Assuming my car passes inspection! I’m not actually worried about that. But I am sitting in the book store across the street while my car undergoes state inspection. I’ve been poking through some of the new magazines for some blogging inspiration while I wait. Funny thing is, I didn’t make the connection to my subliminal source of inspiration until I started typing this post!
First I tore out this page from the new West Elm catalog — I love these framed maps in the dining room. 
Then I remembered that I have two sheets of Cavallini wrapping paper — a New York subway map and a Paris street map — that I’ve been meaning to do something with for a long time. You may recognize them from this post.
And then, as I’m paging through the March issue of Country Living UK, I find this perfectly styled photograph by Hans Blomquist:
I realize these are not new ideas, so where is all this going? Well, nowhere new. But I am going to unroll my wrapping paper, fit them each two square frames and hang. They could end up in the bedroom, at the foot of our stairs, or in the living room. Assuming I can find the right frames (and that my car inspection doesn’t turn into an expensive fix-it!), I’ll be back next week with the after shots!
Oh, and while I have you, Rachel and I will be posting most days of the week for the next little while, but we may miss a day or two from time to time. As you know, Rachel has a newborn at home. Stephanie is officially on labor watch. And I am working on some new upgrades to the site. So things are quite busy in our various nests!
{images: top, West Elm; middle, Cavallini; bottom, Hans Blomquist}
