Hoping you all had a lovely Mothers Day! We had a great and silly day with a french toast breakfast, Amazing messages at service, and rowdy play time with the kids later.
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Meanwhile at the Banister House…
Meanwhile at the Banister House… We repainted the kids floor this past week as they were getting to a point that only paint could bring back to life ;). In doing so we had to take out the kids stuff and put it all in the master bedroom. Which had me wanting to dejunk once …
Meanwhile…at the Banister House
My goodness it’s been a long time since I popped in over here. I’ve been pretty active over on Instagram but I guess I needed a bit of a break from the blog format for a bit. Just long enough for me to be missing it again. I’ve been working on so many projects such as my …
Meanwhile at the Banister House…
I’ve been obsessed with industrial laundry carts not only for their vintage appeal but for their utilitarian aspects as well. This we our Schoolhouse Electric laundry cart arrived and I’m smitten with it. The kids want to race up and down the hall with it but I’m just happy to have a designated place for them to …
Meanwhile at the Banister House…Pony Play
We unintentionally started a pony collecting fever when we made our DIY cardboard and duct tape stable awhile back. We started with three Breyers horses and have since added to the collection with various thrifted finds. Just recently we added a large pony to the mix and we’re all smitten with him. And living a historic home during the …
Playful Table Tent
It’s been snow for days here. And while it’s pretty and lovely it’s keeping us indoors more than I’d like so to make things more playful inside we brought out table tent from my book Playful: Fun Projects to Make With and For Kids. Miss M has been playing picnic with her dolls and Little …
Making an Animal Habitat with Play-dough, Leaves and Twigs
We have a collection of animal figurines (we have a tradition of acquiring one for each kid based wherever we go on vacation-read more about it here) and last week we decided to make a little habitat for some of them using play-dough, scavenged leaves, twigs, etc. This activity is great for toddlers and preschoolers but when my older boys …
Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie
I recently mentioned on IG that we have a Sunday tradition of trying out different Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes and playing around until we find exactly what we like. Well this last Sunday we struck gold! We adapted Tara O’Brady’s recipe and discovered a cookie we just can’t get enough of. 1 c of butter cut up …
Child’s Play by Martha Hatfield
Have you seen the darling images from designer Martha Hatfiel and photographer Jacqueline Hayward’s Child’s Play shoot over on Small Fry? They are so lovely. I love these two sisters and Martha’s perspective on play. You can read more about it here. The Banister House was lucky enough to share it’s walls and love with these girls …
Playful French Industrial finds for the Banister House
I’ve been thrifting a lot lately (on the hunt for an upcoming shoot) and happened upon some treasures I just couldn’t leave behind. Like this metal industrial cabinet painted the most amazing shade of yellow. It was definitely not the “hot” item at the thrift store as I got a lot of “crazy junk lady” looks when hauling …