After 3+ years, the front entry is finally finished. Every single item is marked off the to-do list, and it feels wonderful to write that. The front entry is one of those rooms in BHH that remained a relatively low priority for a long time. It's not even a room; It's a hall, but in…
It's been a minute since I wrote a post on Friday. This past year I used my time in new ways, and some tasks, like blog writing, had to take a back seat. For months, whenever I read about cool stuff, I'd think, I want to share that on the blog. Then, the time would…
In my other post this week, I forgot to say that I hope all of my American readers had a nice Thanksgiving. We spent ours in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with the in-laws. I was so focused on The Year of the Window that I put Thanksgiving out of my head too quickly. I can be…
Thank you for being excited about the front entry makeover that I announced last week. In case you missed it, Spoonflower is generously sponsoring the wallpaper portion of this project, and I am still pinching myself. After three long workdays, the room looks so different that it feels like we moved! Installing the Spoonflower wallpaper…
Have you ever put something out into the universe without expectation, and something delightfully unexpected happened in return? A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about choosing wallpaper samples for the Front Entry. You may remember that I left you hanging. Will she choose orange? Will it be black? That exercise made me realize…
I just returned home from a trip to Japan with my oldest boys. Two words: Jet lag. Wow! My body clock is all messed up. Hopefully, it will sort itself out in a day or two. We made some wonderful memories, and I took loads of photos. I'll write up a travelogue post soon. In…