Making small homes work for busy families.
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Vanessa shares some ideas for gifts for teens. Could be useful for birthdays or holidays, including an Easter basket.
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beach house renovation for Airbnb
After we sold our rural cabin, we put the proceeds into a cute-but-tired beach house on the Delaware shore. We found an adorable house in…
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living room reveal
We’ve been dreaming about this living room for years and working on it for about twelve months. You can follow our progress here and here…
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new year lists of fun
Do you make resolutions? For years, I tried . . . I’d come up with a long list of things like losing weight, eating healthier…
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gift ideas for preteen boys
This Christmas our boys will be 13 and 12, and it’s getting really hard to shop for them. Here are a few ideas I’ve settled…
● About Me
I’m Vanessa, a wife and mom living in the DC suburbs. In 2017, I bought a rundown house and began renovating it with my husband, John. Together, we’ve made our small house into a cozy, comforting space for us and our four kids.
