DIY Standing Parsons Desk

Super easy.

A parsons style desk is ridiculously simple to build because everything is square and symmetrical.

You need:

4 4x4s for legs - mine are 58 inches high. 

1 inch thick plywood - mine is cut 20'x54'. 

3 inch wide flat trim to go around. 

Brass bracket hardware.

Home Depot will cut all your wood for you for free. 

Screw the top to the legs and trim the sides. Then paint! I used rustoleum oil based protective enamel in gloss white. The best!

Baskets are from Home Goods. Totally a Serena and Lily rip off. Eeey!

The before is just ew. But it's what happens when you want a standing desk NOW because you just read an article that said sitting will slowly kill you. 

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power washing porn

this was just posted on BuzzFeed and I can't get enough.

click here for more amazingness

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In the Hamptons this week with the lil

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Rug love

I just saw this posted on Calypso St. Barth's Instagram, and I don't think I'll ever grow tired of Beni Ourain rugs.

I'm also seriously loving those black doors!

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Ass in the sand

Happening today. YUP.

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Summer velvet

I've been daydreaming about recovering our headboard in plush velvet, which seems insane because when I got in my car this morning the temperature reading was 113 degrees. 

It reminded me of this photo from 2012 when Robert Passal, one of my favorite designers, designed this for the Hampton Designer Showroom... in 2012. How's that for a run-on sentence. It's hot leave me alone. 

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Our attic does not look like this... yet..

But hopefully it will soon!  I've started gathering ideas for out attic re-do. We are turning it into a playroom for cute baby, and a few years down the road, we will use it as the master bedroom.

I just love all the pinks, soft metallics, and pops of white. 

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Framing baby art

Look at those baby finger prints! I had to hold back from biting them... she is the most delicious thing in the world.

I used washi tape for the "matting" and an old frame I had. 

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Lovely kitchen

So bright! I love this. The green ceiling plays so well with the pink. 

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the evolution of stuff

sorry for the hiatus. I had an awesome baby.

sometimes you need to paint something white.

case and point:

 

our old dog, Tucker saying "what the f did you bring home" (it was covered in brick contact paper)

 

murdered out 

now:
painted white. In her new home backin that a** up to the back of our couch.

 

it's good to be back! xox

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