tea towel calendar

I know that this calendar (and more like it) have already been plastered around the inter-web, but I love it so much that I actually had a dream about it last night. Haha. I think it's beautiful. Maybe I'll make calendars next year. I really need to start my etsy shop...hrm.

One can purchase this lovely piece and others like it, here.

[found via design sponge and little room la]

home style

People often ask me what my style is at home. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure. I love design but sometimes it overwhelms me. And when it comes to style, I like our home, but I also know that everything in it doesn't necessarily uniformly fit into a specific style. I know that I like modern things, splashes of bright color, homemade art pieces, pictures, glass, woodsy textures, black and white, clean surfaces, and lots and lots of light.

Today I found this flikr set and I love it so much. I'd move in. Also, I think I've realized that I my ultimate dream home would have real wood floors. :) I wonder what husband thinks... :D

To see more from this home, click here.

donuts and kitchen organization

Ugh. I've had two donuts already this morning. I woke up late, which has been happening a lot lately, and all I could grab was a piece of string cheese for breakfast. It was good, but it was also gone very fast. I must say though that these donuts are divine. Or maybe it's just that I'm that hungry.

Anyway, Jonathan found this today and e-mailed it to me. As we've been trying to de-clutter our lives, he found this guide to cleaning out your kitchen. Hooray! So I thought I'd share it with all of you. Bonus: it's pretty and nicely layed out. :)

Happy Friday!

To download the pdf, click here.

[image via Hello Kitchen]

desk/office search and organization

Hi Friends. Husband and I have been on a major cleaning streak this past week. We have some friends coming to live with us for a week and we've realized that we have too much stuff and it's becoming unbearable. For example, do we really need 6 sets of twin sheets (thank you dorm living and then merging houses)? Or how about all the random piles of old checks, papers, pens, magazines, toys, trinkets, etc? Um...no. In an effort to downsize and get organized, so we can actually live in our house with the beginnings of claustrophobia about to set in, (ok it's not that bad but still) we have started to clear things out.

It's been awesome. We've had two random busts of cleaning energy this week to throw things away (and of course donate things of worth to the Samaritan Center) and I feel pretty productive. The trash can is filling up as are the donation boxes and the recycle bins. I've found that I really enjoy throwing things away. Plus, it's a huge perk to have my favorite buddy there to do these things with.

In the midst of all this cleaning, we've also been trying to find a desk so we can actually put away the important things we are going to keep and have a reasonable surface to work on. Thankfully last Friday night we were visiting Jonathan's grandma and she is giving us one of her desks. It's in great shape and it will be perfect...and it's free! Hooray!

We may paint it or do something fun with it, but in the meantime I've found these fun office spaces that are inspirational.

[Images via Design Sponge]

fall centerpieces

Isn't this beautiful? I'm so glad it's autumn.

To see how this center piece was made...click here.

[image via Design Sponge]

desk

We need a desk for our second bedroom. We like this one from Ikea. It's long and has two sets of drawers. One for me, one for Husband. Yay!