Of all the things to send me over the edge, you might not suspect that the greasy waxed paper around a crumb-covered knob of butter would be the thing. Or perhaps you’ve been around…
We have a wall-to-wall painted canvas floorcloth in our dining slash living room. I painted it myself last fall and while I’d love to take credit for the idea, painted canvas floorcloths predate me…
Here’s a specific post with an evergreen takeaway: find the solution that works for you and your space. In our old apartment, we kept our shoes wrangled in a basket and a crate that…
Farrow & Ball supplied the paint and a complimentary Colour Consultation with one of their Colour Consultants for this post. All opinions are my own. When we moved into this apartment in September, every…
As it is with all things sourdough, our humble homemade beeswax taper operation is entirely James’s domain. I’ve long been the wax scrap hoarder and re-melter and tea light pourer and I’ve rolled more…
Fret not, we have not forgotten the feline friends among us. For anyone with a kitten (or an energetic toddler), these dancing teaser wand toys can be made in minutes from simple materials. They’re…
This post is sponsored by MightyNest, a company committed to sourcing sustainable products for healthy homes.How are you cleaning house these days? As in, your actual, physical home? With our whole family generally spending…
We have 15 days until the 2020 election in the US. That’s 2 weeks during which I’ll be trying my damnedest to get leaders elected who will move the dial toward equity, inclusion, and…
Our bags and our boxes are unpacked. Our furniture has been pushed and pulled into place. We’re ostensibly all moved in over here, but the truth is we’re still firmly in the neither here…
When I was ten I shaved my legs for the first time. In defiance of the arbitrary mandate from my mother that I was not to do so until the eighth grade, I borrowed…