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On the Right Foot: Martinis are Back, Cheerful Summer Earrings, Surprising Uses for Lemon Juice, & More!

May 2, 2022 by jessica Leave a Comment

I went to the botanical gardens yesterday to see what was in bloom and get inspiration for our own yard. I fell in love with the pretty white and blue flowers of the puschkinia plant and the dense ground cover it provides in early spring. I’ll be planting some blubs in the fall.

A roundup of items I have my eye on. I actually ordered the bench for our bedroom. I signed up for restock notifications months ago and immediately bought it once it came back.

This snack cake uses an entire orange — including the peel!

The martini is making a comeback.

Here’s what I bought and loved last month.

What the fitness industry doesn’t understand.

These earrings are so much fun for summer!

Shoe size can change during pregnancy and Allyson Felix’s brand wants to help.

16 ways to use lemon juice around your home.

The best indoor hanging plants.

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The Coveted

April 29, 2022 by jessica Leave a Comment

The Coveted

ONE | TWO | THREE | FOUR | FIVE | SIX | SEVEN

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Things I Bought & Loved: April 2022

April 27, 2022 by jessica Leave a Comment

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See this year’s sartorial additions here.

  • A New Day linen tank dress in black ($20) – This dress is a shapeless sack on its own. However, adding a belt or a simple tie around the waist makes it super cute! The fabric has a nice weight to it and it feels like it’s good quality for a Target dress. Go with your normal size.
  • Chloé cat-eye sunglasses in black ($88) – These cat-eye shades are flattering, yet a touch more understated than my normal oversized sunglasses. I came across them while trying on sunglasses at Nordstrom Rack and couldn’t resist adding them to my collection.
  • L.L. Bean organic cotton slub sweater in grey ($50) – This is such a cute sweatshirt-inspired sweater for spring. It’s lightweight and isn’t clingy, so it’s perfect to throw on with jeans for weekend errands or pair with workout wear for a morning walk. I went with my regular size medium.

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  • Schoolhouse winter + summer cotton coverlet ($200) – I’ve wanted this reversible blanket for awhile and finally bought it when Schoolhouse had a recent sale. I think it’ll be cute in our guest room whenever we get around to finishing that space.

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On the Right Foot: When to Replace Your Bakeware, “It” Plants, A Great Dress for the Office, & More!

April 25, 2022 by jessica Leave a Comment

Photo credit: Domino

Holy moly, friends, I didn’t mean to go dark for most of April! We’ve been knee-deep in our bathroom renovation (and going over budget), had some computer hiccups that kept me away from the blog, and it’s my busiest time of the year at work. I’m hoping to get back into the swing of things again soon!

I adore this home tour!

The difference between an interior “decorator” and “designer” — and the history of the latter.

Cultivating the latest “It” plant.

I just ordered this work-appropriate faux wrap dress in an easy to wear jersey fabric.

A flow chart illustrating how the Instagram algorithm works.

Emily Henderson’s team reviewed popular styles from Summersalt. I loved seeing how the styles look on different body types and I’m now tempted to order this one in olive!

When to replace your bakeware.

Loving these earrings!

Seven ways to hide cords and wires throughout your home.

Declutter for peace of mind.

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Project Update: Main Bathroom Progress, Part Two

April 19, 2022 by jessica Leave a Comment

It’s been awhile since I’ve checked in and things are moving along with our main bathroom remodel. This project has had its stressful moments with longer construction times than we had planned on — and a larger bill as a result. I’ll share more insight into the costs associated with the two bathrooms once we’re done. For now, I need to focus on the exciting portions of the renovation to ease some of my own stress! Here’s what’s unfolded since the last update.

After gutting the room, reinforcing and leveling the floor, and framing the built-ins that flank the tub, our new window was installed. The window is half the height as the old window for privacy. It doesn’t open and will be tiled in to make sure it’s watertight. We’re keeping the other full-sized window in the room, so the one in the shower wasn’t necessary for airflow.

Oh man, I’m sure the team wasn’t thrilled about getting a 350-pound cast iron tub up our narrow staircase, but they did it! The floor is reinforced and metal straps were installed under the feet of the tub for additional support. We also added new insulation to the exterior walls since all of the old blow-in insulation was wet and rotting.

The opening here is our custom shower niche. While there are standard sizes for shower niches, we opted to go custom since the room was ripped open anyway. I lined up all of our shower must-haves and measured the height, width, and depth to make sure everything fits nicely.

