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…
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…
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…
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…
I turned 35 this week – and it went totally fine. There are no secrets about my life really. I’m not married, I don’t have kids. I haven’t adopted a dog. It’s really me and Eleanor the cat. Sometimes I’m insecure about that and other times I relish in the selfishness of my life. I…
So the house is not done. Theoretically, a house is never done right? Always a little project in the works. But – I’m feeling incredibly conflicted about the fact a moving truck is showing up tomorrow with a shit ton of stuff. You’d think I would be so excited and bouncing off the walls. It’s…
It’s been quite a hot second since the last garden update… and things are doing well. I hate to say “Great” because I feel like that is the fastest way to jinx anything – especially a garden. So how are things going? Pretty solid. Last year there was this period of crazy rain the first…
This beautiful house that we’ve designed and built has two glass shower doors. I remember during the design phase it was something that both architects called out. “Are you okay with glass shower doors?” I might have hesitated briefly but said I was fine with it. In the long run I absolutely am, but in…
Hey, remember when I said we’d have an occupancy permit two weeks ago? I was a liar. This is why you shouldn’t have expectations. It was an especially quiet week at the house. I feel like I really need to push to close out this last phase. I don’t need everything 100% complete but I…
It really feels like a lifetime since I did a recipe post – but here we are … and I have one. Actually I have several but here is just the one I can write up right now. This recipe also comes with me admitting something. I might like Oreos. I’m always a proponent of…
