• Practicing What We Preach: Bookshelf Styling

    For Throwback Thursday, thought I’d republish this post that revealed my styled bookshelves. We get asked a LOT about restyling of shelves so thought a little inspiration for a summer project was in order. You can also see the before and afters of my built-ins project here. … It’s all well and good to give advice, but the most important…

  • If I Were Single…

    Not that I want to be single–of course, I love my husband.  But, sometimes I think about what my home would look like if I were living by myself. I never had the opportunity because I moved to California right out of college and could never afford my own place. At times, I had three roommates–that place was a little…

  • Celebrating July 4th

    We’re back! Hope everyone had a great week. Such a good week around here–super busy, but great family time. Started off a fun weekend hanging out at Wilmette Harbor (I think Madeleine has aspirations of hanging out in the South of France…) …and fishing off of the back of Grandpa’s boat. My father-in-law has the best view of the Bahai…