We decided to do tile midway up the wall like we had originally — but lower at 48″ high — so backerboard was put up around the room. This was the point where we felt like we were nearing the home stretch — three weeks ago. We weren’t, fact, anywhere near completion. Our contractor was on vacation for a week and while he was out one of the guys spent a lot of his time patching, sanding, and painting the walls and ceiling; one worked on venting the exhaust fan correctly through our attic and out the roof; and the other worked on the built-in cabinets. It was all work that obviously needed to get done, but we didn’t see a lot of visual progress for a bit until they got to tiling:

I originally wanted a bullnose trim at the top of our wall tile. Unfortunately that wasn’t in the cards. I purchased a 4″ x 12″ subway tile, thinking that I could buy bullnose pieces that were also 12″ long. Unfortunately, the Daltile brand wasn’t going to make it that easy. The tile from Home Depot was actually 12.5″ long, despite what the online descriptions and boxes say. Daltile doesn’t make bullnose pieces or trim in 12.5″ length. (And, annoying, the 12″ length of anything is actually 11 7/8″. I don’t get it and I hate it.) After some frustration, we settled on this L-shaped aluminum trim in white enamel. For as much as I didn’t want this because I thought it would look too modern, I’ve come around to it. It gives the room a crisp, clean edge and I think white helps keep it from looking contemporary.

These photos were taken last Friday. It was such a thrill to see a wall tiled in the shower and the built-ins moving along! The guys did a great job of recreating our original built-in to keep the vintage aesthetic I wanted for our 1920s house.

And here we are as of last night!

The shower niche makes me the happiest. They still need to finish the trim of this and the window, but it’s just so cute!

Once they’re done with the walls and the built-ins, we’ll lay out the marble hexagon flooring. The marble flooring was #drama. The marble tile I had originally purchased from Home Depot last December starting having horrible reviews of the tile turning yellow once it was grouted. Part of me wondered what the odds would be of that happening to us, but I was also worried we’d spend time and money on the installation and then have to rip it out. Long story short, we were able to return the tile to Home Depot after the return period ended (best customer service) and we purchased this flooring from The Tile Shop. It’s a lot more expensive than the original tile, but it’s much nicer quality. They also made sure that my order came from the same lot so the stone would have the same hues throughout.

For grout, we’re going with Natural Gray for the subway tile because I wanted something a bit darker to pull in the dark wall color. We’ll be doing Delorean Gray on the marble floor, which blends in nicely with the grey tones in the stone.

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Jessica Hamm
Hello there! I'm a first-time homeowner updating a 1920s house in Madison, Wisconsin. I have a penchant for travel and a love of costume jewelry. Follow along for personal style, travel, and lifestyle content.

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I planted over 100 flower bulbs last fall and whil I planted over 100 flower bulbs last fall and while that many haven’t come up, I’m feeling exceptionally proud of the ones that did — even if my involvement was minimal. 

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I am just the happiest! I keep looking at this bat I am just the happiest! I keep looking at this bathroom and thinking how lucky we are that we were able to do this! It wasn’t always easy to navigate the stressful moments, but the end result is worth it. I feel like I’m at a luxury hotel every time I shower! (And it sure beats showering with the spiders in our [basically unfinished] basement bathroom. It was like camping in our own home for the past six weeks — and I very much hate camping!)

More photos to come!

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For as stressful as this project has been, it’s For as stressful as this project has been, it’s amazing to see it come together. (Swipe for a before!) 

The rest of the shower tile will be installed on Monday and then they’ll starting laying the floor tile. I can’t wait!

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Grocery store tulips arrived a month later than us Grocery store tulips arrived a month later than usual this year. Let’s hope spring doesn’t follow suit. 

#flowers #tulips #whiteflowers #whitetulips #grocerystoreflowers
My NCAA bracket was busted within the first few ho My NCAA bracket was busted within the first few hours of the tournament, but there's a much more fun one to take part in: a bagel bracket with @bantambagels -- and you can win a month's supply of the winning flavor! There will be a daily matchup on their Instagram stories each Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday now through April 5. Each vote in the daily face off is a chance to be one of five grand prize winners! My vote goes to Everybody's Favorite, an everything bagel stuffed with veggie cream cheese. 

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So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye ... to So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye ... to this bathroom. Demolition on our upstairs main bathroom starts today! I love old houses and #OldHouseThings, but this bathroom's prior renovation clearly isn't part of the original home -- nor was it done well. A leak from the bathtub into our kitchen on Easter 2020 kicked off our plans for the renovation and it's finally coming to fruition two years later. The prior damage wasn't caused by leaking pipes (although we just replaced all of the old galvanized pipes with PVC plumbing to futureproof the house); it was from water pooling on the edge of the tub after a shower and then spilling over the side onto the floor. As we discovered, the tub isn't level (nor is the toilet) which caused water to flow over. I'm sure we'll discover plenty of other water damage as our contractor's team starts pulling everything out and I'm so excited for the peace of mind that will come from getting everything in tip top shape. 

Today is also the day that fixtures will be installed in the half bath! There's a short punch list of small things yet to do in that space, but the finished product is right around the corner! 

#bathroom #bathroomremodel #bathroomrenovation #thisoldhouse #1920shouse #home #oldhouselove #oldhouse #centuryhome
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