what jen does

Life, home, and a little travel

Month: August 2018

  • but those tomatoes….

    but those tomatoes….

    I’m just going to start by saying that I’m very pleased with my tomatoes this year. Of course I have too many – but I’m incredibly pleased with the varieties for this year. It’s a Grade A+ assortment. Not to be outdone, the flowers are also putting on quite a show. It’s like the whole…

  • Ugh… sofas.
    home + reno

    Ugh… sofas.

    I need a new sofa for this beloved stress trap of a house. I need it so that I can decorate and organize around it. It feels like an incredibly fundamental next step in getting this project closer to that non-existent, “You are never really done” finish line. Just like all of the other amazing…

  • Unicorn Mirror Quest
    home + reno

    Unicorn Mirror Quest

    I feel as though finding a mirror is either incredible easy or damn near impossible. I put it akin to when you hear someone speaks five languages and are so impressed and then their response is “it just comes easy to me”. For the three bathrooms in the house, they each presented totally different mirror…

  • Week 44
    home + reno

    Week 44

    Yikes – it’s been awhile since the last update. Maybe at this point they need to be monthly posts? There just isn’t enough happening to warrant weekly. So what has happened in the last week? A major heat wave. As a result, pretty much nothing else. I haven’t been that inspired to move anything because…

  • Week 43
    home + reno

    Week 43

    Well this was a big week. Monday = Window cleaning + bonus electrical happened in the cellar Tuesday = movers showed up + first pizza delivery to the house Wednesday = screens went in windows Thursday = more boxes unpacked Friday = my birthday In addition to that, I discovered a bunch of boxes and…