Happy Monday!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  If you follow me on Instagram, you probably saw a few things:  first, we spent our entire weekend staining our deck.  It’s looking sooooo good, but man, is it a lot of work!  Secondly, I’m starting another one of my month-long sugar/junk food fasts TODAY.  Just […]

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  If you follow me on Instagram, you probably saw a few things:  first, we spent our entire weekend staining our deck.  It’s looking sooooo good, but man, is it a lot of work!  Secondly, I’m starting another one of my month-long sugar/junk food fasts TODAY.  Just […]

There are many ways to paint kitchen cabinets, but most of those ways will leave you with a disappointing finished product full of dried brush strokes, paint dribbles, or rough texture.  There are two ways, in my experience, to do it right.  One involves spraying, which is difficult in an existing kitchen, and the way […]

We are finishing up baby steps in our kitchen remodel.  I say baby, because it’s not moving nearly as quickly as I hoped it would, but little by little we are getting there. One big step that is now complete:  installing new under cabinet lighting.   Under cabinet lighting is one of those things you might […]

I definitely have kitchen on the brain right now, and I’ve been on the hunt for beautiful finishing touches to take our room from a pretty, freshly remodeled space to a finished, polished, and refined kitchen.  I want it to be bright, clean, with sophisticated pops of color.  Here are some of the pieces I’m […]

Today I’m taking you inside my latest project: our kitchen remodel.  We launched into last weekend and it’s currently a disaster!  But it will be worth it, and I’m giddy with anticipation at all it will be. Oh boy, has this baby been a long time coming.  It has been like a pebble in my […]

We’re continuing our home tour with interior designer, Lauren Oviatt, today with a room that tends to be a high traffic area in the home.  Her dining room is so lovely– pretty shelves, a stunning chandelier, and a neat bench.  I’m already plotting some changes in my dining space to incorporate some of the elements. […]

What do you do with leftover herbs? How can you save fresh herbs and reduce waste? A lot of recipes call for fresh herbs and they can make a huge difference in the flavor and taste of a recipe. Whenever possible, I use fresh herbs in my cooking but I hate to waste what I […]