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Guest Welcome Basket
We have a friend coming to visit from out of town this weekend, and I’m inspired to create a welcoming experience for her. I was reminded of this post I wrote last year when we were waiting to move into our new home:
… Read MoreI want our home to be the kind of place where we invite people to stay for dinner at the last minute and can whip up something delicious. I want our home to be the kind of place where children can run, explore, connect with nature, and swim. I want our home to be the kind of place where our family can curl up together on Friday
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Closet Organization
I’ve spent an inordinate amount of my time thinking about closet organization. It started back in our first home in Houston. We needed to maximize the closet space in our tiny bungalow with no garage (hello lawn mower and chicken food right next to the washing machine). I had grand plans to piece together my very own closet system from IKEA pieces, but I never got around to it before we sold our house and moved to Austin.
I started thinking about closet systems again when were building our house. I brainstormed different options and decided on IKEA. And then I changed my mind and was going to go with… Read More -
Home Organization: The Pantry
I didn’t intend to tackle the pantry before a whole host of other projects that are more urgent, but I honestly couldn’t take it anymore. We don’t have a ton of kitchen space, and our cabinets are deep, so stuff just kind of gets stuffed toward the back.
Matt and Henry were out for a run and Tate was still sleeping, so I seized the opportunity to pull everything out. I wasn’t sure what the plan of action was going to be, so seeing everything on the counter helped me generate next steps. I started grouping like-items and realized that they primarily fell into two categories:
- Things to store in
