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Casual Friday: Trying To Find A Sanctuary in too Much Construction, We bought A Couch, Office Plans, Great Dome Lamps and More!

November 1, 2019 - 22 Comments

Happy November! What?! Was October the fastest month for anyone else? This week, we cleared out our bedroom again and right now, Chris and I are cuddled up in Faye’s Queen size bed–which feels really significantly smaller than our King, …

Inspiration, Our Life

Happy Halloween 2019! It’s A Monster Mash!

October 31, 2019 - 10 Comments

Happy Halloween!! After Greta enthusiastically declared she wanted to be Dracula for Halloween, we decided to all throw it back to classic monsters–Werewolf, Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula and a Witch. (Can you believe this is my first time EVER being a …

DIY

10 Designers’ Stories I just HAD to Screenshot

October 30, 2019 - 19 Comments

Instagram stories are quickly becoming my favorite medium because it’s so raw and real and usually uncut unpolished and filled with the middle of projects where I do a lot of my learning. And apparently find a lot of inspiration …

DIY

Renter DIY: Adding Marble Contact Paper to Open Shelves

October 28, 2019 - 42 Comments

My sister, Victoria, recently moved to Washington with her partner, Helen. As renters, they really wanted to make their apartment reflect them. They had a design question, and I suggested (what I thought was) an easy DIY. Here’s her story …

Recipes

Borscht with Braised Beef Short Ribs

October 27, 2019 - 16 Comments

My family lived in Donetsk, Ukraine for a spell when I was a young. There are so many things from our time there that I remember so vividly, and borscht is among the top. Borscht in Ukraine is like chicken …

Decor, DIY

Casual Friday: Magic Leaves, Influencer Starter Pack, A Fun show to binge, Nixing Stone & More!

October 25, 2019 - 14 Comments

Happy Friday! I think everyone in our home is finally feeling better (Chris had pneumonia, along with Greta, and Polly was on the verge–they got her on antibiotics before it got worse) so we’re going to try to squeeze in …

Art, DIY

Tips for putting together a gallery wall

October 24, 2019 - 13 Comments

This post is sponsored by Artfully Walls We’re in the middle of an office renovation right now (but it’s so like me to jump right to hanging art). I was looking for a really large abstract seascape or landscape piece …

DIY

I Can’t Pinpoint what’s not working in Greta’s Bathroom

October 23, 2019 - 735 Comments

Well this is a post that I didn’t really know how to write and definitely did expect to be writing, but I thought it was important to be transparent about this part of the process, too. I was going to do a …

Fashion, Inspiration, Shopping

20 Favorite House Shoes (Don’t Call Them Slippers)

October 22, 2019 - 26 Comments

In February, I gifted my older sister a lovely pair of velvet tasseled mules for her birthday, with a note wishing her a wonderful year of working from home. She’s new to the no-commute universe, and this felt like an …

halloween

Throwing Our First Murder Mystery Party!!: How It Worked, What We Did, and Everything We Learned

October 21, 2019 - 26 Comments

For the last 8 years, we have hosted a big costume party. It has been so fun, but every year they got larger and larger and larger. The last year we did it, we maxed out at over 200 people. …

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