This is so cute, I didn’t want to dilute it with any distractions! I love how cool and simple this DIY kids drum set is! Found on Emmas Design Blog, via Mara Greenaway’s Pinterest board.

Paint a wall of your kitchen or a section of your kid's playroom—been there, seen that. Here are some new ways to use chalkboard paint.

Kids can practice writing their alphabet or they can draw a picture puzzle on these chalkboard blocks by Naef. Found via Handmade Charlotte. 

Here's a new way to teach geography…paint a globe in chalkboard paint. Found via Say Yes to Hoboken. 

A chalkboard piano? Who'd have thought? Found via Please Sir. 

Chalkboards don't always have to be in boring wood frames. Found via Paper Tastebuds. 

Say something without saying anything…write a note on this brooch and then change your mind later. Found via Swiss Miss.

This weekend is all about baby room planning which is a bit overdue since I’m 9 weeks ’til d-day. It’s so fun to daydream…

For some reason I’m anti-vehicle and animal print for my boy’s wardrobe, but I’m in love with these two wallpapers! Found on Ferm Living.

We decided we want to do a daybed instead of a rocker/glider in the little guy’s room, but of course we want something totally amazing, vintage, and full of character. Sigh. Links from the top: Hooked on Houses, Ohdeedoh, and House to Home. Suggestions welcome in this category! Please!

Styling shelves is a real talent, but James Hopkins takes it to a new level. By arranging and cutting into things, Hopkins creates his Vanitas installations from related groupings of everyday objects.

Hopkins says of these pieces in a Wallpaper article: “I see these shelves as tombstones to the current, ephemeral era in design because, while they look quite luxurious and modern now, next year they will already begin to look dated.”

Oh Etsy, how we all love you so! And it comes to no surprise to us that you have the most amazing work space EVER! Found via Life Hacker.