what jen does

Life, home, and a little travel

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  • Progress Report

    Progress Report

    Obviously a house is never really done – ever. That is one of the great and terrible things about houses. You can and will always change things. But, there is kind of a baseline that might be needed for “stable” home decor. Like each room kind of needs to have a rug and lighting and…

  • Month 1

    Month 1

    Yikes – it’s been quite awhile. I’ve been doing a lot – and not – all at once. It feels like I’m in this phase of home ownership where I do something and then wait for the results of it. Two weeks ago I sprayed the crab grass… I’ve had to wait for all the…

  • 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…

  • obligatory birthday post

    obligatory birthday post

    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…

  • Moving day?

    Moving day?

    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…

  • ye old garden update

    ye old garden update

    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…