Hi, I’m Em.
Around here you’ll find half-finished projects, dogs underfoot, and the occasional “sock miracle.”
Come for the projects. Stay for the stories.
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Sometimes a little miracle can get you through the morning
What seems like a lifetime ago, mornings at our house were often lessons in chaos, and I was the teacher. It seemed I was rarely current with the laundry, the…
Make something special
Projects to make a house feel like home.
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It’s finally powder room reveal day!
Today IS the day! The reveal of my powder room project that became an homage to a place I loved as a kid, Crystal Beach Park. If you’ve read the last several posts (here, here,
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My own little nightmare…
Guess what! This is post three in the “coolest thing I ever made” series. You’re wondering why I am compelled to torment you with preludes, am I right? Did you end up making a Crystal
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You’re making toilet paper?
NO, toilet paper is not the craft of the month (there’s almost a very bad pun in that sentence). This project, however, was fraught with peril. The first issue is that I’ve built it up
Grab a coffee and pull up a chair
Life can be messy, funny, sweet and maddening.
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Recap 2025, my eye!
Yippee-ki-yay…2025 is nearing a close! The year that ends is usually depicted as a very old man. So, on December 31st, I will not hesitate to kick that miserable, sorry, hunchback, bearded jerk to the
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That guy. I just don’t deserve him…
This is a highly secret post. If word gets out, I will NEVER (ever, ever) hear the end of it. Pinky swear before you begin reading that this stays between us! We good? (Okay, here’s
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Could I, or couldn’t I?
If we haven’t chatted in a while, things in my “perfect” world are NOT… (…perfect, that is). The kitchen project, while promising, is still in mid-phase hiatus (preview below). So, we’ve moved on to bathroom
