The Mornings Are Darker

I’ve just about rebounded from my cold! Unfortunately I didn’t get much rest while actually being sick. I’m that person in my office no matter how much I’m hacking. To be quite fair though, there’s normally no more than a few people on my entire floor. I can get away with being sick at work

Learn From My Mistakes

Remember how stoked I was on the newly painted white wood floors we did in our future bedroom? Well consider me officially bummed. I wanted to be awesome and protect all my hard work with a top coat of polyethurathane.  Well, I don’t know if you know this, but oil based poly will yellow with a vengeance.

New Look

I just got back from a long weekend, and have unfortunately gotten a nasty cold. But that didn’t stop me from perfecting the new look on here at Lux Per Diem. Check it out!  The Main Site –  http://luxperdiem.com  This blog, Which is my personal blog-  http://mylife.luxperdiem.com I’m really digging the grey and white.  What

The Devil Was Sitting on My Chest

John Henry Fuseli – The Nightmare So I want to say last night the single most terrifying experience of my life happened.    I was in the midst of a sewing frenzy. In total I made two pairs of pants, a chemise, and five shirts. I’m meeting up with my dad do some historically accurate

Whatever Wednesday: Fashion Week Faves

It was 40 degrees when I woke up this morning. I can officially say that Fall is here in the Midwest! What a better way to celebrate than picking some of my favorite spring fashions for 2013. I’m anything if practical. Vivienne Westwood Red Label Spring 2013 I dig granny chic, so it’s no surprise

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Ingredients 1 cup whole wheat flour 2 tbsp brown sugar 2 tbsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 egg 1 cup FF milk 2 tbsp pure almond extract 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 cup diced strawberries  2 tbsp mini dark chocolate chips Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar into large bowl. Add wet

Dresser Makeover

I purchased this dresser off of craigslist for 50 bucks. I didn’t have the sense to photograph it before I stripped the horrible brown paint off of it. I stripped and sanded this piece down, and went about staining it. Halfway through the staining process I realized that the lighter wood wasn’t taking the stain

The Space Between

There are certain times in the year where I start getting really lazy. The lull between summer and fall is one of those times for me. I have a mild case of Seasonal Affective Disorder.  I love fall, but as soon as I have to start getting up in the dark I start losing my motivation

Office Wardrobe Capsule

I love clothing. I always have. It’s lead to some unfortunate mass hoarding of my wardrobe though. I’ve been very consumed recently with the idea of purging a good majority of it. I’d like to get a plan going for my though, and fill it with classic  pieces  which can be remixed year after year.  I need

Essentials

While I consider myself somewhat of a morning person, actually doing things besides drinking coffee and watching the previous day’s episode of the daily show are kind of taxing before sunrise. I work in a professional environment though, and it holds me to a certain amount of actually being put together. I love makeup, and can do some pretty