Oh shutters! Be still my beating heart. There are many things that I love about my old house – but the shutters are my jam. The current shutters are a majestic and deep shade of green. To add a little more charm, the shutters have little pine trees on them. I think I looked past…
I believe we are firmly into the Fall season right now. I know this because all I can see is beautiful brightly colored leaves. I honestly thought last weekend would have been the peak but now I’m convinced it is… right now. So go outside immediately. I also know it’s Fall because all I want…
For some reason, I’ve always shied away from the pumpkin craze. I might have had a pumpkin latte once. The idea of pumpkin cheesecake isn’t appealing to me. Muffins, cookies, etc. Just not my jam. Tomato jam is however actually my jam. Same for bacon jam. But I saw this Bon Appetit recipe on either Twitter…
Recently I completed one of the homework assignments that my designer Heidi gave me: trying on bathtubs. When we were talking about design elements and what I liked and didn’t like, bathtubs came up. It went something like this: H: What about bathtubs? Free-standing or built-in? Me: I think free-standing? <lacking confidence, sounding very questioning> H:…
I’ve been doing some very adult things recently – both thinking and doing. The opposite of all that is probably making alphabet soup – but I don’t care. Life is about balance. And I’ll be pretty well balanced for about 6 meals after this giant pot of child’s soup. This weekend was the first one…
via I’m not sure when I started to fall in love with oriental rugs. I think it was a gradual transition from the over dyed rug trend – then wham… oriental rug love. Wham is clearly a technical decor trending word. I think what I love most about the rugs is there is so much…
Birthdays are pretty important in our family – and by important I mean that we care about the cakes. We celebrated another birthday recently for the person who normally makes all the cakes – my sister. This cake responsibility is pretty serious. While I have a good track record in the kitchen, I do not…
I’m not really one for buying myself amazing shoes, makeup or clothes really. I guess you could say that I invest in going to yoga, buying pancetta and cheese, and anything that falls into the category of fleece or vest. It’s a constant struggle for me to not buy more cheese and more outerwear. At…
A few weeks ago I fell in love. To be clear, I fell in love with an oven. It had french doors and I couldn’t imagine my life without it ever again. All of a sudden it was like everything that was ever “wrong” about my experiences with ovens was resolved by simply cutting the…
I really treasure fresh air. When it rains during lunch, I have to stay inside and I don’t get to just simply get outside. Outside = better than inside. It is just that simple. Today I was on a lunchtime walk for some beloved fresh air… and then it started to rain. While I wasn’t…
