We stumbled on a lucky find at a neighborhood yard sale: a huge piece of framed art priced at just $20. This thing is massive—over three feet wide and more than two feet tall. The frame had a small dent, but that was no problem for us, so we bought it. John wasn’t crazy about … Read more

That’s the name of the new bedroom color. It may not be the easiest to remember, but it looks great on the walls. We chose the middle swatch from Valspar shown at the top of the photos and had it color-matched to an Olympic No-VOC paint in a satin finish. We liked that it leans … Read more

Ah yes — the long-awaited Father’s Day post. First, thanks to everyone who wished me a Happy Father’s Day on Sunday. A belated Happy Father’s Day to all the other parents out there. I had a wonderful weekend with my girls and my main man, Burger. My dad taught me to celebrate these holidays not … Read more

We’re still surrounded by piles of wrapping paper, but we wanted to share a special holiday giveaway with you. The prize is an iPad 2 with a custom iPad cover from StickyGram. You may already know StickyGram for the fun magnets they make from Instagram photos, but they also offer customized phone and iPad covers—the … Read more

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!*** After an astonishing 18,018 entries across two posts (the first post reached capacity at 10,680 comments, so we opened a second), we finally have a winner in our biggest giveaway yet. To ensure fairness we used random.org to pick a number between 1 … Read more

Christmas often works against our efforts to declutter and simplify our homes, so this year we tried four strategies to minimize excess without losing the magic of Christmas morning. It mostly worked—there was one memorable misstep—but overall it felt calmer and more intentional. We also have very different approaches to New Year’s resolutions, so we … Read more

Since we shared our house wish list back in the fall of 2010, we’ve been meaning to update it. I recently found the original list tucked into a vase on the bedroom floor, and it was fun to see that, after seven years of homeownership, much of it remains the same. We crossed items off … Read more

When Lee sent her Design Dilemma after photos, we were excited to share them. Many of you are eager to see how our mood boards translate into real rooms, and this makeover is a great example. Lee asked for help turning a mismatched, unfinished space into a practical and attractive zone for sorting mail, doing … Read more

Call me crazy, but I wasn’t thrilled with Sherry’s latest “furniture arrangement” when I first spotted it in the corner of our living room. She loves lighting, sure, but a chair positioned solely to stare at a lamp felt like something out of a quirky design blog. Then I looked up and realized she still … Read more

We started with a bit of spring cleaning and gave the site a fresh header and a lighter, brighter background. Hope you like the update as much as we do. Update: if elements look off, try refreshing and clearing your browser cache/cookies/data. It’s been a while since our last window-shopping post, and this one was … Read more