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I have so many nursery projects to share with you readers! My inner Martha Stewart has really come out for this event and even if you aren’t the most crafty person in the world, I think you could do a few of these projects without too much trouble. Making the nursery personal and yet inexpensive is one of my top goals for the room (besides making it totally awesome and modern and bright….those are good goals, too, right?). So I knew we’d do a lot of DIY projects and I’d hunt for gently used pieces of furniture that just beg to be refinished. So far, so good.

My loving fellow-crafty lady mother come up to The Great North to visit her only daughter a few weeks ago. Our sole mission was to pump out as many projects as humanly possible in 2 full days. So we first went fabric shopping and found a literal JACKPOT at a local quilting store. Narrowing it down to just three prints was painstaking but I’m really happy with what we chose:

My mom got to work on the sewing machine (since I still haven’t sucked it up and learned how to sew) and made two sets of orange curtains with green tie backs, a green window seat cushion, and two yellow cushions for the rocking chair. The window seat is definitely one of my favorite spots in the room so far.

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I love the following about this 400 square foot barn-turned-house: exterior siding, extra deep window sills, concrete floors, and exterior living space.
I hate the following: the couch two feet from the dining room table, the six inch sink.

Could you live in a space this modern (or this small?)

Because I work from home, I have been on a quest to redecorate our tiny rented bungalow. Nothing like being home all the time to make you realize that your place needs some updating.

First thing on my list was to find a new dog bed for Dottie.  Like many dogs, Dottie owns our couch.  However, we would like for her to have another place to nap and hang out when people visit.  Not everyone wants to share a couch with a 70lb. dog.   We tried the usual brick-and-mortar stores – Target, Walmart, Petsmart, etc.  We didn’t see anything we liked. So, I started an exhaustive search on the internet.  Along the way, I found a plethora of dog beds and thought I would share. Fair warning, not everything I found was budget-friendly.

I looked on my favorite place – Etsy.  There were quite a few dog beds for sale.  Here are three beds that piqued my interest.

Eco Friendly Bed from Etsy Seller Annies Sweatshop.
This bed is covered with fleece created from recycled plastic. It’s not only stylish and cuddly, but eco-friendly.

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I want.  Bad.  Very very bad.  Enough to pay $47.00 bad.

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There is literally nothing I don’t love about this modern yet extremely inviting home.  Oh to have a place to put all of my stuff so that nothing shows on the counters!

A.