There are SO many options out there for kitchen pendants. As we were redoing our historic kitchen, we knew we wanted something classic yet refined and simple. The range wall was designed to be a feature piece, and we didn’t want the island pendants to distract from that. Visual Comfort has been my go-to brand…
Colorful Custom Crayons for Party Favors (+ free printable tag!)
For Reese’s first birthday we opted to send little goodie bags to all of the kids in her class on her actual birthday and host a small family-only party at home to celebrate. The question was – what do you send as party favors for a class of 10 one year olds? We brainstormed ideas…
Statement Lights for a Home Office
My home office sits tucked away in a room of our primary bedroom – which unfortunately means it’s been a low priority on our renovation list. But, when the light in the old builder-grade ceiling fan circa 1980 finally gave out this week, we decided that rather than swapping the bulb, it was time to…
Vintage-Look Chandeliers For the Bathroom (Budget-Friendly)
Phase two of the renovation of our 1915 boarding house is underway, which means I have a lot of light fixtures to order. At the top of my list is finding a vintage-look chandelier to go over our original clawfoot bathtub that is being refinished. Finding a vintage-look chandelier on a budget has been a…
Refreshing Old Grout: Before and Afters
Our 1915 historic home has seen a lot of love – and a lot of wear and tear – over the last 100 years. The bathrooms were all redone at some point, but the once-white grout is starting to show it’s age. The tiles in what we call the white bathroom were in pretty good…
Mood Board for our Budget Bathroom Renovation
Our 1915 historic home was originally built as a boarding house. Three of the bedrooms and a now-enclosed sleeping porch are off a common staircase and main landing with two full baths. Our original plans for the house were to gut both bathrooms immediately upon moving in, however as we started deep cleaning each, we…
Our Old Home Renovation Plan
Life has been moving at a crazy pace lately! In just a few short weeks, we’ve bought a new house, started prepping our current home for sale, had a baby, and started some major renovations at the new house. Our goal is to have the home ready to move in within just six weeks of…
Life update: We bought a new (very old) house!
I feel like the blog has really been in background mode for a while as we navigated on two really big life changes. We had a new baby! And we bought a new (very old) house! We have loved the last seven years in our little craftsman cottage on Beacon. Unfortunately, three kids + the…
The Secret to Big Batch Mojitos (without all the work)
There are few things that are more refreshing in the summer than a cold mojito or mojito mocktail on the patio on a Friday or Saturday evening. Unfortunately, mint can bruise easily from muddling which results in a bitter, grassy taste. Getting the flavor just right in a drink canister for batch mojitos can be…
Buy or Rent: Strollers at Disney World
One of the biggest questions we had when preparing for our first trip to Disney with kids was whether to bring a stroller or rent there. Our daughter is almost four and doesn’t typically ride in a stroller, but with all the walking, we knew we would regret not having one with us. On one…
Designing a Custom Disney Patch Jacket
We just booked our first trip with E to Disney World and are beyond excited! The trip is just after Christmas, so I’ve been busy brainstorming up gift ideas for Christmas that can double for all the things we’ll need for the trip. As soon as I saw the first custom Disney patch jacket pop…
Cardamom and Lime-infused water
This post is sponsored by Sparkletts, who provides our bottled water delivery free of charge. All opinions and feedback on our bottled water delivery are my own. I have an unreasonable obsession with everything cardamom. When C and I were first dating, there was an amazing little Afghan restaurant down the road we used to…