One of the things I thought a lot about before our wedding was how to make being married feel different than living together. Like a lot of modern couples, Andy and I lived together for quite a while before we got married — sharing bills,...
When I was in 8th grade, we moved from Alaska to Michigan, and my father’s big black couch moved from the waiting room of his legal office to our family room. This couch was office furniture, 1980s office furniture. It wasn’t cozy or warm or even mildly...
I’ve been finding myself thinking a lot about what to do in our new pantry/laundry/mud room, which is such a clean slate right now. I’m really excited to shop for laundry soap… said no one ever. I mean, that stuff is boring. I don’t know...
I’m super excited to announce a giveaway today. Christmas is the number one day for couples to get engaged, and just in time I have two tickets to give away for the Boutique Bridal Bazaar on January 20 in Cleveland! Hosted by Something White, A Bridal Boutique,...
Hello, happy Monday, friends! I spent the weekend with a puppy recovering from spay surgery and a husband sick with a cold or flu. Ooph. So let’s talk about housekeeping now, ok? We’ve talked before about cleaning schedules and budgeting, and here’s what’s next in our housekeeping series:...
Today should be the six-week update on the new baby’s room, but the fact is, there’s nothing new to report! We’re STILL waiting on the dresser. Supposedly it shipped last week so maybe soon?? We also went ahead and ordered a rug. After your votes...
I’m SO excited to finally be showing you some… let’s not call it quite done… but closer-to-done pictures of our renovated kitchen. It took three and a half years of planning, two full months of construction, and eight straight days of painting to get to...
This week is going to have two exciting posts about lighting. The post later in the week is going to be inspirational and have a happy ending (okay maybe not “inspirational”), but today’s post is about failure. To be honest, I can’t say that we...
We made some progress! A couple of weeks ago we updated you on the changes we had made (somewhat spontaneously!) to our bathroom over the weekend, which you can read more about HERE if you missed it. Well, this week we also got the faucet, mirror...
When I was thinking about a design plan for our Christmas decorations this year, I decided I wanted to do all black, white and blush pink. I was inspired by the Sugar Paper LA holiday collection at Target — the polka dots, the gingham, it’s adorable,...