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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painting and staining outdoor furniture — or how I gave a mouse a cookie
I hope you had a lovely August! School started for us two weeks ago, so we’ve moved into the maelstrom of buying school supplies, planning…
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painting the stairwell
Over the past few years, I’ve gotten really tired of the gray in our house. When I first painted it, I thought it was classy…
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painting kitchen cabinets and adding trim around window
For the past few years, our kitchen cabinets have been in a STATE. They’d accumulated weird stains during the pandemic, when we used the kitchen…
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progress on my summer to-do list
I’m really enjoying scratching items off my to-do list! True confession: do you add items to your list that you’ve already finished and then cross…
● 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.
