Cozy Finds From Our Home to Yours ⟶
I found myself with a little bit of time on my hands one day at the end of February, so I walked into my favorite junk haunt looking for treasures. The owner of the establishment was out of town; in her place, was her dear friend. I meandered down the aisles and just couldn’t find…
Two weeks ago, I shared with you all about how I’m fighting back against home discontent. In this season of trying to save money, I’m focusing on low- to no-cost ways to love the home I already have. Today, I wanted to share Part 2 of my series. These have been my go-to summer strategies…
I have a deeply confusing love/hate relationship with my cottage. I love this old place: the tongue-and-groove woodwork, the creaky floors, the lake views. But no matter how much progress we make here, I am prone to seasons of discontent. For me, discontent tends to creep up when I’m discouraged about our lack of pace…
Spring melted into summer in a pretty insignificant way here at the cottage. It could be that because we’ve been sheltering at home since the second week of March, we let the subtleties of the changing season escape us. Now, our central Florida drought has been replaced with afternoon monsoons, and I’m putting babies to…
When I found myself newly (and unexpectedly) pregnant last July, my head began swimming with nursery ideas. In those first few months, I felt confident I was carrying a girl, so most of my nursery ideas looked decidedly more pink. My motherly intuition pulled an abrupt-180 about twenty-four hours before my gender reveal ultrasound. I…
Maybe it’s because I spend my days as a teacher, but vintage school items have always sparked joy in me. Naturally, when my mom found a vintage school bookcase with an old pencil sharpener still attached on Facebook Marketplace, I had to have it. Backstory: I have been searching for a bookcase for my oldest…