Let's talk about gray or as the British prefer - grey. Either works for me. Such a short simple word for a neutral color certainly carries a lot of weight: it's actually a verb, noun and an adjective!; most recently associated with a steamy book series and movie, and; worthy of many, many articles including this Washington Post piece "The Gloomiest Color on [...]
Last summer we treated ourselves to our first family European vacation. It was an amazing 10 days traveling through Italy, Turkey and Croatia. This summer, let's just say - it's complicated. With both of our kids doing a variety of sports and sports related camps, we have not been able to plan out a long stretch of time to get away. [...]
I did not realize as I set out to write about how to make a bed that I would end up writing a kind of "self-help"-esque blog post. Who knew that making your bed is considered a gateway activity toward success, productivity, positive thinking and happiness? Well, we are all about to get enlightened! I am on board for anything [...]
What an unpredictable few weeks of weather we have been having! I am not a huge fan of winter, but the one aspect of winter that I do look forward to is a day or night (or day into night) sitting by a fire. We had scheduled this blog post to be an ode to the fireplace and those warm [...]
January can be a tricky month. The holiday festivities have subsided, the kids are back in school which gives me the space to reflect on the prior year and look ahead to what will come next. It is a period of adjustment and it can feel a bit uncertain. So, I was thrilled when I received an email from Houzz announcing that I [...]
The end of the school year is a crazy time!! So many things are happening - sports tournaments, graduations, concerts, plays, dance recitals...! Pile on top of all that - planning for Summer travel. This year, we decided that the kids were old enough to embark on our first family European vacation (hopefully not with the same drama as the movie). Planning [...]