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…
I’m a huge lover of front doors. I love to look at them, decorate around them, and walk through them. That last part? Yeah, I think that’s where I’m perhaps a little different than most people. I find it so fascinating that people have these “objects” in their house that they don’t use. This can…
Feel free to file this gem under “heavily delayed”. I have started to complete this post two times. Once after my staycation in July … and then originally back in the Spring. But I was reminded yesterday and it felt like I needed to wrap this up. My old childhood church is closed for good. There is…
I’m not going to mince words here. This meal made me a feel like a flipping culinary wizard. I took a bite and said “oh fuck ya”. Out loud. Alone. In my house. I am currently in mourning that I didn’t make any extra. After realizing earlier in the day that it has been a…
