Some of my fondest memories were made around a table. My grandparents had (and still have) a big, dark-stained dining room table with high-backed chairs that have woven seats. They’re not the most comfortable, but that never stopped us from sitting there for hours on end. We’ve all lost count of how many birthday candles […]
Category: Dining Rooms
THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL Creating a space for quality family time For a lot of people the living room is the heart of the home. It’s the communal space where each family member has a spot on the sofa, where books lay open and dog eared, where board games are spread, and where memories […]
Where the best seat at the table is really any seat next to each other. Imagine for a moment having grown up in a household of eight. Hectic, right? Yet as busy as my parents were tending to our family farm, they always maintained that we all enjoy mealtime together. Whether that meant eating at […]
Come together, right now, over cheese (and wine). Two years ago we traded in our 700 square-foot condo for a house. In the dead of winter we toured over 30 properties, but nothing stole our hearts. Defeated, one January morning on a whim, we decided to visit some open houses with my parents. That’s when […]
When we were on the hunt for the perfect house to raise our family in back in 2012, I remember walking into our current house and falling in love. I could see all the potential this house had from the bright natural light that welcomed us inside, the bedrooms I could picture my children growing […]