Can we all just drool over this house? That piano! That secretary desk! That successful Etsy shop!
Keep sweeping, Martha
3.25.2014
the cruelest month
Things have not been going very smoothly over here at the Beeton household. Right now, we have this tally... Bridget Jones' style.
1 new car, 1 new car sideswiped
1 experiment completed, 1 cold room heat-up, resulting in the combustion of said experiment
1 stressed out toddler who "Doesn't want to go to the nanny share!!!!"
1 momma who is trying to juggle teaching her class, being a competent administrator, and writing an academic analysis of Betty Draper's parenting practices for a conference next week
And it's snowing. Again.
That's why - no matter what - on the only nice day in a while, you just have to head to Brookside Gardens. A little green makes everyone better.
Even if it was followed by projectile vomitting in the backseat of the new car on the way home.
Keep shoveling.
Martha
1 new car, 1 new car sideswiped
1 experiment completed, 1 cold room heat-up, resulting in the combustion of said experiment
1 stressed out toddler who "Doesn't want to go to the nanny share!!!!"
1 momma who is trying to juggle teaching her class, being a competent administrator, and writing an academic analysis of Betty Draper's parenting practices for a conference next week
And it's snowing. Again.
That's why - no matter what - on the only nice day in a while, you just have to head to Brookside Gardens. A little green makes everyone better.
Even if it was followed by projectile vomitting in the backseat of the new car on the way home.
Keep shoveling.
Martha
3.03.2014
moody
I love the mood boards that home design bloggers often post to show their inspiration for certain rooms. In high school, I obsessively collected various home design magazines (Country Living was a favorite), clipping photographs of inspiring rooms and tucking them away in a folder. I still have that folder in one of the drawers of my desk, and I pull it out occasionally to see how my taste has - or has not - changed.
Though I have a mood board for the kitchen and one for the dining room, I didn't come up with one for Baby Beeton's room. Instead, I realized as I was putting pieces that I loved together that those pieces were the inspiration for the room.
The felt board the elves made for Christmas.
The Seattle print that Great Aunt K gave us one year along with a clementine box that I saved because I loved the colors.
The mini-rocking chair that Great Grandpa made with the seat cushion that Great Grandma made.
These items - with their navy, orange, red, and turquoise hues - are what has defined Baby Beeton's room. They dictated that I bring in an old yellow and aqua owl bank from Mr. Beeton's Grammy as well as Mr. Beeton's Snoopy bank from when he was a little boy. It's the reason why a photo of Ella and Baby Beeton rest on the side table next to a Westie plant potter that Mr. Beeton got me one Valentine's Day.
Slowly, the room is coming together. We have a radiator cover that we got on craiglist that we'll paint navy, the grating white. We'll stack books on top with these bookends. I'd love to get a Color + Plus turquoise lamp for the dresser. And these Superhero prints from Etsy. And a big wall clock like this one. Maybe a bird cage or two. And a crazy quilt for snuggling.
Decorating is the best.
Keep sweeping, Martha
Finished reading It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, A Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita by Heather Armstrong.
Though I have a mood board for the kitchen and one for the dining room, I didn't come up with one for Baby Beeton's room. Instead, I realized as I was putting pieces that I loved together that those pieces were the inspiration for the room.
The felt board the elves made for Christmas.
The Seattle print that Great Aunt K gave us one year along with a clementine box that I saved because I loved the colors.
The mini-rocking chair that Great Grandpa made with the seat cushion that Great Grandma made.
These items - with their navy, orange, red, and turquoise hues - are what has defined Baby Beeton's room. They dictated that I bring in an old yellow and aqua owl bank from Mr. Beeton's Grammy as well as Mr. Beeton's Snoopy bank from when he was a little boy. It's the reason why a photo of Ella and Baby Beeton rest on the side table next to a Westie plant potter that Mr. Beeton got me one Valentine's Day.
Slowly, the room is coming together. We have a radiator cover that we got on craiglist that we'll paint navy, the grating white. We'll stack books on top with these bookends. I'd love to get a Color + Plus turquoise lamp for the dresser. And these Superhero prints from Etsy. And a big wall clock like this one. Maybe a bird cage or two. And a crazy quilt for snuggling.
Decorating is the best.
Keep sweeping, Martha
Finished reading It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, A Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita by Heather Armstrong.
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