Rage Against The Minivan

Okay people. I need help solving a design dilemma in my new house: overhead lighting. I went big on a couple statement chandeliers .... one over the dining room table (this mid-century guy from West Elm) and two that hang over the kitchen island (these bold chandeliers from CB2). But I have two other spots that require lighting, and whatever I put there needs to hang from a sloped ceiling. What do I do to avoid a maze of pendant lights? There's no attic space for recessed lighting and a . . .

American Girl has been around for a long time, but the company has recently made some great strides in telling more diverse and empowering stories. I'm talking about some of my favorite dolls, movies, and books, including: 1.  Melody doll  |  2.  Logan doll  |  3.  Ivy and Julie movie  |  4.  Melody: Love Has To Win movie  |  5.  Marie Grace and Cecile book series  |  6.  The Care and Keeping of You . . .

This post was sponsored by Best Fiends Remember road-trips when you were a kid? I do. Standing up behind your parents in the front seat. Rolling around in the back of a station wagon. Draping yourself over all manner of siblings and seat backs in order to get comfortable. The utter lack of regard for seatbelts. Those were the (highly questionable) days, kids. Back then, family road trips meant stuffed-full cars and playing the license plate game on long, empty stretches of highway. If you . . .

This post is sponsored by Clorox. I've mentioned before that we recently downsized and moved into a home we used to live in. We went from about 2300 sq. ft. to about 1400 sq. ft. I have no regrets because the pool and the friends they have in this neighborhood mean that my kids are rarely inside the house. But still, we've had to be strategic about our use of space.  The kids are sharing bedrooms again, which means that we no longer have space to have desks in their rooms. I decided to . . .