Posts made in October, 2010

Put Some Wheels On It

Posted by Lindsay C on Oct 24, 2010 in Decor, DIY, Featured Articles, inspiration, Likely Solutions | 1 comment

As you might know, I’ve gone a little ‘crate-crazy’ at my house.  I currently have 4 antique crates living at my house and I think I need more because they’re so great for storage.  I’m really digging the antiques+contemporary style mixed look (some might call my style eclectic?) for my home, so my stash of crates fits right in. I love the logos and typography on them, plus they have character and charm that you can’t find from something new.  The one in my bathroom even has hand-written instructions on it to “Keep In Bar.”  Love it.

I screwed one right to the wall in my bathroom…holds the essentials for a bathroom: TP, candle, plant, and 2 are screwed to the wall on each side of our bed to act as floating nightstands.  This is a perfect plan for our bedroom because we have a platform bed with storage drawers, so any traditional side tables would stop us from opening them, and as they’re attached to the wall, it gives us plenty of room to use the drawers without bumping into table legs.

The 4th crate lives in my living room and this is what I did with it:

$15 Antique whisky crate + $3 IKEA casters = magazine storage that won’t scratch my floors!  (Almost) Everything is better with wheels, right?

I simply dug around for the shortest screws I could find, and screwed them right to the edges of the underside so that screws aren’t poking up under the bottom into the box.  So I paid less than $20 for this whole set-up: stylish and functional.  What do you think?

Plus Harper likes to put her baby dolls in it and push it around! Who needs toys when you can push furniture around, right??

Checking in.

Posted by Lindsay C on Oct 15, 2010 in Me | 4 comments

I have been dragging my feet to post this…because who wants their pasty white bikini clad body posted online??? Not me!! But I promised that I would and had to share my post-diet maintenance success for anyone who was on the fence about trying it or curious to see if I’m just going to pack the pounds back on. It works! I still fluctuate between 124 and 126 pounds (depending on the time of the month) but I am eating whatever I want now and I feel great! I’ll admit…I was nervous about gaining weight back and thought about those numbers on the scale more than I should have at times, but after being in Phase 4 for over a month now I’ve adjusted wonderfully and am so glad to have discovered this.

Another positive aspect that I’ve realized is my attitude towards the food I make for myself and my family.  I cook almost everything from scratch now, eat tons of fruits and vegetables and stick to organic options when I can. Nothing but fresh, simple ingredients.  I avoid high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils and other processed junk and exercise regularly…nothing too crazy! I eat sweets when I want them, but I don’t really crave them but when I do I just get into my stash of organic chocolate cookies.   I’ve also made homemade pizza dough and zucchini bread recently, avoiding those “easy” options from the store – but these were pretty darn easy to make, too! And practically guilt-free.

Okay…gah…here it is. My one and only before and after photo. As you can see I’m not teeny tiny skinny but I definitely feel much morecomfortable in my own skin again! It’s hard to see from one badly lit (and unflattering!!) photo but I think my 5’3″ frame is more in proportion now and my clothes fit again! 148 to 123 pounds: 25 pounds in 36 days! And it’s staying off so far. I’d like to tone up more, so I’m working on it, but it is a million times easier to get out there and exercise without 25 extra pounds hanging on!

Again, I can’t believe I’m posting this but I just had to share my story. Thanks for reading along!

L.