My Favorite $13 Frame, Pantry Org & What to Watch: 5 Quick Things
Project 365, Day 134/365
My friends, we’ve made it to another installment of 5QT! If you were around AS this week, you know it was, well, uh, a rough few days, but I’m on the other side and things look so much better over here. Thanks for this tight-knit little community that lifts me up (and lifts each other up). It’s a nice place to be. Let’s get to some quick things…five of them to be exact:
Quick Thing #1
I always forget to write about my favorite IKEA frames. RIBBA is great (but I’m mad that, at least online, you can’t find the large 20×20 ones anymore that I own three of), but the HOVSTA in the birch frame is a close runner up. It’s pretty hard to beat for $13, and looks great mixed in with other frame colors. It’s hard to see it in the lead photo (sorry, I tried to find a straight on shot but I guess I don’t have one??); it’s the one peeking out from the corner of the dining table there with the Van Gogh print I was given for free in a press package on my very first trip abroad, to Amsterdam.
Quick Thing #2
This past January, I did the most basic thing anyone does in January outside of starting a cleanse or joining a gym: I organized. My pantry (also called a little shelving unit in my laundry room) was basically unusable, stuffed with mostly empty pasta boxes and cans of old pumpkin puree strewn about. So I did what any person on the high of a two week vacation from work would do: I spent a ton of money at The Container Store on clear things to see my food. But what I will say, this baker’s set I bought as part of my binge-buying episode has turned out to be really freaking great. The brown sugar keeper has a terra-cotta disc that you wet and keep inside to prevent your sugar from drying out and getting all clumpy. Smart!
Quick Thing #3
Today, I embark on a 21-day purification/elimination diet for “my body is acting a fool” reasons, and the first 10 days are purely fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes. Listen, it’s not going to be fun, I’m already begrudging the herbal teas that will replace my French press coffee, but this roasted veggie, avocado, chickpea bowl recipe looks pretty passable, and if you have any vegan/vegetarian recipes you recommend, bring them on!
Quick Thing #4
Do you follow the design firm Studio Lifestyle? Good lord. You know I love my color, but I cheat on my love of jewel tones with the Studio Lifestyle account. Woo wee that’s some gorgeous room magic.
Quick Thing #5
QT number five this week is actually an ask rather than a give. Charles and I finished 11 seasons of Modern Family and are looking for a new-to-us, easy to watch show to get started on. Any recommendations?
See you tomorrow, FOAS.