I know, right? It's been 3 months since my last blog post and I feel like I should be going to confession or something. I promise you, a lot has been going on and nothing has been going on and it is still a circus inside my house (and head).

One of the things I've struggled with for some time is the feeling that much of blogging and social media these days feels like noise. It's like we are all yelling at the top of our lungs into this void and hoping that something sticks. Things begin to all look the same. When I start to feel that I am not inspired by my feeds, that I'm scrolling and scrolling and scrolling, it is time for a change. I don't want to look at the same thing anymore. I don't want to contribute to it either.

design, interiors, small spaces, lagniappeadrienne robideauxMarch 8, 2017family, design, kid roomsComment

one room challenge: shared girls' room reveal (week 6)

First, let’s be clear about one thing. My house will never be “finished”. Done for now, yes. Looking fantastic today, I hope so. But finished is not really a word in my design vocabulary. There is always room for change.

Today, though, for the purposes of this amazing six-week One Room Challenge, the girls’ room is finished. I’m pretty happy with it, but more importantly, the girls are happy with it. So here we go.

interiors, design, kids, small spacesadrienne robideauxNovember 10, 2016kid rooms, small house, shared spaces, design Comments

one room challenge: shared girls' room (week 4)

design, interiors, kids, small spacesadrienne robideauxOctober 27, 2016shared spaces, small house, kid rooms, kid friendly, one room challenge Comments

one room challenge: shared girls’ room (week 3)

Holy moly. It is week 3 of the One Room Challenge and that means that we are half-way to the finish line of this project. For the newbies to this particular brand of design geekiness, quick recap: twice a year, Linda of Calling It Home invites 20 bloggers to refresh one room in six weeks and share that transformation in real time. And twice a year, anyone and everyone can play along at home as a guest participant by refreshing a space in their own home. This fall, I’m working on my girls’ shared bedroom. You can catch up on the first two weeks of the challenge here and here.

Since we are at the mid-way point, it seemed like a good time for a little progress report. Here’s what we’ve done so far...

one room challenge: shared girls’ room (week 2)

It's week two of the One Room Challenge and while most participants are totally off to the races, I'm still hanging out at the starting line. Tortoise and the Hare, baby.

There are three things that you really need to have when you start a design project: an idea of the needs of the inhabitants and challenges of the space, an idea of how the space needs to feel and how it will flow with the rest of the home, and a budget. Let's start with the easy thing first: needs and challenges.

interiors, design, kidsadrienne robideauxOctober 13, 2016one room challenge, kid friendly, kid rooms, design Comments

welcome to lilly's room

Today, I’d like to introduce you to Lilly. Or rather, I’d like to introduce you to Lilly’s room.

Lilly is 10 years old and wanted a room that looked more like the tween that she is without giving up her collection of horses or stuffed animals. Lilly’s mom wanted to declutter Lilly’s room, give her more space, and do it all for $200 or less.

Challenge accepted.

design, interiors, kids, small spacesadrienne robideauxSeptember 29, 2016kid rooms, diy updates Comments

stay true

A funny thing happened a week or so ago at the Hobby Lobby. I almost didn’t buy something in my favorite color because it was just too trendy. My daughter, who professes to hate my favorite color, insisted. She wasn’t being unreasonable. We were purchasing “wallpaper” for her dollhouse, and therefore, she claimed, what really mattered was whether she liked it, not whether I thought it too trendy. I simply couldn’t argue with that.

design, interiorsadrienne robideauxSeptember 15, 2016designComment

make it: lego figure frames

The Legos. They are all over your house. Am I right? You try and try to manage them but it is almost as if they multiply overnight. And if you have a daughter who is into building and likes all the things and is spoiled by most people’s standards but is the apple of your eye, you also have 8,000 little Lego people all over the house from the 8,000 friends and princess sets that she has “collected”.

It took me no time at all to complete this project but - I’m not going to lie - it took me forever to start it and forever to get it on the wall. You won’t need more than an evening to make these frames once you have all of your supplies. This is a simple project that involves simple tools. You will need a frame, a level, a ruler, tracing paper or vellum, a pencil, really good glue, and Legos.

design, kidsadrienne robideauxSeptember 8, 2016kids, toy storage, diyComment

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