Reading has always been one of my strongest passions and my number one hobby since my earliest memories. The amount of time I have devoted to reading has ebbed and …
We purchased our 1980s contemporary style home in West Des Moines five years ago right before our son was born. We looked at a dozen or more houses that summer, …
Two months ago, I signed out of Instagram on all of my devices and deleted the app from my phone. Except for one very brief relapse, I haven’t gone back, …
Last weekend Keegan and I took our first “vacation” alone in a whole year and drove up to Decorah, Iowa, for a quick weekend getaway. Keegan’s mom grew up in …
Let’s get real here for a minute. Life looks a lot different today than it did a week ago. It’s unrecognizable from two weeks ago. And, those two weeks…they feel …
I’ve been experiencing a little bit of writer’s block lately, and I think it’s partly because I’ve been too concerned with keeping this space focused entirely on design. I first …
There are definitely pros and cons to having a new baby during the coldest months of the year. Two of the pros are rarely needing to leave the house and …
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It’s been a crazy few weeks, but we are finally moved into our new house. We closed on August 17th and scheduled painters to start immediately, knowing my parents were …
As soon as it began to sink in that we were really having a baby, I began to think about the nursery and what type of space I wanted to …
Watching Downward Dog. Ok, this show is a little goofy (and already canceled) but I am totally obsessed. It’s set in Pittsburgh, and any show based in PA is already …
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