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Lovely home!

Your collection of coffee-making apparatuses in the kitchen rivals mine :)

My house had one of those 4" granite backsplashes that matched the countertop. I rather impulsively removed it with an x-acto knife and 5-in-1 tool one weekend. That forced me to commit the next weekend to installing subway tile :)

The "January Cure" project I embarked on was kind of impulse too, in that I started tearing up the 90s tile that was atop the 20s tile in one of my bathrooms at like 1am one night when I couldn't sleep. I made finishing/cleaning that up into my big January Cure project.

It can definitely be learned if you have appropriate interest and time (especially time!)

My current house has a gorgeous jungle of a yard, something I somehow neglected to notice other than to note "hey, nice landscaping" during the home-buying process. The first few months were a struggle to keep things trimmed, weeded, fertilized, alive, etc. And I am still learning what some of the stuff in my yard is - imagine the fun when you think you're making a key lime pie only to find that's not a key lime but instead a calamansi tree in your yard :)

Wow, the timing on this article. We bought our new home about a year ago and I do love it, but there was one amazingly appointed house in the same neighborhood, that was part of our search but just a little out of our price range. I'd wondered "what if?" a couple of times. This weekend, I actually had the opportunity to chat with the new homeowner and the place has turned out to structurally be a nightmare (structural unsoundness, leaks, mold).

I came home and gave my sturdy Craftsman bungalow a big hug. :)

Love the decor, and as a fellow corgi momma, love seeing the Corgis ruling over the home as well :) I like to think that the pup in the top photo is giving the side-eye to anyone who dares pass judgement on the "offensive" pillow.

Does anyone else have a ridiculous surplus of makeup/skincare samples in their bathroom cabinets? I do, and I find it difficult to throw them out. I considered wrapping small parcels of them in tulle/ribbon and handing out to friends who come over, lol, but if everyone has as much of the stuff as I do, that's not that great either. They're generally not sealed, so I've never tried donating them, either.