Attacking the kitchen drawers

Attacking the kitchen drawers

by | Mar 8, 2012 | Decluttering, Decorating, House & Home

In keeping with my attack on the kitchen, I recently realized that also our silverware drawers in the kitchen are fairly organized, there is still a bit of chaos in there. So when we purchased the plastic tubs for the spice storage, I also grabbed a few random small...
Hemming drapes with ease

Hemming drapes with ease

by | Dec 8, 2011 | Decorating, DIY, House & Home

I could hardly believe it when the call came in on Monday evening. Our new windows were being delivered to the window installer on Tuesday morning, and they wanted to set up an appointment to deliver them to us and get started with the installation in the afternoon....
Time to give our walls some color

Time to give our walls some color

by | Sep 26, 2011 | Decorating, DIY, House & Home

If you’ve ever had the privilege of visiting our home, you may notice that we have pure white walls…nearly everywhere. I say nearly because we did actually get brave and paint the walls in our guesthouse something other than white (namely a warm caramel...
Office thinking

Office thinking

by | May 30, 2011 | Decorating, DIY, House & Home

Because we’re taking on new web design and consulting contracts here in Germany, I decided it was finally time to do something good for my home office. It’s been a bit of a mess for a while. And although I have managed to mostly keep my desk clean (which...
My easy Easter decor

My easy Easter decor

by | Apr 11, 2011 | Decorating, Entertaining, Expat Life

Don’t forget: Today is the last day to enter the Made in Germany giveaway where over $1100 in prizes are up for grabs! Three winners will be chosen in the US and Europe! Low entries so far — especially in Europe I almost didn’t decorate for Easter...