I have always been so much better at having opinions about Halloween costumes than I am at actually committing to one, which, admittedly, is a funny thing to confess as the person who is supposed to show up with the…
27 Summer Work Outfits That I Actually Reach For (When It’s Too Hot)
Okay, so getting dressed for work in summer is one of those things I genuinely struggle with every single year, and I get it if you do too. The problem, as far as I can tell, is that “professional” was…
26 August Outfit Ideas to Wear Before Summer Ends
August is always the month where my closet starts annoying me a little. Not because I have nothing to wear (although, somehow, that also feels true), but because everything suddenly feels slightly wrong. The linen shorts I loved in June…
28 August Nail Ideas That’ll Make You Want to Book an Appointment Right Now
I’ll be honest – August is the month where I get the most indecisive about my nails. It’s still summer, technically, but you can feel fall creeping in, and I never know if I should lean into the last-days-of-vacation energy…
Limestone Window Sills – The Full Cost, Install, and Why We’d Do It Again
I’m going to say the thing everyone will flag in the comments: limestone is not the most practical material for exterior window sills. We know. We chose it anyway. This is one of those decisions where the “smart” choice and…
Are Tray Ceilings Worth It? My Honest Take After Living With One
After installing one in our old apartment a couple years ago and seeing dozens more in friends’ homes since, here’s what I’ve learned about whether tray ceilings are actually worth it: the good ones are subtle, the bad ones age…
The Built-In vs Freestanding Wardrobe Debate That Has Eaten My Brain for Six Weeks
So here’s the thing nobody warned me about when we started building this house. You don’t pick out wardrobes at the end. You pick them out in this weird middle stage where the drywall is up but the floors aren’t…
Is Crown Molding Still Popular? Why We Said No During Our House Build
Okay so. Quick story before we get into it. A couple days ago we were standing in what will eventually be our living room. Windows were in but that was about it. You could still see all the rough electrical…
What a $100 Budget Actually Does to a Living Room – Honest Breakdown
Here’s something I haven’t wanted to admit out loud: I’ve been treating my current living room like it doesn’t count. Like it’s a placeholder. Like the real version of my life starts when the house is done. That house counts….
What Actually Makes Layered Rugs Look Good – And What Makes Them Look Wrong
Okay, so I have a confession – I’ve been obsessing over rug layering for months without actually having floors to put rugs on yet, which is either very Type A or just what happens when you’re building a house from…
The Long-Awaited Roof Update – It’s Done, It’s Beautiful, and It Took Three Months
The roof is done. And honestly, I have a lot of feelings about this. It’s been a long time since we broke ground on this house – longer than we expected, if I’m being completely honest – and when you…
Do All Houses Have Attics? A Builder’s Honest Answer (With Photos of Our Very Humbling 1 Meter Attic)
So here’s something I didn’t think about once while we were planning this house – not once – and then it became a whole thing: do all houses even have attics? The answer is no. And finding that out while…
