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My 15 Fave She-Shed Designs and Why I love them

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Scrolling through my Facebook Feed one morning, I noticed a friend post an article about the proliferation of “She-Sheds” around the country as the answer to the “Man Cave.” I squealed with delight and went on a Pinterest journey to find my faves. I have a Shed in our Backyard with a lawnmower and tools that I certainly can find another home for…um somewhere. Ha!

Here are my faves including this award winning one above which look like a quaint, cozy and serene escape pod. My other faves:

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I love this shed because it has a Moroccan feel to it and it’s cool too because it’s not actually a shed but a tent with mosquito net around it.  That is great for those who do not have a real shed to convert. The only issue is that you’d have to pack up the pillows and upholstery at the end of the day to protect them from dust, moisture and rain.

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I like the simplicity of this Shed, the dark flooring contrasted with the white walls give it an extra cozy feel and the red velour increases the intimacy of the room. Simple decorations and a few candles are enough. I’m a minimalist and too much decorations would make me feel too claustrophobic in an already small space.

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The glass doors in this shed opens the room and expands it some. This shed also makes it possible for mom to escape with a magazine while still keeping an eye on her kids perhaps running around in the yard playing. I also like the simple decorations and all white furniture means “no greasy husbands or messy kids allowed”.

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The light wood panel of this shed combined with the glass opens up this space even more. It lets the owner bring in the light and nature around the shed while chilling and getting away. The track lighting makes this shed a great place to escape too even in the evening hours.

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This shed also has a North African feel to it. I love the multitude of colors right down to the fact the doors and exterior are painted a serene blue. It’s warm and inviting, but not too inviting, this is a sanctuary after all.

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This shed is for the woman who wants to craft in piece. Whether she is putting together necklaces for vending at the local flea market or her online Etsy shop, this is a great space for getting work done while escaping.

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I love the arched cutaway and day bed in this shed. It has almost a cocoon feel to it. I could see myself napping in here for at least an hour because Lord knows your kids won’t let you get away for too long.

  

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This she shed inside has a Victorian feel while a natural rustic feel outside. It’s a great secret hideaway that could camouflage in the yard. The colored doors offer that spark of brightness that could lift the mood as well.

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I really dig the 1950s diner look to this she-shed. It’s playful and bright. This she-shed is large enough to invite friends over for brunch or drinks and conversation. It doesn’t always have to be a space for you alone. Guys have the boys over for games at their Man Caves all the time. Add a TV and you could have little watch parties yourself in here.

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I adore the Shabby Chic decor of this shed. The White interior and Exterior walls are puritanical, dainty, feminine and soft. I could enjoy noon tea or get away and do some knitting or crocheting back here…that is if I had the skill to knit or crochet that is.

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What is not to love about a shed on the beach. I don’t know what else I could say about an oasis on an oasis. This is ideal if you have your own private beach to your vacation home. In between dips in the sea, you can avoid getting sunburned laying out by retreating into your shed an taking a nap bathed by sea breeze. Aaaah!

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How serene and luxurious is this divine get-a-way nook!?! You could chill with your magazines, nosh on some snacks and or lose yourself in a good book in this cozy space. The red, pink and yellow decor warms up the space as well.

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This barrel shaped shed is unique and quaint as the funky wall paper and round cushion ottomans inside. This is another space with ample room to accommodate visitors. Heck, I’d even let the kids visit me in this one for a reading hour. Or we could play board games or assemble a craft project or something in here. Nice.

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For that gardener who wants to be nestled among the greenery and her hard work, comes this cottage space. With the table and bench, you could enjoy breakfast or write letters and notes in here. Like who does those things anymore. You can if you had a marvelous spot like this to do it in.

Source: LighterSideOfRealEstate, GirlsVines, PopSugar

Inside Jaime King’s Baby Shower thrown by Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift, who will be the Godmother to Jaime King’s impending arrival, threw her BFF a fab baby shower at the Soho House in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 13. Apparently, Swift had performed the night before in Philadelphia before jetting on a plane to the event. Wow! That’s love. This kid’s going to be spoiled.

Other Celeb guests invited included: Gigi Hadid, Jessica Alba, Nina Dobrev, Diane Kruger, Hailee Steinfeld, Sarah Hyland, Topher Grace, Selma Blair, Emma Roberts and Joey King. King and her husband, film maker Kyle Newman, are expecting their second child. The couple are parents to 20-month old son James Knight.

One of the most fun part of the events was the photo booth which allowed guests to take some wacky photos. Here are the ones shared on Instagram:

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Columnist begs parents to Quit it with Odd Spellings of Common Baby Names

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Are you one of those parents who, when deciding on a name for your baby before he or she was born, wanted something very unique?

So even though you liked “Madison” as a name, you decided to help her stand out by spelling it “Madicyn” or like “Madyson” or “Madisyn”

Or are you that parent who skipped on the tradition spelling of Brittney and opted for “Brittny”, “Brittneigh”, “Brit’nee”, “Britany” or “Bryttney”?

Maybe, Chase was too blah so you opted for “Chace” or “Chayce”?

