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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Lifestyle
In Celebration
Lifestyle
September 17, 2013
In Celebration
Although I haven't been feeling the best, last night we went out and celebrated the sale of our first home--officially. Whew and Par-tay! Selling a home is stressful even when it goes relatively smooth, but when things go wrong--you might just feel like the world is against you. We have learned that anything can go […]
September 17, 2013
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Health & Beauty
Julia's Absence and What I've Learned From Weight-Loss Week 1
Health & Beauty
September 16, 2013
Julia's Absence and What I've Learned From Weight-Loss Week 1
For those of you who don't follow us on Facebook, you've probably been wondering why there's an overdose of Chris posts lately, and not so much Julia. Jules has been sick and is taking a break from blogging. I'll leave it there for now and let Julia give the details when she's ready. She misses […]
September 16, 2013
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Recipes
Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken Thighs
Recipes
September 13, 2013
Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken Thighs
So for anyone who follows me on the ol' Pinterest, you may have noticed I have a board titled "Inspiration Recipes." Honestly I don't use Pinterest very much, but in looking for better ways to eat healthy, I've been finding good recipes that I feel like I can adjust (either a little or a lot) […]
September 13, 2013
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Recipes
Red Quinoa Salad with Corn and Mint
Recipes
September 11, 2013
Red Quinoa Salad with Corn and Mint
A couple days after we moved into this house, we were sitting on the swing set outside and had a visit from one of our neighbors. Greta was especially excited about this visit, because it was a 9 year old girl (Greta loooooooves other kids). Eleanor (the girl) was very friendly and excited to meet us. […]
September 11, 2013
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Recipes
Astonishingly Good Grilled Green Bean Fries with Spicy Mayo Dip
Recipes
September 9, 2013
Astonishingly Good Grilled Green Bean Fries with Spicy Mayo Dip
Don't you hate it when people say stuff like, "You don't even feel like you're dieting!" and then they share a dish that is clearly diet food? Like last week there was this guy on the internet who was all, "I'm gonna start losing weight, and I'm not going to eat diet foods." But I […]
September 9, 2013
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