I shared my overall inspiration for Baby Girl’s nursery a couple of weeks ago, and since then we’ve made some big decisions! I am 36 weeks pregnant this week and the urge to “nest” is starting to come on strong. I’ve got plans to wash baby clothes and start organizing her little closet this upcoming weekend, and I hope to make some big strides in the rest of the nursery as well! Let me catch you up…
Read MoreEarly on in our infertility treatments, I used to spend a lot of time dreaming about the nursery space we would create for a baby. When we were living in Florida I thought about how to do that in our two-bedroom apartment, and then when we moved to Pennsylvania I thought about which of the three bedrooms would be best suited for that purpose. Some time in between years two and three of treatments though, thinking about a nursery that seemed out of reach just lost its appeal. It wasn’t fun to dream about what the space could be like, instead it just hurt too much. So I put those thoughts aside and waited for a time that felt right again.
Read MoreOver the weekend we completed our latest home DIY project - installing a runner on our staircase! After we had our hardwood floors refinished in April, we realized how much our dog Sydney relied on the old carpeting to help her get up and down the stairs more easily. And at almost 13 years old with arthritis in most of her joints now, she certainly needs that help!
Read MoreOne of the projects that made the biggest impact on our home was building a mantel for the fireplace. I grew up in a home with a fireplace and it was something that was on my short wish list when we went house shopping over two years ago.
Read MoreFriends, I am so excited to share with you the first big room reveal in our new home! Every room needed a little (or, let's be real, a lot) of love and attention, so choosing which room to really rip apart and put back together first took some time. But after a few weeks of working in a hot pink office after we moved in, I knew just where I wanted to start.
Read MoreIf your childhood was anything like mine, you had chores to complete on a regular basis. That regular exercise of putting away my toys, cleaning my room, and helping my mom with other chores around the house helped build in me the habits that I was grateful to have when I went to college, to graduate school, and eventually to my first apartment on my own and my first professional job in 2010.
Read MoreWhen Kurt and I moved into our new apartment at the beginning of this year, we lost a lot of space. Our old home was a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house on the other side of Tallahassee that gave us plenty of space to spread out. So downsizing to a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment took some creative thinking!
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I am a recovering perfectionist, an IVF momma, an avid knitter and reader, making a home in The Lenten Rose Cottage.
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