ISO: Under Bed Storage Bins

I was flipping through a copy of All You magazine's April issue, which is all about staying organized. If it's one thing I'm not, it's organized :)

I think the take away from the article is a lesson my mom has struggeled to teach me: A place for everything and everything in its place.

In one of the images, they show this adorable bedroom. I love the storage drawers and they would work PERFECTLY for Caroline's bedroom.

Where can I find them?!

They look like they'd be from Land of Nod, or Ikea.

I'm off to shop :)

ISO: Solution for Hidden Nook

I didn't get to Friday's "In Search Of" quest due to illness running rampant in the family (me first, then Jackson), but here's the dilemma of the week. There's a hidden nook in what I expect will be Caroline's room. I'm not sure how it happened, but we ended up with a little nook where the exterior wall curves and the framing does not. 

Can you see it in the picture to the left? It's a bit small, sorry!

The only think I can think of to maximize this for storage (that room is going to have an uber-small closet, more on that later), would be to install a pull-out pantry like those usually seen in kitchens.

What do you think?

Friday ISO: Writing Desk/Nightstand

Writing Desk as seen in Better Homes & Gardens

We're going to have lots of guests. At least I (part of me) hope so! I've got *lots* of ideas on how to make the guest room the most accommodating and many will be the subject of future ISO columns, I'm sure.

I'm not a matchy-matchy kinda girl. Keith is a matchy-matchy kinda guy, though, which does present its own design challenges, ha ha!

I think He is going to let me have some fun with the guest room, though.  Because I'm not matchy-matchy, I don't want matching nightstands. And, I know I want one of them to be a writing desk.

Keith's brother always has to work when he's hear (sad!) and my parents check their e-mail quite a bit on their visits. I think a writing-desk style nightstand would give people the space and the privacy needed to work. 

I came across this one in an issue of Better Homes & Gardens a few months ago and tore it out. Sadly, they didn't provide credit for it in the resources section. To me, it looks like an Ikea piece or maybe it's from the Better Homes & Gardens' collection at Wal-mart.

Regardless, I'm on the hunt for something that will work as a writing desk AND a nightstand.

Join the hunt!

Friday ISO: Table-style desk

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!
I'm kicking off my 2011 regular series a bit early. Every Friday, I'm going to post a query of something I'm looking for, be it furniture, linens, accessories, etc.

I'll need your help in sourcing them!

For the first one, here it is: I'm looking for a large table that can serve as a desk for my new office. I'm thinking trestle-style so that a desk chair (velvet tufted???) will fit underneath it. My initial thought is to go with a white piece. But, the photos that I chose below tell me my brain is thinking something else!

Here are some inspiration photos:



From West Elm





Of course, it would be great to find a used one and paint it :)