Caden too? Boring. How about “Kaden” or “Kaeden”, “Caidyn” or “Cayden”?

Turn a simple biblical name like Isaiah on its head and you’ve got” Isah”, “Isaieh”, “Isaah” or “Izaiah”

A couple of the Kardashians are named Khloe instead of Chloe and Kourtney instead of Courtney because their parents wanted all the first names to start with the first letter of their last name.

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It’s cute, but did you take it one step further and turned Chloe into “Kloey”?

Flip Jacqueline around and you’ve got “Jaq’leen”.

Speaking of parenthesis and hyphens.

One New York City teacher listed the most unique names she had ever come across on her roster: 

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Somaily (Sa miley), Dimmamelle (Dimel), Joedan (Jordan), Sha-Niyhah (Shania), Jerleek,  Shaqueena and Marqwell. She called them HR nightmare names. Pity that is coming from a teacher though.

These are the unique names that author and New York Times columnist Paul Schmidtberger complained about in a May 7, 2010 piece.

In it he writes that “parents shouldn’t impose cryptic, incoherent or foolish spellings on their own children, nor on society as a whole.”

Schmidtberger goes on to say parents will “condemn their children to a lifetime of bleakly repeating that, no, the name in question is spelled “Shaiyahne” not “Cheyenne.”

 

Sounds a bit curmudgeonly to me.  But I say this as a person with an African name Jeneba that I always have had  to repeat, carefully spell and correct people’s punctuation of, most of my life. My husband who is named Dave and not David has to constantly tell people that no he wasn’t just giving them a nickname when he told them his name.

Yet, our first kid, who we named Caleb, is not pronounced like the traditional way but slightly different. You’d think we had learned a lesson from what we went thru growing up always correcting folks. ha!

We just liked the name but didn’t care for going with Caleb with a K because we just didn’t want to. Really it was right after 9/11 and didn’t want him to accidentally end up on a no-fly list.

But what’s it to anyone, really?

However, does Schmidtberger have a point? Should parents stick with the traditional spelling of names?

“Misspelling a child’s name won’t make Junior special, creative or unique,” the New Jersey native writes.” Y’s and I’s are not interchangeable, and apostrophes are not some sort of newfangled confetti to be sprinkled liberally throughout groups of letters.”

Does he have a point or is just being a male Debbie Downer? Sound off in the comment section below.

Behind-the-Scenes at Tamera Mowry-Housley’s ‘American Baby’ Cover Shoot

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This Friday, American Baby released its July issue featuring on the cover The Real TV host Tamera Mowry-Housley who is expecting her second child, a daughter, this July.

Last week in advance of the release, Mowry-Housley took readers of her blog  behind the scenes of the cover photo shoot.

About the experience, she writes:

I couldn’t have been happier with the shoot day. I got to get all dolled up (I feel so sexy and powerful during pregnancy), loved working with their team (they made me so comfortable), and shared about what being a parent is really all about. I touched on some of what having Aden has taught me in my Mother’s Day post, but dove a little deeper in the magazine’s piece

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Nice. Check out the article in the online or traditional version of the magazine. She, her husband FOX news correspondent Adam Housley and their two and a half year old son Aden will welcome the new addition next month in July.

‘The Real’s Tamera Mowry-Housley & Hubby’s On-Air Baby Showers (VIDEOS)

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Recently, Tamera Mowry-Housley‘s co-host stars on the FOX daytime talk show The Real surprised her with a baby shower on air.

The panel were in the beginning of their “Girl Chat” segment, when co-host randomly said Loni Love say “she wanted a baby shower”.  The actress, blogger and entrepreneur looked genuinely shocked at the ornately decorated set and all the treats and gifts her co-panelists got for her.  To add the the cute on-air moment, at one point, her son Aden was rolled out in a wagon. Her hubby FOX news correspondent Adam Housley made a surprise appearance during the segment as well. Sweet.

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In a way, it was a sort of “pay it forward” thing because earlier in the month on May 5th, she surprised her husband with a man shower including some of his best buds who participated in silly shower games on air. Not expecting the same, it was her turn! Awesomeness for a wonderful and beautiful couple. The pair will welcome their second child together, a girl, later this year.

Check out videos from each shower below:

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5 Ways to Prep your Baby’s Nursery for Summer

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Even new parents quickly realize that an uncomfortable baby is an unhappy baby. In the summer when homes start to heat up, many parents let their young children sleep and run around during the day in nothing more than a diaper to keep them cool and unfussy. To help keep a nursery cool during the summer so baby sleeps well and does not spend nap time and most of the night crying, there are several steps parents can take including removing excess bedding from the crib. Go Mama Go designs offer up these five suggestions to show parents how to create a cool sleeping environment that would also reduce fussiness:

For starters, parents should work to make the nursery as cool as possible by blocking direct sunlight from streaming into the room.

1. Black It Out – If the nursery is on the west side of the home or receives direct sunlight for the majority of the day, black out curtains can help block heat transfer from windows.

2. Swap Screens – Another option for reducing the amount of heat coming through windows is to install specialty sunscreens on the exterior of windows. This type of screen can block up to 95% of sunlight and can be easily removed and stored in a basement or garage for winter.

