If you've been reading my blog for the past couple of months, you've likely heard me mention Jen at IHeart Organizing and how much I am inspired by her and her blog. So you can imagine how stoked I am that today Jen is featuring my nursery as her Reader Space feature! Please take a minute to pop over to her blog and check it out - and while you are there, stick around for a while. If you like organizing and good design (and seriously, who doesn't?) then you'll be ... View the Post
{organizing with style} Closet Rod Divider Tutorial
Thanks to everyone who checked out our organized nursery closet earlier this week. Now I'm back with a quick tutorial on how I made custom clothing dividers to organize the different sizes of clothes. I purchased the plastic closet rod dividers {affiliate link} at the Container Store for only $.99 each. They are also available on Amazon {affiliate link} in larger quantities for slightly less, depending on how many you need. To make the labels, I used ... View the Post
How to Organize a Nursery Closet
Babies may be little, but their stuff sure can take up a lot of space! That's why I knew that the small closet in our nursery was going to need some upgrading in order to be functional both now, and in the future. The closet is narrower than a typical reach in closet, and it originally had sliding doors which only allowed half of the closet to be accessed at one time. Each sliding closet door was only 17.5 inches wide, making it very difficult to access the ... View the Post
{decorating with style} Painting Frames and Framing Paper
A couple of weeks ago I shared with you how we created extra bathroom storage by adding a decorative cabinet in the hallway just outside the bathroom by Beckett's nursery. Today I wanted to talk about the artwork above that hallway cabinet. When we first bought that cute black and white striped cabinet, I struggled to decide what to hang above it. With nothing but the beige hallway walls, the cabinet looked totally lost and out of place in the hall. I originally ... View the Post
{decorating with style} For the Love of Art
While in NYC on our Babymoon last month, we spent a morning at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). I love all art museums, but none more than this one! I visited MoMA for the first time on a trip to NYC in college, right after taking a series of art history classes. Wanting to be able to revisit the art time and again, I brought home a book of highlights of the MoMA collection. That started an ever growing collection of books from my favorite of the art museums I visit, as well as other ... View the Post
{Denver style} The Redevelopment of Denver’s Union Station
One of the cool perks of my job as an attorney is that I often get an insider's view of some of the exciting development and redevelopment projects happening around Denver and throughout the state of Colorado. If you live in Denver, or have visited in the last couple of years, you've probably seen the major construction going on around Union Station. There's a ton of great information about the project out there, but it seems like most of the people I talk to around town don't know ... View the Post
Keeping Track of Coupons & Gift Cards
I pride myself on generally being pretty organized and having a designated place for things, but there can be a big difference between "organized" and "functional." This was the case with the way I had been “organizing” all of my coupons and gift cards. I had an expandable file organizer in one of the kitchen cabinets where I had been storing restaurant menus and loose recipes, as well as coupons and gift cards. For a while now I’ve been needing to revamp this filing system, so I’ve ... View the Post
{organizing with style} Tutorial for Creating Vinyl Labels for Bathtub Toy Storage
Thanks to all those who checked out my recent project to create stylish tub toy storage in our guest bathroom. As promised, I am back to give you the details on how I made the labels for the storage bins. These labels are made from adhesive-backed vinyl, which can be purchased at many craft stores as well as online. This is the same kind of vinyl that can be used to create wall quotes and other kinds of wall decals. It sticks well, but can easily and safely be removed at ... View the Post
{seasonal style} A Mess-Free Way to Dye Easter Eggs With a One-Year-Old
I hope everyone had a great Easter! The weather was really nice in Denver this weekend, and it's finally starting to feel like spring around our house. The holidays are so much fun as Beckett becomes more aware and interested, and because he seems to loves art projects, this year I really wanted to help him decorate eggs. But the idea of dying eggs with a one year old seemed crazy, and I wanted to do something that he could really participate in, so I had been ... View the Post
Bathroom Storage Outside of the Bathroom
I am a big fan of Jen's blog over at IHeartOrganizing, and in March she challenged us all to tackle linen and loo organizing projects. In my last post, I shared with you my new system for organizing the bathtub toys in our guest "loo" and now I want to share with you a couple of solutions for the lack of storage space in another bathroom. Just off of Beckett's nursery, and just down the hall from where his new "big boy" room will be, is a small ... View the Post
Stylish Bathtub Toy Storage that Transforms for Guest Luxury
Bath time with a toddler is so much fun! At almost 15 months old, Beckett is now really starting to enjoy playing with toys in the tub, but with that comes the challenge of storing all those toys. There is a small bathroom right off of Beckett's nursery, but it only has a shower. That means that bath time occurs down the hall in the bathroom attached to our guest room. We have plenty of storage space in the bathroom cabinet, but the problem was that by the time the tub toys ... View the Post
{decorating with style} Nursery Reveal!
If you’ve been following along with my blog posts, then you know that our nursery has been in use for over a year now, but I have been reliving the design process through a series of posts about the design concept, the space plan and furniture, and how we painted the ombre wall stripes. And now, the moment I’m sure you’ve all been waiting for (*wink*wink*)... the big reveal of the finished room!But first, a couple of reminders. Here is the moodboard I created for the nursery - ... View the Post