Only in Wisconsin...

...can you find a sidewalk chalk drawing of a cow-crossing sign. No lie. I came across it on a run Friday morning in my neighborhood and it made my day. You have to appreciate the creativity in that! Only in Wisconsin.

And I guess it's about time for next round of pop up design. Introducing: the bathroom.

[Okay, so I'm a little lacking in pop-ups this week. The truth is, most of the bathroom stuff is from either Target or IKEA. The records in the hall are from my Nana. Basically, the best way to brighten up a small space is with bold color. For one thing, it makes you wake up in the morning and it also makes the space a fun place to be..if the bathroom could be a fun place? But let's be real, isn't the bathroom the place that everyone wants to check out when they visit someones house?]

[My lone bathroom pop-up. My friend and I had purchased this frame for the living room but I ended up using it in the bathroom with some of the beautiful paper I bought from Anthology in this post. I love the irony of the kitchen print in the bathroom. And the colors were perfect.]

Go put your record on.

Some of the best pieces of furniture I have ever gotten have been from my Nana. I appreciate design from different decades and I love finding new ways to make them work in my designs today. When I left for college, both my parents and my Nana moved and built houses next to each other near Milwaukee. This meant two things: I still got to have/design my own room and I also helped my Nana sort through all of the things that had been in her basement at her old house. And so, her old records surfaced and I practically took them all. Now I can't say that I ended up using all of them or that I didn't go rummaging at the local St. Vinnie's for more, but I found the design inspiration for my new (now old) room.

[This is a great way to show-off your favorite rock bands from the 80's, your vinyl Beatle's collection or, in my case, musicals! The frames I purchased on sale from Michael's and I mounted them above my bed to imitate a headboard.]