Winter Solstice Swag
You might be facing a daunting coming weekend – the last one before Christmas. It’s frenzied, rushed and every minute […]
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craft, design, home
DIY Fireplace Redo
Our remodeling to-do list is about a mile long ever since we bought our fixer-upper house this summer. With chilly
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craft, design, home, painting
Exploring Nature Play
As a landscape designer, I’m endlessly fascinated with outdoor spaces. How do we make them accommodate our need to grow
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design, ecology, kids
Juniper’s New Room
It has been about three months since we moved into our new digs and I can finally say that at
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home, kids
Portland Fruit Tree Project
Since I am gardenless this season after our recent move, I am completely dependent on local farms and generous friends
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events, foraging, green living, kids, locavore
DIY Distressing Furniture
Distressing furniture doesn’t mean your furniture is feeling panicked. It’s a term used to describe the process of making furniture
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craft, home, kids
Painting a Mural
I did a lot of laboring over Labor Day weekend! Our new house is a cosmetic fixer, complete with old
Decorating with Botanical Prints
The boxes are all unpacked and the garden design is done – soon to be installed this fall. In the
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craft, home
Toddler Homestead Chores
Having regular chores was simply part of life growing up on my family’s urban farm. Everyone in our family, both
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green living, harvest, kids
The Homestead is Moving!
Eight years ago we moved into a little bungalow on a 1/10th of an acre lot in the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood
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home, modern homesteading, projects