martha stewart has a gift wrapping challenge going on, and when i saw the something’s hiding in here submission, i about flipped my lid! these lovely ladies are the most clever bits of vintage-inspired diy wrapping paper i’ve seen in a while, and you know i love my vintage portrait paintings. so these, well these are right up my alley. shauna & stephen from... 
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i was pretty surprised, and pleasantly so, to check out hole rocker and mad woman courtney love’s rented west village townhome over on xo jane. it’s pretty beautiful, and not at all what i would have expected. not that i expected it to look bad, or for her taste to be off, but i wouldn’t have thought of it to be such an eclectic and lovely mix of some very... 
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so, this is pretty much a win win for you guys! the lovely folks over at crate & barrel invited me to participate in their blog-a-day holiday giveaway sponsoring a reader giveaway of a few of their products, and giveaway a $100 crate & barrel gift card. my blog-a-day holiday giveaway is on tuesday, december 20th and i chose to giveaway something warm and toasty... 
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did you know the always affordable, and very often ahead of the curve, Swedish IKEA, has a blog? it’s called Life at home or livet hemma in swedish. i’ve been hitting ikea since the first one in california opened in the mid-80′s — we’d make the trek out to riverside, and marvel at the stylish bargains. i like how easily you can mix up IKEA’s... 
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i’m feeling very hot pink today. i couldn’t live with a whole lot of it, mind you, but i really love a nice pop of now and then. i like the look of an all white room with an bold pink accent, or maybe one wall papered with a pink pattern. some like it hot, indeed they do. hot pink flor tiles via apartment therapy; one very rad stool via the glitter guide; and... 
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