Dining Room Wallpaper Possibilities
… I decided to embrace the darkness when we first decorated in 2018: we painted the dining room Benjamin Moore’s Evening Dove, a charcoal-tinged navy. As Homes and Gardens observes, “Instead of trying to create the illusion of light (which is always going to be tricky), color experts recommend leaning into the low light and creating a cozy, dark, and cocooning space.” We get tons of compliments on it - and have had a few friends actually use it for their own homes after seeing it in ours, which is the most flattering thing ever - but I just found out that Jon wants to go lighter after we renovate.
On Robbie’s Graduation from Kindergarten
I was surprised to find myself crying when I dropped Robbie off at school for his last day of kindergarten…
Spring/Summer Make-up
When I was in my early 30s - I can’t remember exactly how old, but let’s pretend for the sake of this story that I do - I went to Blue Mercury to replace a product I’d used and loved for years: Laura Mercier’s Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer. I asked one of the women who worked there to help me find the correct shade, and she frowned slightly. After querying my full make-up routine, she pursed her lips thoughtfully and then asked me how old I was.
On the Last Day of Mental Health Awareness Month
A few years ago, I was scrolling through the sub on Reddit for my mental health diagnosis. I’m not sure what brought me to the sub that day in the first place, but my eye was caught by a post someone made about feeling guilty for having had children after her diagnosis because research suggests that many mood and mental disorders could have a hereditary component and she felt that any future diagnoses her children might receive would be her “fault.”
Claire’s Big Girl Bedroom
… So there we have it: the plan for Claire’s big girl bedroom, repurposing items from around the house as much as possible but buying new where needed. Of course, this is predicated on the structural changes we want to make to the back of the house being included in phase one of the renovation - cross your fingers for us, please!