Every night as I tuck {K} into bed, she says to me ‘You say good morning’- not so much a question as a statement. A fact. I am quick to answer ‘Yes. I will say ‘good morning!’ It is a little way that she reminds herself that even though she is closing her eyes now,…
With all of the posts lately regarding food, I have been dreaming of a bright beautiful kitchen to cook in! So today I sat down and sketched out some ideas. They are by no means refined, but hopefully they can help you all visualize what we are planning. First, a quick floor plan. As discussed…
I’m back with more recipes! If you missed the first post in this series, click HERE to catch up. I detail the reasons why we started the 4 week meal rotation and how it has benefited our family, not only health-wise but also in the simplification of meal prep and grocery shopping. You’ll want to…
When I mentioned in THIS post that I was planning on starting an Etsy shop, I piqued some of your curiosities – and have been asked by a few of you WHEN this little branch project is going to be open for business, so I thought today I would give you a quick update on…
It’s time to describe the final level of our future cottage/home! If you missed the other levels, go ahead and click the links below to get caught up. MAIN LEVEL UPPER LEVEL As I mentioned in THIS post, our building site is quite sloped. Therefore, it was the perfect candidate for a walkout basement. We…
I just finished uploading the 4th installment of our weekly photo vlog! I have slowly been improving the quality and content of this series. This week I made the text a bit larger (and more readable) and also added a new feature – small videos within the scrolling timeline video! I’m happy with how it…
Recently, I posted about {D}’s small BEDROOM. I also mentioned in THIS post that we will be utilizing some of these same concepts in our new house. All three of our boys will share a room, but each will have a smaller private sleeping nook off of the larger shared ‘communal’ portion. I wanted to…
This post could also be titled ‘Our Big Family’s Epic Eating Solution’ – but I thought that might be a bit too dramatic. It IS bound to create an epically long blog post though, so buckle up! You’ve probably heard it said that in order to raise a large family you need to have one…
As promised, I’m back today to describe the upper level rooms. If you missed part 1 of the series, the main level, you can find it HERE. Generally speaking, the second level is made up of only 3 main spaces + a hall to connect them: the boys room, the girls room, and the kid…
If at first you don’t succeed – try and try again. That’s the mantra anyway. In architecture we call this stage ‘Preliminary Design’. We know that it might not be quite right, just yet; But eventually the pieces will all come together. If any of you reading this blog have mistakenly thought that we came…
