enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: DIY decor
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I was seven when my family moved from Minnesota to California. Our new house was a single story and the ceilings were high which meant there were very big walls. To fill them, my dad decided we'd need some "Big Art." His solution was to create thin wooden rectangle frames and staple gun fabric around…
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Moving right along in getting our bedroom to the place I would love it to be – heaven at night and someplace bright and welcoming to wake up to. My black and white quilt doesn't fit correctly, but turned on it's side (so the long way hangs off the sides of the bed) it's working.…
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I'd hoped to have a full nursery tour ready by this week but I think it's going to be a couple more before things totally feel "set" in there. And that's okay. We've got almost seven weeks until my due date (and, of course, the baby could care less about the decor that awaits her).…
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Operation : fill the house with plant life continues with a vengeance. After I got the curtains up last week, I was so inspired to hang more plants. In theory, I'd love hanging plants to line the whole wall someday. But at the moment, these three are enough and making my mornings and bedroom just…
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My dream for the bedroom is to make it feel like a zen-paradise. I recognize that as soon-to-be parents, we are about to be hit with a love-able but crazy tornado for the next 18+ years and this makes me so inspired to be sure we have a clean and simple bedroom (or really retreat?)…
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I am seriously having a love affair with a piece of furniture. The backstory here is decorating a house is hard. And I've got my mind spinning a bit trying to get everything "right" in this new place. It's a tricky thing – the house was built in 1961 and it totally has a mid-century…
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I am overwhelmed with all that we "need" to get this new space filled properly. Need is, of course, the wrong word. "Want" surely fits better. But our list of furniture to buy is very long and so the money jar to buy rad art is…empty. This means I have to get a little bit…
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I had a wonderful baby shower this past weekend thrown by friends of my mom and Paul's mom. As a thank you to the women who came, I wanted to do something simple but thoughtful. In general, I am not a big fan of party or wedding favors. Mostly because while of course it's the…
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This quilt was inspired by a rug that I saw on Pinterest (here is the original photo). A previous pinner had mentioned how rad the rug would look as a quilt and OH MAN, I loved that idea. I kept it simple. Black and white. Black and white. Black and white. The top was easy…
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One of my great finds from these past few weeks was a "new" dresser for the baby girl. I was on the hunt for something in a small size with a bit of personality. I found this four drawer dresser at a local consignment store called Stuff and after a quick test of the drawers…
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