settling into a new home
Crying seems to be inevitable in the early days of a move. You’re tired. You’re emotional. You’re feeling raw. You’re relieved to be settled yet you feel entirely unsettled, upended. The familiarity of your things clashes with the unfamiliarity of a new place. It’s the biggest purchase of your life and you have only spent […]
And the house we bought is…
That little guessing game we played yesterday was so fun! And, what I enjoyed most about it, was hearing your thought process in the comments about why you thought I picked certain houses. So many of you understood the tension I felt in deciding between some good options and hoping to pick the best. Ultimately, […]
house hunting with the Parsons
Thank you so much for all of your wonderful and encouraging comments on yesterday’s post. We are very excited! So, I have been waiting for weeks to spill the beans about our new house, but as with the purchasing process of our MN house, I didn’t want to share all of the details in real-time. […]
where we are landing…
Yesterday, it became official. The Parsons family will be moving to Washington County, MD! (Cue, Maryland, My Maryland…) Oh man, there is so much to tell you! So much has been going on in the background as I’ve been writing about visiting family, taking care of my broken foot, hitting used bookstores, and buying antiques […]
Syracuse Ornamental Company Catalogue 1923
Last week, jeff wanted to get in on the antique store diversion. He was just dying to walk around antique stores to carry my purchases, load a dresser in the van for my mom, and give me the side-eye when I wanted to buy anything. Of course, I’m being sarcastic, but he actually wanted to […]
August 2022 Favorites
I wish I could say the month of August was all good things and favorites enveloped by constant grace and poise. But, as is often the case with life, it was a rollercoaster of peaks and valleys. It was days of peace and ones of impatience. It was the start of school in the midst […]
antique sewing box & birds-eye maple writing slope
I’ve always loved little boxes. Even when I was a girl, I had a few small boxes, mostly made of wood, for keeping little treasures. So, naturally, that has carried over into adulthood, specifically when it comes to boxes that hold creative supplies. I’ve shared about my love of artist paint boxes (oh, those are […]
for the love of antique portraits…
One thing I want more of in our next home is antique portraits (or studies of new old portraits.) I have always loved how antique portraits look in a home, so when I first started working with oil paints about five years ago, I imagined painting portraits to hang in my house. It took me […]