From Top Left: Baby charentais melons(a French cantaloupe variety), The family eating at the cedar table handmade by Nicole's husband Phil, Lucie enjoying tomato cobbler, The Martin's lush backyard vegetable garden.
Read MoreRemoving wallpaper is totally fun! No, actually it's not; it's tedious, dusty and gives you a crazy shoulder workout. I listened to about 100 back episodes of Radiolab and This American Life on Sunday and got about 1/4 of the bathroom stripped. Should you ever need to do this yourself, here's an overview:
Read MoreSummer ends next week, in a way, and for the first time in 2 1/2 years I will be kid free, three days a week. I will miss their little butts, but I am so ready to have the time to create projects, work on recipes and do more research on design, housewares and goings on. I'm instituting a DIY Friday post which be an easy to accomplish weekend project. This week I'm featuring a revision of a sunburst I made last year. My first version was broken in the move. This one is a little more glamorous and better executed. I omitted the mirror, but it could easily be glued to the underside of the ring. For the tutorial, click below.
Read MoreSo Monday was not so great. Jasper managed to spill an entire bottle of enamel paint (red) all over himself and our outdoor furniture. I lost my mind. After I scrubbed him with olive oil and sea salt to get it off, he took a bath and was sent to his room to pick up his toys...which he refused to do for over three hours. When he started to get hungry he acquiesced. Somehow the ship righted itself when what started with a little dance party turned into an actual wild rumpus, complete with old Halloween costumes, music from the movie, signage, and a tee pee lighting in preparation for dad to get home to read the book.
Read MoreI'm on the hunt for some original portrait style paintings and illustrations to fill out an art/picture wall in my family room. I scoured Etsy, which can be kind of a rats nest, and finally found these two shops by Israeli artist, Tali. Her collection at TUSH TUSH features her original paintings and pastels available on tiny canvases or larger art prints, while TOSYA is her collection of cheeky illustrations. Bingo.
Read MoreMake + Haus is the new name and online home for the blog Poppy Haus. Established in 2011, the blog archive now contains hundreds of original design projects and whole food recipes, many featured on the likes of Apartment Therapy, Martha Stewart, Design*Sponge, Curbly, and Epicurious.
