How to Borrow Old-House Energy Until Your House Earns Its Own
How to make a new house feel old: 19 warm, weird, vintage-feeling Amazon finds that give a beige new-build real old-house character — from someone who actually lives in an 1885 former steakhouse.
For the Baby Who Fought to Be Here
I've had cholestasis with every one of my pregnancies. This is the 2 a.m., orange-juice-before-bed, NICU-incubator story behind our Saint Raymond Nonnatus line — for the babies who fought to be here.
The Steakhouse in My House Bought the County Fair's Grand Champion - Year After Year.
Isabella Winton didn't just say "grand champion beef" — she bought the actual county fair champion, year after year. The true story behind my house, the 1958 photo I found, and the Winton's tee.
Yankee Doodle Was a British Diss Track. We Made It Our Anthem.
I went down a Yankee Doodle rabbit hole at midnight and I have no regrets. Turns out the song you sang in 2nd grade was originally a 1750s British diss track — and the colonists stole the chorus out of pure spite. The pettiest founding story they never taught you.
My house built in 1885 is haunted. Where are the modern ghosts?
My 1885 home is haunted. The ghosts are Victorian. One of them banged around in a bathroom at 4:30am last week. I have notes.
The 1776 Mic Drop: John Hancock Signed His Death Warrant in Cursive Five Inches Tall
John Hancock was a 39-year-old billionaire with a Boston mansion and a bounty on his head from the British Crown. He signed the Declaration of Independence five inches tall in cursive with a flourish. Then walked back to work. The shirt, the mug, the tot
Some Women Say Live Laugh Love. Abigail Adams Threatened to Foment a Rebellion in 1776.
Some women say live laugh love. Abigail Adams threatened to foment a rebellion. Her husband — the future second president — called her saucy. Then she raised the next president of the United States. Those women are not the same.
America's Almost-Bird: Why Ben Franklin Was Right About the Turkey
Ben Franklin spent a 1784 letter trying to talk America out of the bald eagle. He wanted a turkey. He was right.
Wildly Patriotic, Just Not Basic: 7 Shirts For The 250th That Aren't Bald Eagles In Aviators
I went looking for a 4th of July shirt this year and almost gave up on the holiday. So we made our own. Founding Fathers, Founding Mothers, and one very unreasonable 250th Anniversary statement.
I Prayed for Pretty Hair. I Got Personality Instead — Here's the Routine That Finally Worked
I prayed for a magic hair miracle every night for years. It never came. So I built a personality instead — the OTHER P-word — and then, painstakingly, figured out the routine.
22 Amazon Finds That Turn a Sad Patio Into a Glad Patio
It started with the bag chair from the kid's first soccer tournament — the one with dried applesauce in the cup holder. Then the grill nobody cleaned. The tomato plant that died. The twinkle lights from 2019 with three working bulbs. Then I made a decision. 22 Amazon finds that take a sad patio and make it glad.
I've Got the Blues. Like, All of Them.
For as long as I can remember, the most beautiful blue in the world has been Tiffany blue. Lately, that same elevated, intentional, someone-meant-it blue has been finding its way into every corner of Amazon. 24 finds in shades from cornflower to ice to chinoiserie — every one carrying the same weight, without the crazy money.
20 Amazon Finds With No Business Being This Cheap
There is a kind of woman who can walk into a furniture store and confidently buy the $1,400 chair. I am not yet her. So until I am, I am completely comfortable owning fancy-adjacent furniture — 20 Amazon finds that look like a renovation budget without the renovation budget.
It's 2am, the House Is Finally Quiet, and I Am Not About to Waste It Sleeping
The Amazon finds every tired mom secretly adds to her cart at 2am, when the house is finally quiet and the only form of self-care left is horizontal and one tap away. Sleep gear, spa ice, a pickle fork, a sunset projector. Full list, no judgment.
This Was the Cigar Room — and the Reason Why Is the Best Story in the House
In 1936, a nineteen-year-old named Isabella Winton opened a steakhouse in this house — and turned this very room into a men-only cigar lounge for one gloriously practical reason: the card ladies tipped a quarter, and the bowlers tipped five dollars. This is the story of that room, and the 20 old-house finds that gave it a second life. Nothing disposable. Nothing for the sake of it.
I Found This House's 1948 Dinner Menu. Turns Out I'd Already Rebuilt It on Amazon.
My house used to be a steakhouse. I found the original 1948 Sunday menu they ran in the paper — fried chicken, homemade biscuits, pie, cake and ice cream — and realized I'd already rebuilt the whole thing on Amazon without meaning to. Here's the menu, and exactly what you'd cook each dish in today.
18 Amazon Finds I Bought to Stop Crying at the Utility Bill
The thing nobody tells you about having a place of your own is that the utility bill never lets up. Summer the AC runs, winter the furnace runs, the bill comes either way. Here are the 18 Amazon finds I bought to stop crying when it does — no gimmicks, just the fixes that actually moved the needle.
I'm Just the Current Chapter: 17 Amazon Finds for a Home That Has Known Many Keepers
Covell built this house in 1885. Isabella made it famous, running her steakhouse out of it for 40 years. Someone restored some of it before me. Now it's mine — and I'm working to keep it up. These are the 17 Amazon finds I bought for a home that has known many keepers. Nothing disposable. Nothing for the sake of it.
140 Years Old and She Has Opinions: The 18 Amazon Finds My Historic Home Approved
The Amazon List for Women Who Want to Feel Like They Have Their Life Together
Velvet hangers. Silk pillowcase. A laundry basket with a lid. These are the Amazon finds that make you feel like you finally have it together. All linked.