By SaraDo you celebrate Valentine’s Day? It was never a favorite of mine and is also less than a week after my birthday. Over the years, it’s grown on me, and we’ve done a bit more to celebrate rather than ignoring it entirely. We always keep it small with no gifts, but it’s nice to enjoy …
By SaraThrow pillows seem like an odd item to cause major hesitation, but they’re one of the finishing touches our living room has been missing. I don’t really like the idea of buying something cheap as a stopgap to be replaced later, so we’ve just gone without while deciding on the perfect ones. I’ve been overthinking …
By SaraOne of the reasons I have some unfinished-looking home spaces and a scanty wardrobe is that I really don’t like to buy a stopgap piece of clothing or furniture or really anything. Humans in general already put so many discarded items into landfills and secondhand shops. It just seems more environmentally and budget friendly to …
By SaraAs an undergrad reading Swann’s Way, I mostly found it boring. The only thing Proust really did for young me was provide a master class in food writing. Have you read it? He does make a madeleine and a cup of tea sound terribly good. This led me to Google for both a madeleine recipe …
By SaraI remember writing a melancholy-tinged post last year about the coming of a new year. It was such a rough time for the world, and it was so hard last year to look forward to anything. This year, I’m happy to be feeling much more optimistic and am already refreshed from my time away from …
By SaraAlthough I enjoy seeing the ways my friends who are serious, full-time decor bloggers change up their trees from year to year, mine stays basically the same with some small changes to the details here and there. Enough ribbon and ornaments for a nine-foot tree are a considerable expense on top of the holidays in …
By SaraOne of the reasons I love Thanksgiving is that the table, meal, and people gathered around it are the stars of the show. Here are my tips for getting the table dressed for its big moment! Choose the right color palette Thanksgiving isn’t the holiday for an unexpected color palette. Save that for the December …
By SaraI wrote recently about my go-to paint, Farrow & Ball. That’s not to say I never use other paints. I think I’ve used at least one paint from all of the major paint brands. Check out my favorites and the colors I chose below: PPG Delicate White (Breakthrough 250, sun parlor woodwork, child’s kitchen playset) …
I spent most of the 2020 and 2021 lockdowns painting our house. It developed into something of a hobby – reading painting blogs, collecting fan decks, literally watching paint dry. The excitement never ends around here. My go-to brand is Farrow & Ball. I had a whole lengthy post on the old website called ‘Is …
By SaraThis is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. All images courtesy of Brazilian Wood Depot As I’ve mentioned a few times before, since finishing our deck last year, we now basically live outside from May through September. A deck is the perfect place to relax – if you don’t currently have one, I …
