Deep Thoughts at 4 A.M.

When your three day old baby will only sleep if she is lying on you, with her head jammed right up into your neck, you practically welcome it, because you know how fast this stage passes, and you want to appreciate it while it lasts.  But when that very same baby is 14 months old [...]

Living Room Mood Board

Our living room has been giving me fits since the day we moved in.  It’s long and skinny, running across the front of the house, and one side has a fireplace, one side has the giant arched entrance into the dining room, one side has the entryway door, and one side has a big picture [...]

House Tour: Entry Way

I finished a room! The rest of my house is a disaster and this is all I’ve been doing for two days and it’s not actually done and I haven’t taken a shower yet today and I smell terrible and it’s the smallest room in my house but I finished a room! Here’s a before: [...]

Why I Love Garage Sales

Large “found” glass wine bottle at Pottery Barn? TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. Large glass wine bottle I just “found” at the garage sale down the street, under some  horrible rattan basket?  EIGHT DOLLARS. Mr. E is NOT nearly impressed with this find, so I had to blog it, obvs.  

Speaking of My Dining Room…

I need advice.  I am putting a bench in there so people can sort of hang out while dinner is being made, and so we can use it to pull up to the table when there are more than four people eating dinner. So. Bland and safe? But admittedly, very lovely. (And $200).  Also, can [...]

The Table Where Rich People Sit*

I just spent a few minutes trying out some Restor A Finish on my dining room table, which got a little sun damaged when it was outside during the loor refinishing, and it reminded me of how much I love that table, how lucky we were to find it when we lived in Nebraska.  We’d [...]

About the Driving Thing

So last year at the end of October, after MANY years of going without one, I finally got my driver’s license, and I have a few thoughts on the subject, eight months later. The first thing I did when I actually got the stupid thing was to tell myself that NO MATTER WHAT, I had [...]

Things I am Thinking About Cooking On Vacation In Michigan When I Will Have Aprox. 17 People To Eat My Food

…instead of the three uninterested people I usually have around. That pasta with the bacon that Maggie makes.  (Um, Maggie, can you send me the recipe for the pasta with the bacon?) The Blathering Sesame Noodle Salad Heather’s orange rolls Hilltop ranch dressing Blueberry cake Smores Nachos   Ice Cream Sandwich Cake (layer ice cream sandwiches [...]

All The Small Things

When we first started planning out the floor refinishing, what seemed like it would be BY FAR the worst part of the entire deal was moving all the furniture out and then moving all the furniture back in.  And to be fair, it was not my favorite experience, and it was a lot of work, [...]

Decorating With Dudes, Or “Could A Man Poop In This Bathroom?”

Did you see Emily’s post about trying to decorate her kitchen while her husband looks over shoulder at rugs on overstock.com? It took me back instantly to a decade ago, standing in a Bed Bath and Beyond aisle with Erik, fighting over the godawful brown plaid duvet cover he wanted to buy. I have no [...]