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    pantry organization

    some of the cabinets in our house are like legit scary. and the pantry was one of them for sure. i tackled some of the worst ones during my hardcore nesting phase before the baby arrived, but forgot to do the pantry — so here we are.

    it was honestly so bad, we didn’t even know what foods we had so we’d stock up on the same items over and over again and it got to be ridiculous. so i said ok i am making us go to ikea with a baby in tow (horrible idea) and i’m getting supplies to fix this pantry the fuck up.Read More

  • arlo : one month

    i have been meaning to finish this post for 3 weeks now, and now that arlo is about to turn 2 months old — i thought i better hurry and post!

    arlos first month flew by. i’m sure every month will, even though some of the [harder] days seem to never end. he and i are getting into the groove of life together and for the most part it’s been great.Ā Read More

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    h&m home faves

    how are you?! while i’m not blogging consistently right now, i am on my phone while nursing the baby A LOT. so i thought i’d share all my favorites from H&M because they have so much good stuff at the moment.Ā Read More

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    arlo’s birth story

    we are still completely on cloud 9Ā with our little boy 3 weeks in – but gid just went back to work and i’m a little nervous and overwhelmed with taking over all day care for arlo. i know it’ll get easier and i’ll get better and more confident but i’m still very sad that he can’t stay home with us forever.

    i want to start off this post by just saying that i had arlo via a scheduled c-section. i know there’s some shame and guilt of not experiencing labor associated it with caesareans, but we made the decision that was best for us and i don’t regret it whatsoever.Ā Read More

  • DIY clay wall hanging

    you’ve seen me make a lot of things with polymer clay, and i’ve already made a clay wall hanging — but i decided to make a new and improved one for the bathroom. i knew i wanted to doĀ some semi circles and full circles but beyond that i wasn’t sure what i wanted to do — and i’m so happy with how it turnedĀ out.
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    our guest bathroom : the reveal

    so excited to share the finished bathroom with you! if you forget what the room looked like before, here’s the refresher.  we tore everything out and started from scratch, but i still thought it was really important to do everything as affordably as possible — so i made a lot of design decisions that were really inexpensive.

    the design of the room is super simple but it’s warm and bright — i also think it’ll stay in style for a long time since i went minimal with every decision.

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    10 tips for a painless + inexpensive bathroom reno

    before i reveal our finished bathroom, today i wanted to share 10 tips that made our lives a lot easier planning and executing a very low key and very inexpensive bathroom renovation, in partnership with delta faucet for their inspired living blog.

    01. Plan as much as you possibly can in advance!

    this is so crucial. no matter what, there will always be hiccups and delays during any renovation, so if you want to make sure you personally donā€™t contribute to any holdups ā€” have everything ready to go before your contractor even begins. you don’t want to be deciding tile patterns while your contractor is waiting on you, so try to make all the decisions you can! Read More

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    printable mini hand sanitizer bottles

    while deeeeep in nesting mode — between organizing arlo’s changingĀ station and diaper bag, i realized i wanted to keep a bottle of sanitizer on me at all times, but they’re always ugly. you know how strongly i feel about pretty packaging so naturally i decided to bottle my own!

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    what’s in my hospital bag

    while i’m very afraid that i’m totally going to be delivering a human any day now, today i’m just focusing on what my hospital bag essentials are. (i’ve never even spent the night in a hospital before, so i’m really a wimp with all this stuff)

    but i’ve read countless lists and we’ve taken labor classes and i think our hospital bag is pretty properlyĀ packed — hopefully without too much excess crapĀ we don’t need. we live 5 minutes from the hospital, so i’m not worried about under packing, but we’ll see what we end up using. from what i’ve read, i’m going to focus more on what i can take home with me from the hospital versus bringing enough for a week (the mesh underwear, diapers, peribottle…)Read More

  • DIY beaded plant hanger

    i loooove a little pop of greenery in a bathroom, as soon as the renovation was done i realized what a huge visual difference a plant in the corner would make when you walk by. i looked online for a cute planter but ultimately realized i could make something in a few minutes that would be betterĀ and cheaper and i totally did!Ā Read More