One thing I’ve been so eager to do since getting married, and then getting a house, is to begin hosting dinners on a regular basis. Until buying our fixer upper in 2015, we’ve only had small-square-footage apartments and one round 4-seater dinner table. Now that …
My favorite price for anything is: FREE! I follow several yard sale pages on Facebook, which are great (and more visually-friendly) places to hunt down local second-hand items. I highly suggest joining some if you like finding things used! This find was almost providential. My …
As you’re dabbling with the decision to start blogging, and then clumsily nudging that blog to gain traction and momentum, you often find yourself asking “why?” Of course you’d like a readership, otherwise you’re just talking to yourself in a digital mirror, and then a …
As we slowly, and I mean slowly, renovate our half-demolished 1960s house, the dining room has been a particularly hard space to wait for. It’s so functionally important, and one of the quirks of our house when we first moved in was that it didn’t have …
When my Postpartum Depression and Anxiety were at their height and my mind felt trapped in a revolving door of “morbid introspection,” my therapist encouraged me to turn to creative outlets for an escape. There’s definitely wisdom in that advice, especially as it relates to …
When we bought a white house with black shutters, it seemed like a given to paint the front door red! I love traditional design schemes, so a white, black and red house will always have my heart. The first thing I did after closing on …
For our bedroom makeover, I knew after all of 5 minutes on Pinterest that I wanted a black brass bed. It brings in such a timeless, 19th century look that goes right in with my “antiquey” style. Plus, I figured it would be nice to …
Somewhere several months into my second pregnancy, I ordered and began to read a book titled, “What am I Thinking: Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression” by Karen Kleiman. It’s a valid and sobering question for the mother recovering from PPD, one I had to …
“To the woman he said, ‘I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.’” – Gen 3:16 (ESV) Among the several harsh punishments meted out to Adam and Eve in the Garden, we regard this as womankind’s particular share. …