The office needs love.. lot's of love..

In the beginning there was a simple little room full of home office potential.. Not only is it next to the laundry, play room and a bathroom, but it has a built in desk area on two walls and two windows....




... and then I came along and filled it with STUFF.. piles of stuff, boxes of stuff, and then some more stuff. I'm not even a pack rat.. in fact I am the opposite, however being a creative type with a small home stationery business.. there is STUFF..... Being so many little things I want to do to the house, I have to start prioritizing. So the office won first dibs! I recently decided to close wee card company for a while so I can devote more time to:

1. health and fitness
2. time with my kids
3. cooking
4. drawing
5. photography
6. decorating our home

So here is some inspiration for the office revamp...

via spaceplanner

via home-designing

via house of bliss

pinkalicious!

Thanks to Nicole from Making it Lovely I have perfected my paint splash making skills and gone splash happy choosing a pink for Izo's bedroom.. Of course there are MANY soft pinks to choose from. She is a sophisticated and trendy 2 1/2 so I'm trying to steer away from nursery pink and I am under strict instruction of my husband that her room is not to be a princess palace type parlor!

Above is a "non-princess" soft pink for the walls and some bold bohemian accent colors for fabrics and other items I'd like to use in her room.
Below are some inspirational pictures I've saved for her room.

martha stewart pom poms via project nursery

via sanctuary

jdesign salon via desire to inspire

shoot factory

debi treloar via desire to inspire

A day and a half until closing day and two and a half days until moving day! Brown boxes everywhere and no rest this week! Back to packing! The painters should be starting Friday so it's time to make final color decisions!

The beginning of a blog, a new era, home #2

t w o, originally uploaded by claude....


Welcome to my new world with a white picket fence. My husband, 3 year old son, 2 year old daughter, little shih tzu and I are leaving our 950 square foot apartment in NYC for a new home in a small fishing town. In about 6 weeks, we are making the big move. It is incredibly exciting and emotional! Follow me on the journey of change as i journal about leaving the city, decorating a gorgeous new home, learning about gardening in my lovely new yard (that should be interesting), cooking up new recipes and doing craft projects with the kids. xox

*image via flickr