My hubby and I spent some time decluttering and reorganizing our pantry over the weekend. I love a good before and after, so here are a couple of very rough before photos taken straight from my Instagram stories. Step 1: We unloaded each shelf, one or two shelves at a time. I didn't empty the [...]
Monterey Spaghetti the Perfect Pandemic Meatless Meal
Almost 15 years ago, our oldest child was born. I was completely overwhelmed by motherhood and my adorably grumpy baby. My precious friend brought me Monterey Spaghetti and it made my new-Mommy angst disappear for at least fifteen glorious minutes. Fast forward to 2007. My baby was sleeping through the night like a champ and [...]
Our Kitchen Renovation, Part Three and We’re Done!

We finished our kitchen renovation a few weeks ago and I'm finally ready to share an update and pictures. If you'd like to see the process, here's a link to part one of our kitchen renovation and part two of our kitchen renovation. To finish up this stage of our renovation, we needed to: Build [...]
Tween Room Makeover
Light and Airy Master Bedroom Redesign for The Thorpe Family

When my dear friend, Catherine, came to me and asked me to help her with her master bedroom, I immediately said yes. Catherine's home is absolutely lovely, but like most of us, she'd put off decorating her master bedroom in favor of taking care of other areas of the house. We worked together remotely for [...]