Once the source of summer heat has been addressed, the next thing parents want to check in the nursery is airflow.

3. Lose the Stuffing – Cribs filled with teddy bears, blankets and crib bumpers might look cute and seem to create a cozy place for baby to sleep; but having all that extra fluff not only blocks airflow, it can be a suffocation risk. To keep baby feeling comforted and protected choose a crib guard that leaves space to allow air to flow freely into the crib through the rails like Wonder Bumpers.  They are soft, yet stay safely secured (even loose thin bumpers are dangerous) and mimic the natural design of the crib.  A light swaddler or sleep sack will keep baby cozy and happy. Put everything else away.

4. Counter Rotate – During the summer months, ceiling fans should be set to rotate counter clockwise. This pushes air straight down to cool the room. The warmer it is, the higher the speed should be.

5. Call A Pro – Clogged and dirty air ducts can reduce the flow of A/C into the nursery, especially if the room is far from the central unit. An HVAC company can measure airflow coming from vents in the nursery and help determine if a duct cleaning is needed or if the A/C unit needs servicing.

Good luck, parents!

 

Memorial Day: 10 Unique and very EXPENSIVE grills

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Just in time for Memorial Day this Monday for you serious grill aficionados, here are 10 unique grills owned by true grill-masters willing to fork down thousands on a grill like this Mobile cylce barbecue pit found at New York’s RUB restaurant. For hot roders only! Don’t saddle up to this grill unless you have a Harley in your garage at home!

Here are 9 other grills for the serious barbecuer willing to fork down thousands on a grill!
The one-of-a-kind grill is an Allwyn Pramelator made in London circa 1906. The hood folds down to complete the smoker effect.
This $1250 Pig Cooker  was created by artist Joel Haas. Great! Just the thing to remind you of what the thing you’re cooking looked like alive. Eeek!
This automobile grill is the ultimate recyclable. Why tow away that old broken down car in the yard, when you can turn it into a cooking surface? Innovative!  source
Gun owners really love their guns and some so much, they’re willing to create giant one to look like a Smith & Wesson Magnum 500 revolver. source
How about a Montero GTS grill made from a broken down classic Holden Montero? This one is in a private home in Australia.
Could it be? Yes a grill powered by a 5.7 liter V-8 HEMI engine. Wowee! It was once part of a Chrysler Group’s 2005 “What can you HEMI?” contest. Winner! Now you know you’re meat is going to be WELL DONE when it hits your plate, whether you want it to or not!
This Nascar BBQ sells for $16,995 and is full sized stainless steel and comes with a CD/DVD combo with 6 speakers. Nothing like grilling while watching a movie and listening to tunes at the same time! We are a multi-tasking generation, after all!
This German locomotive grill sold on eBay for over $12,000. wowee! Source
This Dragon BBQ Grills are really unique with only 3 or so being made. The first one sold for $65,000 and a second listed for $90K. It is a functional grill that is also part sculpture. Amazing!  But um not nearly $100K amazing! source
Bonus: Now for explicit humorologist only, there is this Rude Hot Dog Cooker aka Roast my Weenie! Weiners for Weiners maybe?

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Bump Watch: Country singer Jessie James Decker keeps It Real

Okay! Here we go! My new fave pregnant celeb may be country singer Jessie James Decker.
The reality TV star of the E! show Eric & Jessie: Game on and her husband New York Jets linebacker Eric Decker are expecting their second child, a son, in September.
This week, Jessie kept it all the way real with this very relatable Instagram 5-month belly progression photo that she captioned:
“Keepin it real mommy style. Stains. Gotta pee face but don’t wanna get up and non supportive bra Cus I just don’t care hahah! #vivismama #23wks”
That’s what I’m talking about. We see enough of the picture perfect, carefully filtered and presented inspirational pregnant celeb photos that most cannot obtain or duplicate, even if they tried. 
Finally, one who isn’t afraid to show what many real pregnant women look like when they’re chilling at home and letting it hang out.
Love!
The Deckers are also parents to their 1-year old daughter Vivian, born last March 18.

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Fashion Confession: I’m a fan girl of Arm Candy

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The right accessories can really help accent and in some cases, make a look or outfit. Even if you are pregnant and sticking to black to hide your growing waistline, a wonderful conglomeration of jewelry at the wrist is a fab distraction.
Right now I’m coveting arm candy. It’s the sugar and calorie free reference to series of bracelets, bangles or watches worn together for maximum style and effect. Here are my faves I’ve seen in recent searches for inspiration and ideas.

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The Fabulist’s Kristin Cavallari is expecting 3rd child

Kristin Cavallari, host of E!’s The Fabulist, announced today that she is expecting her third child. 
“We’re at it again! Thrilled to announce baby number 3 is on the way! The Cutler crew keeps on growin’!” she wrote alongside a photo of her making a heart over her belly.
The former reality star of MTV‘s Laguna Beach and The Hills and her husband, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, are parents to sons 1-year old  Jaxon Wyatt and 2-year old Camden Jack. 
Congrats!

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