Today I'm sharing our tips and tricks after our experience gut-renovating our Cape home... what we are SO glad we did, and what we wouldn't do again! We bought our house back in 2010, thinking we would be there for maybe 3-5 years. In 2018 (8 years later!) we finally sat down and had a serious conversation about whether we were going to move or renovate. We were quickly outgrowing our little home, and there were just some things we really wanted. A garage, another bathroom on the second …
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(Not Fully) Moved In!
Exciting news from RenovationStation: We moved in! So... it's echoey (we have no curtains and no rugs on the first floor) and we're still getting used to it, but we're so glad to be here! It was a long summer going back and forth between two houses (and, on occasion, a hotel here and there). scenes from the weekend Why were you between two houses? When we had a start date for the build, we started looking at options for housing. There were very few short-term rental solutions (even …
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Favorite Non-Electronic Toddler Toys
Like most moms, I cannot stand toys that make noise. Especially toys that make the same noise over and over and over. When I started to think about all of our favorite toys, I realized that they're all non-electronic toys. They don't need batteries, and they require a toddler to use imagination to play! I remember reading an article about toddler toys (I couldn't find it but will link it here if I do find the link!) that talked about the importance of imaginative play. Many electronic toys …
Easy Summer Breakfast
My sister was in town last weekend, and we had a nice Sunday breakfast together before she had to leave. A typical Sunday morning involves a nice, big breakfast, and it’s always great to share a meal with family. Rosemary scrambled eggs, grilled muffins, fresh berries… all tasty things! I grabbed some groceries from Stop & Shop yesterday on my way back to my mom’s house. Originally, I went in just to get some after-dinner ice cream treats, but there was a really good sale on blueberries, …
5 Things I Always Have at Home + Perspective
After being sick this weekend (more on that below), I am more glad than ever that there are some things I always keep at home. I'm that person who travels with Benadryl and Bandaids and extra hair elastics no matter where I go. It shouldn't be any surprise, then, that these are (among many other things haha!) the... 5 Things I Always Have at Home Pedialyte or Gatorade in small packets. I take them when we travel for something like a hiking trip or if we're going somewhere with a really hot …
