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.
Weekly Meal Plan: 6/23-6/28
This week’s seasonal meal plan for a family of four with two working parents
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…
Weekly Meal Plan: 6/11-6/21
This week’s seasonal meal plan for a family of four with two working parents
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.