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how to decorate a nursery so that it doesn’t induce vomitting

First of all – apologies to those of you who like pastel puppies, duckies, bears with pots of honey and the like as baby decor – we just don’t happen to dig that stuff. Thanks to designspongeonline we found the cutest little monster prints from artist, AshleyG, on Etsy. These are the first items bought [...]

nesting: part 1

Goals before the kid comes (just a few minor items): 1. Office to become office/guest bedroom: To be ready before Friday for Tim and Abby’s overnight visit. Entails building of smaller desks, installation of shelving, selling of Eames desks – any takers? selling of printer, and throwing away a dumpster-full of crap that never should [...]

rules

Marc and I tried to establish some order to the pre-baby buying frenzy that was sure to take place otherwise. So, family was instructed not to purchase items for the unborn child until further notice. This was because we didn’t yet know the sex, we have pretty specific ideas of the kind of crap we’d [...]