Happy Friday, chipmunks! Today I am so genuinely excited to showcase the work of Jessica Helgerson Interior Design. I look at a lot of design images. We're talking probably to most likely eye-damaging amounts of screen staring at interiors. When I stumbled upon the designs featured in today's post, well, I had to pause. There was something about them-- a feeling of freshness (which perhaps has something to do with the prominence of green living things ...

As if I haven't proclaimed my love for them on high enough-- cubbies are most excellent in the arena of toy storage. Even those of you without any wee babes of your own can recognize the great brilliance of storing playthings in such a way, non? Why toys and cubbies you ask? Well, if you insist on having a magician reveal her tricks, it's because cubbies are ultra conducive to other containers like bins and ...

Not too long ago I wrote a post called The In-Box: Methods for Corralling the Mail which outlined the various instruments one might use for capturing the mail. I did not, within said post, delve into the manner in which one might sort the mail into those holders. Recent appointments with clients have convinced me that addressing this matter is an absolute necessity. So, then, how to (use your mail holders to) organize incoming mail: - Refer ...

The story goes: Somehow, despite my ridiculously devoted cleaning tendencies, I ended up with fruit flies. Chalk it up to freshly purchased produce from Pike Place placed atop the counter-- the fruit flies were summoned. Naturally I went into full blown manic/panic mode--commenced Mission Obliteration of the Fruit Fly Nation. I scoured (SCOURED) the kitchen, wiped down walls, vacuumed crevices, outlawed the wooden cutting board from its previous place on the counter to a bottom-dwelling ...

In the midst of a recent chat about the bevy of avenues one of my cohorts might pursue, she employed the phrase "brand names" in relation to various post-collegiate programs and institutions; a "brand name" school, a "brand name" program. While she seemed to think nothing of it, I became stuck there, stuck contemplating that phrase. My lovely has great depth and a sophisticated knowledge of the workings of the world, which only made her use ...