Up until recently, I have been using one of our four dining room table chairs as the desk chair in my office. It has a wicker/rattan seat and after several hours of sitting in front of a computer, becomes very uncomfortable. Plus, moving it back and forth between the dining…

Easter weekend was busy, but good. I had my two younger sisters visiting on break from their college classes, and it was a welcome interruption to the monotony of my everyday life. I picked them up on Friday in Michigan, and drove them back last night. It was whirlwind, but…

The ever-so-hesitant signs of spring and the calm tree-lined streets of my new neighborhood have given me a newfound hope for the city of Chicago. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not sold on the North or even on big cities–I don’t think that will ever happen, but you must…

There are several projects underway in decorating the new apartment and a few already completed, but here are the first two “post-worthy”: our new couch/chaise purchased especially for our living and the draperies I concocted using items I already owned. First, the couch… This was a bargain because we bought…

So the big move day is set for this Friday (March 13) and I am getting pretty excited! Today will be spent cleaning and painting the walls so we won’t have to worry about that after all our stuff gets in. I’m posting some *before* photos to show how the…

I have just returned from a 5-day trip to Mexico (Cancun) and Chicago is finally starting to feel like home. It is so nice to have a place to come back to that is familiar. That being said, just a few things about Mexico… – They say the water is…