As we mentioned yesterday, it’s Blogiversary Week — we can’t believe we’ve been doing this for half a decade. To celebrate, we recorded an average day in our lives so you can see what each of us — including Clara and Burger — might be doing throughout the day. Here’s a typical day: 6:00 am … Read more

Thanks for the encouragement after this morning’s post that pushed me to finally write down my rambling September 11th story. It’s difficult to put into words, but I want this recorded—especially for Clara someday, when I need to explain the enormity of that day. It was a terrible day, but one that changed the course … Read more

I’ve shared many real-time renovation updates on Instagram Stories, so here’s a longer catch-up post for anyone who prefers reading. We’re about seven weeks into our largest renovation in over five years, and the house looks exactly as chaotic as we expected. Walls are open, ceilings are coming down, and new rooms are framed. Progress … Read more

Okay, make that two nightstands. Though technically they started life as living room side tables… …they were displaced when Karl arrived. Even though they aren’t original bedroom pieces, we couldn’t part with our Target tables (from the Victoria Hagan collection, bought a few years ago) or those seeded glass lamps (from the now-defunct Nate Berkus … Read more

Last Monday, an unexpected snowstorm — a surprise in an otherwise mild winter — created this view from our living room window:   Clara went outside and had a great time playing in it:   Fast forward a week, and our view has changed to something more like this:   Clara’s wearing a different kind … Read more

The paneling project is taking a little longer than we expected. We’ll share an update soon. In the meantime… Every now and then a shop or an office inspires us so much that we can’t resist dropping in (we did the same when we visited a fun kids consignment shop). We recently wandered into the … Read more

The closet in the spare room used to be full of luggage, wrapping paper, gift bags, and assorted clutter that needed to be cleared out so the room could become a real playroom and storage space for Clara’s things. We emptied it (photo albums and yearbooks at the top stayed put) and—magically—it disappeared. Just kidding. … Read more

This week we’re sharing the mystery of why half the power in our house went out just as we were about to leave for vacation. We also bring you up to speed on the near-finish of our bathroom renovation — including how the flu, a surgery, and a last-minute deadline kept us scrambling. Plus: an … Read more

We’re back with the full front door makeover, just like we promised. Here’s the starting point: It was an old maroon storm door that caused three problems: the grid pattern didn’t match the six-paneled door behind it, it tended to jam, and it didn’t latch well so it would bang open in wind. We rarely … Read more

After nine months of steady progress on our beach house, things suddenly feel like they’re moving at lightning speed. This post covers a lot of updates—think of it as a delicious smorgasbord of progress. The foyer photo below captures that “good kind” of busy and messy that comes with renovations. Compared to the true disaster … Read more