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Gift Guide: For a New Mom (Or Just For Me, Specifically)

For our final gift guide this year, here’s some things for a new mom, which is basically just a collection of things I kind of want. Ok, I’m not technically a mom yet, but with baby coming any day now (she’s due in less than 3...

Visiting Terrain Garden Cafe in Glen Mills, PA

When we were in Philadelphia over the weekend, we went a little out of our way to stop for brunch at Terrain, a nursery and housewares store in Glen Mills, PA that also has a cafe. I’ve been wanting to see it for years, so...

Inspiration

I’ve been thinking about mirrors a lot lately. In our… Read More Yesterday I showed you our plans for the renovation of… Read More Ok, let’s talk details. Or as I like to call… Read More When I was young my parents rented a cottage on… Read More I...

Is there a chimney in our kitchen?

For a long time we have suspected — and hoped! — there’s an old chimney hiding behind a wall in our kitchen. We know it extends down to the basement, where it is intact, though painted that grey basement color that all basements seem to...

We Sold Our House! We Moved! Phew.

Happy Monday, you guys! You may have seen our announcement on instagram Friday night that we finally moved!! We’ve been purposefully avoiding talking about what’s been going on until everything is official. It’s been sooo hard not to talk about it, but now that everything is finalized, we...

Entryway Makeover Update!

Our entry got a makeover! It’s not every day that you decide to remove storage in a small house, but when the cutest little windows are hiding in the closet in an already dark and dreary hallway, well, goodbye closet! There used to be a closet next to...

House tour: a ranch with personality

All week we’ve been talking about our road trip and how much fun we had. We stayed with one of my best friends, Shana — yes the one who makes great drinks! — at her midcentury ranch in Metro Detroit. I love staying at Shana’s...

Cottage bathroom inspiration

Yesterday I showed you our plans for the renovation of our master bath — from boring to cottage-y. I collected a bunch of inspiration photos on houzz.com. Have you ever used Houzz? It’s an excellent resource for inspiration and even contractor recommendations. Sometimes I get lost...

So Here’s What’s Happening

You may have noticed it’s been a week since our last blog post. After months of being bombarded by the stress and negativity of the presidential campaign and then the devastating results of the election, we haven’t had the energy or desire to talk about something so frivolous...

Travel diary: girls’ weekend in Naples

A few snapshots from my long weekend in Naples, Florida. My wonderful friend Jen (remember her guest post here?!) is getting married this fall (yay!), so some of us girls flew down to her parents’ vacation home in Naples for a long weekend of bachelorette-ing,...