Ok, this is my first tutorial… maybe my only tutorial. Who knows! A friend of mine named Becky taught me how to make these awesome recycled floating bookshelves. I once sold them in an Etsy shop, but I now don’t have the time or desire to sell them anymore. So, I thought I’d just teach you all how to make them yourself, just like Becky once taught me. Kind of like Confucius’s famous quote: “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” Somewhat applicable, right? This tutorial has been my list of “to do’s” for months now. I’m so happy to be sharing it with you.
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I originally bought myself a memo board with the hopes of upping organization for my Etsy shop. But when that didn’t work (because I couldn’t stand seeing mix-matched notes hanging randomly in such a small area), I had to come up with a new use for my lovely new aqua, butterfly board. I didn’t have the heart to throw it out or even give it away yet as I had just bought it.
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Do you like my bedroom reading nook? This time the inspiration came from a fabulous book called Junk Beautiful: Room by Room Makeover with JUNKMARKET Style by Sue Whitney and Ki Nassauer… LOL! That’s a mouth full. The book is a must-have! I love what they did with the ladder in the corner leaning up against the wall with the clamp spotlight on it…
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The top right corner of page 31 in Emily Chalmer’s book, Flea Market Style, is why my mom’s old, yet lovely floral scarf is thumb-tacked to my bathroom window. The book is fabulous, btw. I highly recommend it. The scarf in the window ever so delicately says “Please give me some privacy”. This window, my favorite in the whole house, looks out on our sunny courtyard, which is just adorable with it’s Chicago brick, shaded overhang, linen curtains, garden (or rather, my attempt at a garden… LOL, that’s another topic)…
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