Sisters Not Designers

Jesse and I have been on the hunt for an upholstered ottoman/coffee table for the longest time. They ones we really liked are not cheap.  Then I saw this pin on Pinterest and found the tutorial for turning a $7 LACK side table from IKEA into an ottoman. Freaking genius. After reupholstering dining room chairs [...]

The entire time Jesse and I have been dating, we’ve eaten our home-cooked meals at our coffee table. Aside from the rare occasions when we’d carry all our dinner supplies down to the shared pool area at our old apartment complex and dine outside, we were exiled to the uncomfortable, high-top counter bar or the [...]

I was a teacher in my past life.  I taught first grade for seven years so no one has to tell me how important it is to have books readily available for children.  Kids need to have access to books at all times.  I realized that besides the bedtime stories (3) that we read to [...]

We got our new bed.  I absolutely love it.  It’s beautiful, sleek, modern, chic, comfy and BIG!  It was delivered on a Friday, just in time for “Friday in Mommy and Daddy’s bed.”  The kids were napping when it was delivered and were super excited when they woke up. In the week and a half [...]

It’s taken a fairly long time to get our second room together but I am happy to report that I am posting from a familiar desk-type workspace I was accustomed to at my parents house. Corey and I took another trip to IKEA semi-recently. It’s taken me almost as long to blog about this as [...]