a modern dadu

Happy Sunday! Let’s get this week started off with a little garage talk, shall we? Oh, don’t let that rendering above fool you – she’s still there – our little 1910/1965 hybrid of embarrassment. Nearly a year and a half ago(!) we wrote this post about our plans to remodel while working with the existing […]

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small space living with two kids

Back in May, I wrote about our ideas on how we planned to incorporate two kiddos in our small house. Now that we’re 3+ months into this dual kid routine, I thought it would be fun to stop by and update everyone on how we’re faring. For the most part, we’re all cohabitating surprisingly well. […]

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a new rug for the nursery

We made a small update in the nursery several months ago, but I just realized we never shared it here on the blog! Anyhow, new rug! The old rug was an off-white chevron rug from West Elm. There was a lot to love about it, but over time Bailey’s nails would snag the knotted design […]

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sunset magazine

I started reading Sunset several years ago, usually during my lunch break at work. With its focus on the western U.S., each issue left me thinking I want to try that / I want to eat that / I want to go there! Now, I don’t usually gravitate towards “lifestyle” magazines, but for me this […]

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studio zerbey / seattle house lift

We first met Paige and Evan last fall when we did a consultation for their small 1918 house in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. (They found us through our blog – yay!) They hadn’t lived in the house long, but knew they wanted to make some changes that would create more usable spaces and take […]

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