Guest Room + Office
We’ve lived in our 1-bedroom apartment two and a half years now, Moses sleeps in a closet and right now Roman sleeps in a bassinet next to my bed. It is small and cozy and we love it, but with two kids...
View ArticleSofa Makeover
We were visiting the Marimekko flagship store in New York last Spring when I saw this fabric. It was upholstery weight and gorgeous and I knew it would be perfect for our old yellow sofa. I had bought...
View ArticleOur Bedroom Makeover
Woohoo! I’ve got some “after” pictures of our bedroom today. After renting apartments for years it feels pretty liberating to be able to do ANYTHING I want to the apartment. The front bedroom (that we...
View ArticleDining Room Makeover
When we bought our San Francisco flat last year it was my first time ever having a dining room. I immediately started dreaming of the dinner parties I was going to throw that I never could because of...
View ArticleIntroducing…
I have some big news today (actually two big items of news.) First, I would like to introduce the new Oh Happy Day Party Store! It is a full scale online party shop with modern and fun party goods....
View ArticleStudio Makeover
Oh Happy Day is about to celebrate our 2-year anniversary of being in our studio in San Francisco! We’ve made a bunch of edits to the inside (remember this?) but the exterior of the building has always...
View ArticleUnicorn Piñata Makeover
Everyone loves a good makeover story, right? Well, this one’s a doozy! We’re going to show you how to transform an ordinary donkey piñata into a shiny unicorn! I’m not gonna lie, this one takes some...
View ArticleKitchen Makeover
I have been sharing bits and pieces of my home but this week I wanted to delve deeper and talk a little bit about the process. First we start with the before pictures… This is how the house looked when...
View ArticleLiving Room Makeover
Today I wanted to share pictures of my living room makeover. The room is on the front of the house and before we even moved in I had it painted white with pale pink ceilings. (Continue reading below...
View ArticleGuest Room Makeover
Today I’m sharing pictures of our guest bedroom. First of all the fact that we have a guest bedroom is a miracle. We’ve been living in tiny city apartments for the last 10 years, it really is crazy...
View ArticleBedside Organization
Over the break I realized I needed new bedroom organization so we partnered with IKEA to get things done. To start, I’d never really found side tables I liked since we moved in a few years ago… I was...
View ArticleKids Bedroom Refresh with Pillowfort
Target has a great new home collection for kids called Pillowfort. Have you seen it? It launched in February with 12 different collections. We did a quick refresh of the boys’ bedroom and found so many...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Studio Tour: Living Room
Today for our studio tour we are sharing the Living Room Area. (Here is the Photo Studio in case you missed it.) I knew I wanted some sort of sitting area or “Living Room” but after managing all that...
View ArticleOh Happy Day Studio Tour: The Kitchen
Today is the last part of our studio tour! The kitchen was the biggest endeavor and took the longest to finish. In the construction phase we had to completely demo and move a wall! Then after we moved...
View Article3 Easy Ways to Refresh a Room
Today we’re working with Canvas on Demand to share some quick and easy ways to update your home this fall with removable wallpaper, custom pillows, and your photos printed onto canvas. Canvas on...
View ArticleLollipop Pinata Makeover
Pinata Makeovers are my favorite because it takes out the messy component (paper mache!) and you only do the fun part (decorating!) A pinata makeover is when you take an existing pinata, remove its...
View ArticleFuzzy Dice Pinata Makeover
As the head crafter here at Oh Happy Day, I know that the bulk of the time spent on a custom pinata is papier mache-ing and working to get the shape just right. Piñata makeovers take that whole mess...
View ArticleLlama Pinata Makeover
I think it can be said with little objection that llamas are adorable. For our latest piñata, we turned an everyday donkey piñata into a llama as a part of our piñata makeover series! This guy has been...
View ArticleTropical Bathroom Mini Makeover
Clorox recently approached us with the challenge to transform a bathroom into a stay-at-home tropical paradise. I’ve always seen bathrooms as a kind of sanctuary- a place where I can momentarily escape...
View ArticlePurse Makeover Series: Two
In Part 2 of our purse makeover series, I’ve taken a cue from our favorite clutch designer- Clare V. I love her idea of borrowing typography from French new wave films- so I created the phrase ‘Bien...
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