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August 22, 2011
Food

Easy Three-Ingredient Orange Cream Popsicles

You know those crazy hipster kids who are all like, "I liked that band before they were cool"? I'm totally about to be one of them. The King of Pops is a mobile popsicle stand, making sweaty summer bodies happy by

By Taryn Williford
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August 18, 2011
Lifestyle

Celebrate Back-to-School Season with a Pencil Cake

Back-to-school season is just more proof that parents and children see the world differently. While you're ready to throw a party about the kids going back to public day-care a fine educational institution each fall, they're dreading it. The least you

By Taryn Williford
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July 29, 2011
Sip This

Summer Shandy Beer Cocktail

If I had a signature drink, it would be beer. But since that doesn't really qualify as a cocktail, I'm totally adopting the Shandy. It's like an alcoholic Arnold Palmer. Half beer, half lemonade—and 100 percent refreshing. It really is

By Taryn Williford
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July 8, 2011
Food

How to Decorate Cute Cupcakes with Terrible Grocery Icing Bags

I truly believe it's the tools that make the (wo)man. Case in point, these cupcakes. When I'm at home, with a full arsenal of piping bags and tips, I'm a wicked cupcake frosting machine. But when I'm 600 miles from

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July 1, 2011
Food

A Patriotic Strawberry Cream Pie

What is it about the Fourth of July that makes everybody want to get together at the last minute? Maybe because it's not really a plan-a-party holiday as much as it is a lets-hang-out-and-eat holiday. Which is fine by me.

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Welcome!

I’m Taryn Williford. I write about cleaning and living well as the Lifestyle Director at Apartment Therapy. You might also know me from the Pickle Factory Loft on Instagram. Other obsessions include: skincare, baking, koozies, plants and boy bands.

On Instagram

This morning’s theme is: Måneskin on the speake This morning’s theme is: Måneskin on the speaker, homemade chai latte, and sunshine.
Fresh from the storm: my first patio peony of the Fresh from the storm: my first patio peony of the season. 🌸🌿
Never been more ready to break into the bar tray o Never been more ready to break into the bar tray on this Friday night. Cheers to the weekend ✌️🥃
In the spring and summer, my kitchen turns into a In the spring and summer, my kitchen turns into a prism. ✨ I think I need a disco ball in here, non?
Hello welcome to my dining room that everyone thin Hello welcome to my dining room that everyone thinks is outside when they see pictures because it gets such good light. I do not take that for granted. Thank you, skylights. Not pictured: The zero closets (zero!!), two square feet of kitchen counter, and how you cant run away for alone time when you have a fight with your partner. This is loft life.
This is an old pic of my bedroom. We took this mir This is an old pic of my bedroom. We took this mirror down to have the exposed ducts replaced around Thanksgiving, and the mirror hasn’t gone back up. No reason, just purely out of energy to put this place back together. ⁣
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We’ll put it back together soon though. But in the meantime I’ve been getting dressed not based on how things look but how they feel. And that’s been strange but fun. I’m not sure I’ll keep it up when the stakes are higher than “someone I know might see me at the grocery store,” but it has felt spiritually good to not have a full length mirror for a while. ⁣
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I don’t know what the lesson here is, except when you’re decorating don’t get stuck on the way things have always been or the rules about what needs to go where. Move things. Remove things. See how it changes not just the way your space looks but the way your spirit feels. ✌️
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This morning’s theme is: Måneskin on the speake This morning’s theme is: Måneskin on the speaker, homemade chai latte, and sunshine.
Fresh from the storm: my first patio peony of the Fresh from the storm: my first patio peony of the season. 🌸🌿
Never been more ready to break into the bar tray o Never been more ready to break into the bar tray on this Friday night. Cheers to the weekend ✌️🥃
In the spring and summer, my kitchen turns into a In the spring and summer, my kitchen turns into a prism. ✨ I think I need a disco ball in here, non?
Hello welcome to my dining room that everyone thin Hello welcome to my dining room that everyone thinks is outside when they see pictures because it gets such good light. I do not take that for granted. Thank you, skylights. Not pictured: The zero closets (zero!!), two square feet of kitchen counter, and how you cant run away for alone time when you have a fight with your partner. This is loft life.
This is an old pic of my bedroom. We took this mir This is an old pic of my bedroom. We took this mirror down to have the exposed ducts replaced around Thanksgiving, and the mirror hasn’t gone back up. No reason, just purely out of energy to put this place back together. ⁣
⁣
We’ll put it back together soon though. But in the meantime I’ve been getting dressed not based on how things look but how they feel. And that’s been strange but fun. I’m not sure I’ll keep it up when the stakes are higher than “someone I know might see me at the grocery store,” but it has felt spiritually good to not have a full length mirror for a while. ⁣
⁣
I don’t know what the lesson here is, except when you’re decorating don’t get stuck on the way things have always been or the rules about what needs to go where. Move things. Remove things. See how it changes not just the way your space looks but the way your spirit feels. ✌️