Dining Room update

i took these pictures FOREVER ago and totally forgot about them! this is how our new dining room is set up currently, though it usually has toys and food on the floor :)

my neighbor totally gave me the old ironing board! i'm very excited about it. i have a friend who used hers as a sofa table, super fun.

did you spot the truck?

pops of yellow

aren't camera phones awesome? they are so convenient and its amazing how good of a picture you really can get with your phone. i have realized, though, that ever since i got a smart phone my poor nikon has been sitting on the shelf gathering dust. literally. poor guy. and my poor photography. i have become lazy with my pictures. yes it takes like 3 seconds to walk across the room and pick up my nikon. yes it is big and bulky (compared to my phone). and yes i really do take better pictures with it.

i have decided to not let my camera gather dust any longer!

here are some pictures i took with my nikon recently, just yellow things in my house. i love yellow. dont you?

ps i use gimp to edit my pictures. over at a beautiful mess they are doing a new series of posts about how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements. it is not exactly the same as gimp but similar. i have been enjoying them, and used their latest tip in my photos above. they also have tons and tons of photography tips that are really helpful, also their blog is just lovely. you should check it out.

more green in my life

at the beginning of the year i decided i needed more plants in my house. i dont do very well with plants. so i've mostly stuck to succulents. they are so fun and weird looking and...... you can forget to water them and they dont really mind. here are some pictures from around my house of plants i am doing my best to take good care of.

i really really want some air plants. have you seen these before? they are so cool. their roots dont need soil so you can set them on tables or hang them upside down in cool planters. and they barely need any water. you stick them in a bowl of water for ten minutes once a week.

aren't they cool? you can find them here

and here

kitchen tour

oh yes finally! as promised! a full kitchen tour:)
this kitchen is wonderful. thanks to jeremy and aleina hanson who remodeled it for the previous dwellers/current owners. it is beautiful, has a great color palette and is spacious. we didn't do anything to it when we moved in. just unpacked all our stuff and said "we could fit 5 people in here!"
we were definitely outgrowing our other space. there were days when i was baking, zula was playing in a cupboard, libby was chatting and effi was in her highchair and i almost lost it but then kicked everyone out. in this kitchen we are not all elbow to elbow with one another. AND the countertops! they are made from old doors, jeremy really is genius.

here is our kitchen:

rethinking

here is a small tour of different things i am using/have used as coffee tables. i hope that it inspires you to reuse interesting things in your home.