It’s a new year, and we’re turning our focus to monthly workshops, our new Style & Story community, and exciting new products for the rest of 2023 & into 2024. That means we need to make some room (mentally and physically) for everything we’ve been busy dreaming up for you! To simplify the closing out…
**This post is not sponsored by any blind or drapery company Around here, we tend to start projects out of necessity. But once we’ve had some time to live in and use the space, those fueled-by-necessity projects usually end up snowballing into more expensive projects. This is the case with the heating and cooling situation…
Just after we’ve gotten back in the swing of things after Christmas Break and the brief interruption of MLK Day, along comes the first winter weather event of 2023. These snow days are never the best timing and force us to throw out all the good habits we’ve tried to reinforce since the break. Less…
First things first, we totally owe you an update on the hall bathroom project, but in normal Whitney and David fashion, the project has more delays. This time we’re waiting on shower and sink finishes and we PROMISE to share those updates when we have some. However, we aren’t ones to only have one…
Last month, we added something new to the site: a special section, called the Paris Warehouse. And while our team has been talking about it for months and we’ve shared little snippets of what it is here and there, we wanted to put it all together in one place for you! It’s no secret that…
Recent Family Movies and a Great New Reality Find! Do you ever have those days where the only thing that sounds good is warm pajamas and movie watching? We had one of those yesterday and everyone took advantage! We love to cuddle up with kids under warm blankets or pile everyone up in our bed…
There is an overwhelming wealth of resources available regarding parenting. Whatever age or stage your children are at, there is guidance out there—but sometimes it’s hard to know which guidance to follow! Our plan has evolved through the years as our children have grown (and we’ve grown as parents!) but part of it has always…
Whitney and I seem to have the same conversation every time something malfunctions, blows out or disappears in our home. No matter what the details of the issue are, our conversation boils down to a common moral of the story, every time: “To whom much is given, much is required.” Homeownership is a HUGE responsibility,…
As the “can’t sit still adult” in the family, I tend to be the shuttle driver for our kids. With three kids, we’ve run into an issue that you are probably familiar with if you have siblings, pre-teens, tweens, or teens: the fight for “shotgun!” It’s a fight as old as the Ford Model T….
