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We made the bed, now we’ll lie in it.

UPDATE: We’re going to be recreating this bed with full tutorials, measurements and cost breakdowns, so if you want more step-by-step tutorials, follow along right here. This is a story about a project spiraling out of control. All I really wanted was a different look for our bed. We have a simple rectangular upholstered headboard […]

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My Chinese Chippendales Got Fancied Up

You know how when something is “meant to be,” you just know? That’s how I felt about my new set of chinese chippendale chairs. I stalked craigslist for four solid months – never missing a single furniture listing – until I saw them. A set of four genuine antique chinese chippendale chairs and – bonus! […]

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100 projects

The other day after arriving at our (perhaps slightly disheveled) house and stepping over various random piles of wood, tools and furnishings, my mom casually commented, “Looks like you have a lot of projects going on right now.” What that really means is: this place is crazy! Can’t you guys finish one thing before starting […]

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Five months late, but who’s counting?

Green boy nursery with owl mural and orange lamp

Weston’s nursery is fiiiiiinally finished! I added a little side table and lamp for the glider, which makes reading stories at bedtime much easier and, well, illuminated. I didn’t realize it until I got it home, but I love how the lamp echoes the orange circles in the little mushroom mural. Nothing like a little […]

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Taking Matters Into My Own Hands

I have had enough 0f my mom… Being too reluctant… to devote this blog to talking about how cute I am.. When the world needs to see my adorable little mug! So I’m taking matters into my own hands… And posting it myself! Hello, world wide web!

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Gambler’s Fallacy

Oops – looks like time got away from me and my poor little blog has sat lonely and stale for more than a month! Fortunately, I’m moderately more nurturing to Weston than I am to my blog. (Or to my houseplants, which lost a very sad lottery when they landed in my home. I’m very […]

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It was a nice idea, anyway.

This time last year, I was making plans for our five-year anniversary. We would be going here: That would be the Greek Islands. Given anywhere in the world for a romantic getaway, we chose to bask in the sun on the temperate, heavenly islands of Greece. We would fly in to Athens early in the […]

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Five Years Today

Since this photo was taken five years ago today, we’ve been through… three cross-country moves seven total job transfers or changes one massive remodel thirty-seven weeks of pregnancy nine hours of medication-free labor countless sleepless nights… overnight road trips… future-altering decisions. We’ve had silly disagreements, and moments that weren’t always easy. But more than anything, […]

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One Giant Pyramid Scheme

Before I got pregnant, I had what I thought was a pretty solid grasp of what parenting is all about: it is one giant multi-level marketing scam that has spread from the beginning of mankind. It goes like this: A couple have a baby. Quickly, they realize babies are a lot of work and they […]

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A day in Athens

There’s nothing like going home again. Even if “home” is really just that place where you lived for four years during college, fell in love and got married, learned to love football and Jesus, and ate large quantities of pizza. For me, that place is Athens, Ga., home of the bulldogs. You already know I […]

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Emo baby

If you’re only a couple months old, life is full of extreme ups and downs. Delay your breakfast for a moment too long, and the world will come crashing down! But after a full tummy and a long nap, the intense joy can overwhelm your soul. Weston experiences a broad range of emotions just from […]

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Super Baby!

Infants: tiny, helpless angels with the most delicate little fingers and toes, almost too precious to touch? …OR superheros in disguise, clothed in pint-sized onesies, prepared to take over your life? I submit that it’s the latter. Up, up and away! If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Weston in the last six weeks, it’s […]

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The Nursery: Not quite finished, but good enough for now

green baby boy nursery with dark wood crib

Here’s a newsflash: it’s not easy to run out on a quick shopping trip with a one-month-old guy following you around. So Weston, it’s definitely your fault that your nursery has stalled out at “good enough for now,” and might not get to “completely finished” for some time. But here it is for now: See […]

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Nursery: Building a Built-in Front-Facing Bookshelf Wall

Having known Weston for a little over two weeks now, a few things are already clear. He’s pretty much the smartest, strongest, cutest baby ever. So his future probably includes male modeling, playing football at the University of Georgia, and a profession in either medicine, law or astrophysics. (We’re going to let him choose which […]

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Weston’s Backyard Barnyard Bash

Even in the sweet Georgia south, when you schedule a birthday party for mid-February, you do not expect a spot-on perfect 70-degree day brimming with the first sunshine of the year. It was incredible. But let’s start with the important stuff: the food table. Because Weston looooves animals and animal sounds, we decided to work […]

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