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Today, this little blog of mine is celebrating its second anniversary and I thought that the best way to celebrate it would be by sharing and remembering the projects you’ve loved the most! MOST POPULAR KNOCK-OFF: Pottery Barn Inspired Upholstered Headboard With Monogram I’ve been inspired by many pretty things around me, but this upholstered headboard with… Continue Reading
It was about 10 am this morning in San Francisco and around 8 pm on the island of Skiathos, Greece when I was skyping with my mother, my aunt Nana and their friend Dora. The three of them were spending the last evening of their vacation at my aunt’s summer house and were in a grand mood! For… Continue Reading
I have an empty space on my gallery wall and I’ve been looking for a simple piece of art to fill it. However, I have not been able to find anything that I love. So, I decided to try my hand at drawing. I’m not an artist and my skills are very limited, so I… Continue Reading
What’s a girl to do when her friend pulls up in her driveway with a trunk full of tomatoes? That’s just what happened last weekend when our friend called on her way back from her parents’ farm with a car filled with organic, colorful heirloom tomatoes! Honestly, the moment I saw these beauties, I thought… Continue Reading
For the first time ever, the school year is starting without us spending hours at the school supply store, and most importantly without a list of countless items with the most peculiar specifications all requested according to each teacher’s personal preference. This year, our school district collected all supplies that will be needed throughout the year for each grade, ordered it for us and… Continue Reading
In Greece, there are still small neighborhood bakeries that offer one incredible service: you can actually take your food to the bakery and have it baked there for only a couple euros. This “service” dates back to the days when homes did not have ovens, and if you wonder why you would consider doing such a thing nowadays,… Continue Reading
My sister Irene was on the search for tiebacks for her new curtains. I realized that I’ve never given too much thought to tiebacks. I usually have a piece of the curtain fabric cut and sewn into a large strip and that seems to be just good enough. And for some window treatments, I don’t use any at… Continue Reading
After cooking pasta, do you ever end up with just a little leftover marinara sauce, not quite knowing what to do with it? Often times I’m left with some tomato sauce that is too much to toss, but too little to freeze or reuse over pasta for a meal to serve four. Here are three incredibly easy… Continue Reading
This might possibly be the easiest wall art you’ve ever seen and a totally inexpensive one, too! I couldn’t wait to decorate the wall at the end of our long, long hallway with the new square frames that I got from Goodwill last week. So, I came up with a very simple and minimal solution: I just cut paint… Continue Reading
Do you ever visit the thrift shops in your area? From time to time, I do. There is a Goodwill not very far away and I always make a quick stop whenever I’m in the neighborhood. Today I spent more than I do, both in time and money; there was so much to chose from, it was literally like… Continue Reading
