Taking inspiration from yesterday's post, today I shall attempt to provide you with some tangible toy storage suggestions. 1. Rugby Stripe Bin // 2. Triangle Basket // 3. Wool-Blend Two-Tone Basket // 4. Stripes Around the Floor Bin 5. Storage Bin With Handle // 6. Aidan Gray Decor Wire Number Basket // 7. Aidan Gray Decor Wire Toys, Stuff and Etc Basket // 8. Feathergrain Wood Bin // 9. Jute Bin // 10. Round Jute Bin // 11. Spear Basket 1. Canvas Cube Storage Bin // 2. Weave Bin // 3. Colorful Knit Large Storage Bins // 4. Fluf Screen Printed Floor Bins // 5. Snake Charmer ...

All the mamas, it seems, are in major nesting mode, or at least all the mamas who read Live Simply are; I've had many requests for sourcing toy storage as of late. But not merely toy storage, nay--chic toy storage (read: inconspicuous). The secret to chic when it comes to the toys is to strive for uniformity. Those gizmos and flammer-jammers and button-bells all entertain your wee babe in unique ways sure, but unfortunately their ...

A while ago now, I happened to catch this blip of the show Shark Tank on ABC. I missed what the guy had been pitching to his would-be investors, tuning in only after to hear their responses. Mark Cuban, who I know almost nothing about except that he's a guy and he has lots of money, and he owns the Mavericks, said something so true that it's been lurking around in my brain ever since. ...

I was all forlorn this week, searching for a designer to spotlight today. There were some that were okay, and some whose work I even liked, but I don't want to write a post just for the sake of putting one up, because if I'm not practically frothing at the mouth with excitement, what, heaven tell me, is the point anyway? No, no, it wouldn't do to force it. Just wouldn't do. Never does. And ...

I may be the only one--although I hardly think I am--who has puzzled over the proper storage method for keeping bread fresh. It's just that you see it done in so many different ways; my mom and dad always have their loaf of that really natural, seedy Ezekiel bread in the refrigerator, while in other households, the countertop bread box seems a culinary staple. And then there's the bakers and bakeries, themselves, who seem merely to ...