that I don’t really like desks. At least not small ones that are designated for tasks that don’t involve spreading out—I need…

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    Some new stuff in the apartment.

    Lately I’ve been trying to make the city apartment feel a little more like a home than just a place to crash. When we first rented it last year, my goal was…

  • How to cut an ENJE roller shade.

    I sort of feel like this has been done already (um, probably because it has—see the links at the end of this post!), but so may of you have asked me for…

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    Draft python.

    Do you ever forget that you know how to make stuff? Like, with your hands? My first impulse when I need something that’s sewn is to look on Etsy, so I suggested…

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    My downstairs bathroom.

    When we finished renovating our downstairs bathroom back in April, I did a “reveal” over at Decor8 detailing all of the real-life costs associated with this kind of project. Unfortunately, there was…

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    Guest bedroom.

    That’s the STICKA blanket from IKEA’s 2009 PS collection (which I blogged about back in January), designed by Kazuyo Nomura. The entire collection is FINALLY available in US stores! The blanket is…

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    Faux-Aalto FROSTA upgrade.

    This is one of those DIY projects that kind of makes you feel like a jerk while you’re planning it, but the end result is so good that the shame is worth…

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    In the dressing room.

    The dressing room as always been a little bit neglected. It feels empty, it needs life. I have a bit of buyer’s remorse over the glass doors on the wardrobes, but I…

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