the doyles are going greenish

you guys know all about nick's garden in the back. well, knowing how much nick could use the compost and after spending a few days at a friend's ranch out in central texas where they compost like craaazy, i realized just how much useful trash i was throwing away. so i decided we'd become a composting family. i found this super cute countertop compost bin at world market for $14.99 and after a fruitless search on craigslist for a used composter, we ended up buying a relatively inexpensive one for $98 from home depot. i spent about 45 minutes in 100 degree weather putting it together so it better make the best compost in the world.

btw, it's not like we're a farm or anything...although we do have egg-laying hens now...more on that soon.

rugging it up

i've been looking for ages for the perfect jute rug to put in front of the back door, and as of this weekend, the search is over. i wandered into world market over the weekend to look for coasters and instead walked out with this 3x5 jute rug for $49.99. i love that the pattern matches our living room rug from anthropologie AND the blue matches our blue kitchen cabinets (you can see some of the cabinets to the left of these photos). the rug doesn't seem to be on world market's website yet but they had plenty when i saw it in-store.