Our renovation is moving at lightning speed now! For a while it felt like things were crawling along... It was about a month from breaking ground to finishing up the foundation, but once the new foundation was inspected and got the okay from the city, things were really off and moving! Once they started to frame the new addition, things really got going. While we still have a looong way to go until we're done, now is when a lot of our decision-making has to happen. This will be a water …
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Mudroom Inspiration
One of the things I'm most excited for about our massive home renovation? The mudroom. I've saved this image from The Lily Pad Cottage as inspiration! It might sound a little silly to some, but we haven't had a mudroom! Our house has (er... had) two entrances: The front door and the side door. The front door enters into a very small entry, but there isn't a closet or anything immediately there. The side door used to enter right into the kitchen, and there wasn't any closet there, …
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Big News… We’re Renovating!
Today I have some really, really exciting news to share... we're doing a major home renovation! It's a project we have been talking about for years, but we hadn't put anything into motion. Well, that all changed over the winter when we decided to either seriously talk about this renovation or move. It's not that our house is super tiny right now, but we know that it's not going to get any easier to do a major renovation as our family grows and E gets older. We live in a small Cape Cod …
Fall Home Decor Trends
I LOVE the fall season in New England. There's a noticeable shift in the air from humidity to crispness. Pool party weekends turn into foliage trips and apple picking. Taco nights become chicken pot pie nights with apple pie for dessert. It's just the best! I rounded up some fall home decor ideas based on what I've been seeing trending lately. The windowpane scarf (pictured in navy below) is something I bring with me all the time because it works as a scarf or just an extra layer. (Mine is …
Eleanor’s Pink and Gray Nursery
Eleanor's pink and gray nursery used to be my closet/office. When we found out we were expecting, though, we decided that would be her room, and we (jk... T didn't think we needed to set up a nursery right away!) set out to plan a nursery for our baby girl. The room has a sloped ceiling and a sweet set of built-in drawers. There's a nook that seems odd for an adult's room, but I kept picturing our daughter playing there under a fort of some kind. (I didn't take photos of the nook, because it's …
