Last spring, I thought I’ll do a weekly round up post on my blog. Then a few weeks later our state shut down due to the virus, the kids came home to homeschool….and here we are months later.
We are grateful to be starting school in a hybrid model and praying that we will be able to continue and for safety and health.
The summer was a lot of time at home and at the pool (also grateful for that).
Read MoreIn our basement Airbnb, our electrician recommended we do a drop ceiling. One reason for us to do a drop ceiling was because we have not renovated our kitchen the floor above yet and may need to run plumbing and wiring.
But I really dislike typical drop ceilings and was not thrilled with this idea. I found an alternative option on pinterest and we created beautiful tray ceiling instead of the typical drop ceiling. This is work my husband would typically do, but since we were about to have a baby, we hired this out locally.
Read MoreI am really grateful for our house and also a little overwhelmed by its size. Mind you, we have lived most recently in a 1,200 square ft house and then a 1,500 square foot house. This 3,000 square foot house feels like a palace…and sometimes too much space.
BUT did I mention, I am still grateful to be working on a family room space and have multiple rooms that we can purpose different ways?
This room sits right off our our kitchen and dining room and a week ago it looked like this…
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Read MoreI can’t believe how many decisions it has taken to get to this point. When I was looking at all the different items we have purchased for our master bedroom, I remembered how each of these was a decision I had to research (like which mattress is the best? or what bedding? Should I buy that rug?)
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One thing we debated on first was the mattress. My husband found Zinus and I was super skeptical, but because they had a return policy and a 100 night trial I thought - okay, let’s try it. We are really happy with this mattress. I have zero complaints about it and I have had friends try it as a result who also have loved it. We went with the thickest mattress they make because we figured we would try the nicest mattress they make and it is still reasonably priced.
I knew I wanted a duvet with a cover because it’s one of my favorite types of bedding. I spent a little more on the sheets + cover and spent less on the duvet insert. This is the duvet insert I got from Amazon. It claims to be hypoallergenic - if I had no budget - I would consider something organic - because this is something on your body for hours everyday - but this one has been fine and no problems.
I finally tried Brooklinen sheets and we liked them so much we decided to try their duvet cover as well. I really do not like a polyester or itchy sheet. We have really liked the sheets + the cover. I highly recommend these!
Anything that’s a bigger purchase like this - I tend to think about a lot...reading tons of reviews, etc. We FINALLY purchased this bed from Wayfair and 6 months in - we are really happy with it.
The grey blanket is a weighted blanket by Gravity…aka my new best friend. I generally have some problems falling asleep and this real seems to help me. With weighted blankets, you want to get around 10% of your body weight and I have heard spending a little more on them is worth is otherwise, the weight on the inside will shift all around. I was surprised by how much my husband spent on this (it was a Christmas gift…), but after using it - I am obsessed and think its worth every penny! I just don’t know how I am going to travel without one…
Lights on the nightstands are Amazon & very reasonably priced. The nightstands were made by my great-grandfather…and the rug is a flea market find, so no links to those!
I can honestly say, we have been very happy with everything and I hope it makes it easier for you to make some decisions if you are shopping.
Four months in the making…and years of planning! Our kitchen is finished. Here are some of the details including hardware and lighting.
We added new hardwoods to our old ones so we tried this process called feathering and I’m sharing some of the details of this works!
wife to philip, mom of two. mostly a hot mess, but trying to simplify our lives + home + choose joy / living in new england.
Our idea for an alternate to a drop ceiling