DIY
Onyx and the Front Door
DIY
October 22, 2013
Onyx and the Front Door
On our pre-party to-do list was the task of painting our front door. Ideally, we could replace the entire thing. It's terribly dented and it's not necessarily our favorite design. We have actually been pricing out a dutch door. I can't stop dreaming about the functionality of a dutch door--where I can open the top and […]
October 22, 2013
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Chris Cooks
Giveaway Gold: Wüsthof Classic IKON Carving Set
Chris Cooks
October 21, 2013
Giveaway Gold: Wüsthof Classic IKON Carving Set
I can't explain to you how excited I am for this giveaway. As I mentioned in my post about Kitchen stuff I don't want to be without, Wüsthof is my favorite knife manufacturer. The balance of the blades, the shape of the handle, and the quality of the steel--Wüsthof has it mastered. And I refer to […]
October 21, 2013
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Recipes
How to Make Pad Thai at Home - Guess What... It's Easy
Recipes
October 16, 2013
How to Make Pad Thai at Home - Guess What... It's Easy
Last week I posted a pic on Instagram of some drunken noodles I made for dinner. This prompted a request from a friend of mine for a good recipe for Pad Thai. And boy howdy, was I happy to oblige. Here’s the deal. There's essentially a three-way tie for my favorite type of food between […]
October 16, 2013
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DIY
Well, This Looks Crazy
DIY
October 15, 2013
Well, This Looks Crazy
I nearly forgot how much painting happens when you first move into a house. So much painting! We mentioned revamping our half bath before our upcoming costume party and considering that is less than two weeks away, we figured it is time to dive in. A new light fixture, mirror and some accessories are on […]
October 15, 2013
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Health & Beauty
The "Results" of My Healthy Living Experiment and Where to Go From Here
Health & Beauty
October 14, 2013
The "Results" of My Healthy Living Experiment and Where to Go From Here
In case you haven't been following my experiment on Instagram, this was my "final" weigh-in this morning: sorry for the blurriness Not quite 207, but close enough to where I'm not gonna get down on myself. Yesterday I ate turkey, rolls, cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole, and mashed potatoes and gravy. It was a wonderful […]
October 14, 2013
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DIY
Reading Room Green
DIY
October 14, 2013
Reading Room Green
When you first enter our house, there's a small room to the immediate right that has 5 great windows. We had no initial plans for this room since there was so much other space to tackle first, but when we (Greta, Charly and I) started spending a lot of time in here usually sitting on […]
October 14, 2013
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Health & Beauty
Our Miracle of Miracles
Health & Beauty
October 10, 2013
Our Miracle of Miracles
When Greta was 9 months old, we decided we wanted to give her a sibling. And when she turned 2, she started asking for one herself. At last, 3 1/2 years later, the stars have aligned and our family is expanding. We couldn't be happier--or more surprised (sometimes when something doesn't happen for so long, […]
October 10, 2013
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Inspiration
$1000 to Rejuvenation. Mmm, yeah.
Inspiration
October 9, 2013
$1000 to Rejuvenation. Mmm, yeah.
Our friends at Rejuvenation, one of our first and long time partners, are holding a little instagram contest and we are their target market. I say "we," as in "us" as in "you!" We, that are constantly renovating and always striving to improve our spaces. The winner gets $1000 worth of lights and hardware from […]
October 9, 2013
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Health & Beauty
What I've Learned From Weight-Loss Week 4
Health & Beauty
October 7, 2013
What I've Learned From Weight-Loss Week 4
I've been working on my little "experiment" for a month now. There have been both easy and difficult days. I've come to understand my triggers and weaknesses much more intimately than I did before, which has helped me understand why I succeed and fail. I've also been able to make adjustments in my original plan, […]
October 7, 2013
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Decor
Shopping the House for the Living Room
Decor
October 7, 2013
Shopping the House for the Living Room
We came to terms with something about our new house this weekend: we just don't have enough stuff to furnish the whole thing right now. Our new house is 1000 more square feet than our last house (which was 1000 more square feet than our apartment before that). When we moved our stuff into this […]
October 7, 2013
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DIY
Didn't That Used to be Yellow?
