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  • creating our AirBnb experience

    Sharing what we’ve learned as AirBnb hosts, in particular the extras we provide as hosts to enhance the guests’ experience

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  • rearranging the kitchen shelves

    Our kitchen and dining room is the heart of our home. One of my favorite views in this room is the open shelving we mounted…

  • bathroom renovation

    bathroom renovation

    When we bought this house, the bathroom on the main level was absolutely terrible. There was no toilet seat, there were dead bugs in the…

  • living room update

    We’ve lived here for almost four years now, and I’ve never been completely happy with the living room. When we bought the house, the living…

  • dining room refresh

    dining room refresh

    The dining room had gotten a little stale, to put it mildly. We’d had a Christmas drawing framed on our wall for over a year.…

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.

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