5 minute read Hi Reader! I am so excited to share today’s project with you. Because while it may seem like I crank out project after project with ease, very few come together flawlessly and exactly as I imagined. In our new home, I had a huge wall and only one frame to put on it. So it was time to get creative. This wall project was quick. It was easy. It was affordable. And it was wholly transformative in all the best ways! Read It: Filling a Big Wall with a Single Frame More Like This...

2 minute read Hi Reader! As I’ve been recounting the details of all our recent moves (4 in the last 5 years), there is one question I’ve been getting a lot lately: “Surely, the landlord (or next tenants!) must appreciate your changes! Why do you always take everything apart?” Unfortunately, over our 20+ years of being renters, we’ve been able to leave behind only a very few of our projects. In this month's Coffee Break, I’m breakdown why and sharing how it doesn’t really stop me from doing...

2 minute read Hi Reader! When moving into a new house, sometimes you are lucky enough to connect with the existing/previous residents. Oftentimes they’ll give you pictures and videos (and even answer all your nagging questions!); but every now and then, they’ll offer you something specific to the house that they no longer need. The folks previously living in our new house offered us a shoe shelf they custom built for the master closet. At first glance, I wasn’t interested. But upon further...