Thornet

Every home needs a hot pink chair. Thornet chair available from abc home.

Quilt

Having finished the big art project, I'm now on to preparing to construct an equilateral triangle (the dominant shape in our son's nursery) crib quilt. As this is my first attempt, I'm nervous, but curious to see how it turns out. Images of inspiring quilts via CarsonToo and The Little Red Hen.

Scandinavia

One of our long-term plans is to spend a sabbatical in Norway (or Sweden or Denmark... we're flexible). Having only ever spent one weekend in Scandinavia (a cold and dark November weekend in Stockholm and Uppsala), I'm curious to experience more. My curiosity for the place melds with my love of all things modern and white (I know I'm on repeat here), and draws me towards the most fantastic Tumblr - From Scandinavia with Love. The eye candy is out of control.

P.S. Have I mentioned that we might take advantage of the sour, rainy weekend coming up by painting a large swath of our house white? I am so excited.

Varpuen

Great design and motherhood? Check out Varpuren for some amazing photos if you're interested in both (and want to practice your Finnish). xo I'm so excited about having found this blog after "meeting" this family via Dwell a few months back.

Sheets

The secret to a good night's sleep is surrounding yourself with lots of white (in my view), including white walls and white bed linens in particular. Though our bedroom is currently painted blue (a decision of the previous owner), I do hope to change the colour out at some point. I take solace in our white bed sheets and duvet though. In an effort to provide the same sense of calm for our son, I've decided to outfit his white crib with a white fitted crib sheet. Here's to hoping that this small step helps improve the likelihood of the little one sleeping through the night. Image via Alvhem Makleri.

28

28 weeks (almost) down, 12 to go. These days our little man is super active (particularly at 3 am), loves eating oranges mid-morning and insists on doing somersaults when mommy and daddy are walking down a steep hill. As the weather slowly warms, our excitement is building to meet our sweet boy.

Profile

Aren't these uses for Facebook's new profile picture layout genius? Thanks for posting the link, Virginia! You can see more here.