Cast iron has become my favorite cooking material and now I’m on the hunt for it whenever I pass a garage sale or antique shop. It’s nonstick, it isn’t going to poison me (cough Teflon), it’s easy to clean, and it lasts forever. When it rusts, it comes clean with two simple kitchen staples that you probably have at home already. Let’s get into it!
Read MoreThe things on my mind this week including my antiquing in Los Angeles, a nearly-original kitchen, thoughts on home sizes, a cranberry kitchen, artist videos, lead in our drinking water, Thanksgiving prep, library audiobooks, gift guides, the movie I adored this week, and more!
Read MoreMy friend Cathy of The Grit and Polish has been opening up the discussion of home sizes and what square footage means to different families. She was talking about it on her blog the other day, and I feel like I have more to share about our home, how we use it, what we wish we had, and how we think it will change in the future. So here it goes!
Read MoreI went to Los Angeles and, of course, went antiquing! Here’s a handy map and a list of all of the recommended places to go thrift shopping, antique hunting, and weekend marketing while in LA.
Read MoreA log home refresh, a $6 old house part, America Recycles Day has some issues, life on Instagram, your chance to be on This Old House, my wildly-requested lip balm and linen top, on being alone, a homestead I want to buy, two movies I’m dying to see, and more!
Read MoreIt’s the season of gifting! I’m brainstorming some new gift guides for 2019, but before I share new gift ideas, I want to remind you of my gift guides from yesteryear. I mean, why re-invent the wheel?? I’ve got gift ideas for old house lovers, entertainers, bookworms, gardeners, techies, homebodies, makers, organizers, zero-wasters and more! The items are all still relevant today and can hopefully inspire what to get and give - or even what to put on your own holiday wish list!
Read MoreThis week’s Weekly Roundup covers my two favorite ORC makeovers, hugelkultur, chore coats, a personality quiz, the tool everyone with an old house needs, a manual espresso maker, talking to kids about race, bust old house accounts, and a staircase restoration.
Read MorePumpkins and gourds are classic decor during the fall season, but please don’t put them in the trash when you’re done admiring them! When put in the trash and sent off to the landfill, pumpkins (and all other food materials) they create nasty greenhouses gasses. Instead of letting them become a negative, turn them into a positive with a few ideas I’ve outlined below.
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Margot is getting an upgraded room to make space for baby sister in the nursery.
With an additional family member, we want to shuffle the rooms of our 3-bedroom house around. The one off the living room was being used as my home office, so now it’s time to convert it into an actual bedroom. The initial thought was to give this room to baby sister and keep Margot in her room. But we ultimately decided to put the baby in the room designed to be a nursery, then convert the home office into a space designed for a bigger kid. Plus, the office has more windows, and is right off the living room (Margot’s playroom) so it’s better suited for all the daytime play, whereas the single-window nursery is cozier for lots of daytime naps.