Tulsa home styling: A sweet and simple vintage boys' room

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Tulsa home styling: A sweet and simple vintage boys' room

We always say our clients are stylish people, but this has never been more the case than when we worked with local blogger and house renovator Emily Netz. Emily and her husband Jeff recently renovated their 1920s Tulsa home (which you can see and read about here) and Emily designed and furnished nearly every space except for her boys' room. When it came to this room, Emily felt stuck on how to create the space she had imagined in her head and wanted an extra pair (or two) of eyes to help bring it to life.  We were more than happy to help!

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How to Get rid of things

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How to Get rid of things

This post is about getting rid of things in exchange for a better life. I live this every day, folks. I lived an especially tough version of this recently with our baby's nursery. Her room had always been "my room." I stored crafts in there, as well as a makeup station, and a large computer where I used to do photo work and spend quality time on facebook. I spent hours in that room watching tweens on Youtube condescendingly tell me how to apply eyeliner for a sophisticated party look. Those were the days. It was basically a room to store my passing interests. Between us friends, it was a packed room that became easily cluttered and often caused me anxiety. 

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Making room: babies won’t say it, but they like good design, too

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Making room: babies won’t say it, but they like good design, too

Ashley Palmer is one month out from her due date, and her baby room is almost finished! Here are some tips Ashley Daly shared in this week's

The Tulsa Voice

on how to put together a nursery. Snippet and link to full article below.

My business partner is pregnant.

So are several other close friends, several adored acquaintances, and probably the dog next door to me. That’s at least a dozen babies recently born or baking to completion within the past year. I’m nearly 30—it’s just that phase of life, I guess.

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Small Business Style: The Workplace Nursery

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Small Business Style: The Workplace Nursery

We try our best to only do fun things on Monday. Retro Den business policy. Today, we had our fun setting up a lounge and nursery for our soon-to-be newest employee, Baby Caroline. Ashley Palmer is due in only a few short weeks, so we had to get Caroline a comfy place to hang out at the shop. As if having a sweet new addition to our Retro Den family isn't enough, making her a nursery encouraged us to finally get our back room organized. Boy, or girl, does it feel good! You can't see in the after photo, but we moved our black wire shelf and reorganized it. Now we each have a shelf and bins for organizing our things; Caroline has her own too!

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