• You Should Be Here

    Mom says she thinks about you constantly, but she has to keep functioning. She can’t lose herself to grief. It would be easy to be consumed, but we have to keep going. I see you when I wake up early on a weekend for a run, when I see a dad teaching his daughter how to ride a bike, when…

  • Weekend near Sleepy Hollow

    We spent last weekend near Sleepy Hollow, NY and it was the perfect way to kickoff the Halloween season! I personally did not know Sleepy Hollow was a real place which I am choosing to blame on growing up in the Midwest, rather than a lack of geography knowledge 😉 It turned out to be a great place to spend…

  • Finished Kitchen

    Patience While Decorating

    If you’re anything like me, you want immediate results when you move into a new place. You scoured the deep dark depths of Pinterest for weeks and now you know how you want each room to look. It is so hard not to decorate the second you move into a new house or rental. You want the space to feel…

  • Rental Bathroom Upgrade Part One

    When the average renter talks about the one thing they could change in their space, bathrooms are a common answer. In my personal experience, rental bathrooms are either incredibly outdated or bare bones.

  • Hi!

    Hello Internet! Thank you for reading my very first blog post. I started this blog as a way to document my DIY projects, crafts and decorating ideas, with a few recipes thrown in. Looking at food pictures that you may or may not ever make is always enjoyable! Although interior design or writing are not my chosen professions, I have…