I don’t make any effort to hide my woeful ignorance of pretty much all things design. If I were to go back to school, I’d definitely take a few graphic and interior design classes so that I could a) create my own marketing materials all by myself and 2) put a decent room together. But as I don’t plan on going back to school anytime soon, I’ve had to find other avenues of inspiration.

Fortunately for me, I stumbled across Alyse French Photography‘s 1 for Me, 1 for You giveaway in October where she was offering up a bright red Design*Sponge At Home book. I can’t remember if I entered or not, but the name of the book stuck with me so when I was at Barnes and Noble this weekend and found it for half off, I BOUGHT IT. I’m convinced it holds the key to my decorating dilemma.

The book has a ton of inspiration from real homes (like the image on the right) and it also has a ton of DIY projects (like the silverware curtain hook instructions!).

I just really liked this spread :).

Look!! Instructions to upholster a chair with a staple gun! It’s a good thing Matt and I just bought 6 chairs for our dining room table… DIY day, anyone?

After I finish studying [read: obsessing over] this book, I’ll clearly be an expert. Not really, but I already feel more prepared to decorate my own office. Oh don’t worry, I’ll blog that in its entirety too!

Happy Wednesday!