DIY
October 3, 2013
Didn't That Used to be Yellow?
Yes, yes it did. More on that, soon. Just call me Teaser McTeaserson.
October 3, 2013
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Recipes
How to Make Really Good Fried Rice
Recipes
October 2, 2013
How to Make Really Good Fried Rice
So I had a request from one of our readers a couple weeks ago to do a post on fried rice. Fried rice is like a lot of dishes, in that everyone makes their own version. Ingredients can vary, and that's ok. In fact, it's encouraged! The goal of this post is not to give […]
October 2, 2013
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DIY
The Hall Half Bath Befores
DIY
October 1, 2013
The Hall Half Bath Befores
Did you know the difference between a half bath and a powder room is just geographic jargon? Maybe when this room is done, I'll feel fancy enough to call it a powder room, but for now--it's a half bath. A very green half bath. As mentioned in this post, this little bathroom is on the […]
October 1, 2013
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Recipes
Autumn Soup & Salad: Roasted Squash and Sweet Potato Soup, with a Salad of Mixed Greens, Apples, Feta, and Cider Vinaigrette
Recipes
September 30, 2013
Autumn Soup & Salad: Roasted Squash and Sweet Potato Soup, with a Salad of Mixed Greens, Apples, Feta, and Cider Vinaigrette
I love Fall, and it seems like our weather knows Fall has arrived, because pretty much over night we're all wearing jackets and the leaves are jumping off their branches. Every year when the weather changes, I just get so excited. From October to December, we have my birthday, Halloween, our anniversary, Julia's birthday, Thanksgiving, […]
September 30, 2013
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DIY
The Great Room is Painted!!!
DIY
September 30, 2013
The Great Room is Painted!!!
Last week, we spent a couple hours two nights trimming out the entire great room, which took a long time considering so many doors and windows and cabinets and corners! And then Saturday, we knocked out all the rolling in a couple hours total. And we were left with a much lighter house that we're so […]
September 30, 2013
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Entertaining
Costume Party Prep: Invitations
Entertaining
September 26, 2013
Costume Party Prep: Invitations
While we still have a lot of house prepping to do before we throw our costume party, we knew we had to get our invitations circulating. We went back to the format of our first party's invitations and decided to dress up for a quick photo for a few reasons. First, although we've always had […]
September 26, 2013
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Recipes
Braised Beef Shanks with Plums and Pearl Onions
Recipes
September 25, 2013
Braised Beef Shanks with Plums and Pearl Onions
My parents have a plum tree and this year's crop was crazy. Like, plums out the ears. Every time we go out there, Greta picks 4 or 5 and eats them as she runs around the yard, leaving the pits strewn across the patio, swing set, garden etc.. Because the tree had so many, they […]
September 25, 2013
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Inspiration
A Journey in Indecisiveness and also Deciding On Our Main Paint Color.
Inspiration
September 25, 2013
A Journey in Indecisiveness and also Deciding On Our Main Paint Color.
We are no strangers to dark paint. Painting a few walls in our last home's living room a blueish-greenish-almost black (Crave by Kwal Paint) made for one of our favorite before and afters. But I think there were a few things that made that dark paint really work. First, the huge window that let light […]
September 25, 2013
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Inspiration
Day One
Inspiration
September 24, 2013
Day One
We closed on our new-ish house yesterday! It was terribly anti-climatic, a formality really. Mostly because we had been living there for a few weeks anyway. We already had the keys. We've already started on a few little projects, but now that things are official--we're calling yesterday our "first day." Let the renovation calendar begin! […]
September 24, 2013
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Recipes
Healthy-ish Chicken Quesadillas with Chive Yogurt Dip
Recipes
September 18, 2013
Healthy-ish Chicken Quesadillas with Chive Yogurt Dip
Something that bugs me is when people use the word "healthy" to describe anything that addresses a food allergy or restriction. For example, I've seen so many recipes for "healthy pizza with cauliflower crust" - I mean, it's cauliflower! Soooo healthy!!! Yeah, then you read the ingredient list and find out that you use as […]
September 18, 2013
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