five little things that made my week.
1. these dogwood blossoms.
{for being bedside.}
2. these pickled onions.
{for making three different meals much more lively.}
3. these dried chick peas.
{and silas’s tiny fingers sorting them.}
4. this bra. (and undies.)
{more plain old-fashioned cotton underthings to consider, launching next week.}
5. these tiny sprouts.
{easter grass to be!}
other things:
there is nothing wrong with your house.
thudding block towers, be muted.
bid.
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YES to that “nothing wrong with your house” article. I own my home, which is “dated” in a 2000s builder sort of way. When we first moved in, I felt like “omg I have to paint the multi-toned wood kitchen and we have to do something about that travertine tile and, and and…” But I couldn’t quite get over the idea of creating that much waste just to make it look “good”. Also we didn’t really have the cash because of functional things like roof/furnace/hole in the back wall. 3 years later, it’s grown on me and I wouldn’t change it now even if I could (Well, I am waiting for some bathroom tile to crack or something so maaayyybe I could have an excuse to get a deeper tub someday, but no rush). Markets and aesthetics be damned, my kitchen and bathroom work and that’s that. And there’s something liberating about not being “on trend,” ya know?
Agreed! Saw this article a few weeks ago and it felt like such a breath of fresh air.
I just left the inspection of the house we are in the process of purchasing and the article about home renovation is just what I needed right now. Amidst all the pressure to have a perfect, remodeled home, I will now be chanting to myself “There is nothing wrong with our house!”
Thank you so much for the “Nothing Wrong with your House” article! Hip, hip, hooray! A voice of sanity, at last.
Hi Erin,
I, too, was excited to see that Everlane is going to offer cotton underwear. I actually treated myself to a set from Brook There for my birthday this month. And it is probably the nicest underwear I have ever owned. Brook There does have a statement about not using sweat shops or child labor. I would hope that their workers in Massachusetts are being paid a living wage — but I don’t know that for sure. And although Everlane does include information about their factories, I don’t see anything about the labor practices in those factories. Do you have any insight into this?
Hi Judith! Yes: Brook There underwear is lovely! I don’t have a huge amount of insight into the Everlane specifics. The underwear is made in Sri Lanka at a factory that employs 50,000 women and according to one source, pays them double the national minimum wage. According to their own statement, Everlane considers the factory to be a frontrunner on ethical manufacturing from a wage, workplace environment, and women empowerment perspective. The underwear itself is very basic—not at all the kind of luxurious undergarments being made by a company like Brook There, but it is comfy and simple and it does look like it will be an affordable option for folks who might not be able to afford a whole drawerful of luxury undies. I’d certainly consider supplementing my own underwear stocks with some of these basics.
Thank you for sharing that “There’s nothing wrong with your house” article. I feel like that is all HGTV showcases, are remodeling/flip shows, and most of the time, I am wondering why they are tearing out perfectly good cabinets or destroying 100 year old brick just for aesthetic purposes.
The Everlane underwear campaign is certainly clever and I imagine hits a nerve with most women, but the underwear featured in the video was very underwhelming. Cotton basics can be lovely, and it’s okay to like lace and bows too.
Funny! I like the underwear a lot, but I was kind of underwhelmed by the premise of the ad campaign. I love having basic cotton undies, but it’s not a new concept—-women have been wearing unadorned undies for a long time! Of course, everyone should happily choose whatever underwear they like best: lace, bows, or nothing at all!
I too love the phrase ” nothing wrong with you house
I have noticed that it is a “hobby” to constantly make changes to one’s home.
Not me. Accept what is. The only thing I’d change would be a smaller home.
Also ❤❤❤❤❤ the soon to be Easter grass. So good!!!!
This post has such a spring feel, I’m so excited for the change of season now and for you little sprouts to grow!✨
Please share your pickled onions recipe! I need to add a little oomph to my sandwiches…
Hi Erin- I am curious about the Everlane bra- how do you think it would work for nursing? I’m 7 months in, so past the awkward beginning stages. But would these be easy to pull aside? Would it hold a nursing pad in place? thanks!
Hey there: So hard to know what might work bra-wise for anyone else. I still nurse Silas and have been wearing it while nursing. It’s probably stretching it a bit, to be honest, and I wouldn’t say it’s the most nursing friendly bra out there, but it’s certainly not impossible to nurse in!
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