I only show the pretty pictures of my house, I share tips for the things that I know or that I learn to do really well.

, bought two schoolhouse pendants for a couple of other bedrooms that are still in boxes (the pendants, not the bedrooms), and now these in the kitchen.. Oooh!It’s hard to stop when you find out what a difference a new light fixture makes in a room.

I’m just lucky Chris is so handy and can put one of these up in just a few minutes for me whenever my little heart desires.. We’re going about things completely backwards in this kitchen by playing around with all the finishing details first before we’ve even started on things like cabinetry, flooring, and all that.The problem is that I have big plans.Big, grand plans.

Big, grand, expensive plans.So that’s going to have to wait.

I still want to feel all happy and comfy in my kitchen though, so this works for now.. Once we got.

the new table in just before Christmas.Clothes, toys, papers, pens, doodads, thingamajigs.

It can make even the fanciest room look like a shack in about 3 seconds flat.We have absolutely found the solution and it doesn’t matter if your house is big and brand-new or old with tiny bedrooms and weird wonky walls.

Like ours.. Built-ins, my friends.When we added the wall of shelving in baby Jack’s nursery last year, I was pretty sure I was in love.