There’s a specific feeling I’m always chasing in my house. It’s softer than that, literally and emotionally. Over time, I’ve learned that you don’t always need new furniture or big changes to get that softness. Sometimes you just need one small habit, repeated in a few places, until the whole house feels gentler. For me, […]
Last winter in Boston was the kind of weather that makes the whole city feel tighter, as if everyone is moving faster just to get inside again. I remember a stretch of days when I kept putting off errands, thinking I’d run out later, and then suddenly later didn’t feel so simple, because the cold […]
I think every home collects spices the way it collects spare phone chargers, quietly and over time, until one day you open a cabinet and realize you have three versions of paprika, a half-empty bag of cumin you forgot existed, and something labeled Italian blend that has been clinging to the back corner since a […]
Two days ago, I stripped the bed the way I always do and found something that made my stomach drop for a second: a small patch of mold spotting on one of my pillows, right near the seam where fabric folds and air never really circulates. My first instinct was embarrassment, which is honestly such […]
Yesterday, I walked past my vanity the way I do almost every day, half-thinking about nothing in particular, with my dog trailing me the way he always does, and I suddenly realized something that made me stop in the hallway like I’d forgotten a name. I’ve shown little corners of my home, and I’ve told […]
When I was a kid living with my parents in Massachusetts, my mom had this habit that felt slightly mysterious to me at the time, and now it feels completely logical. She saved things. Not in a chaotic, piles-in-the-corner way, but in a quiet, practical way that made our house feel prepared. Glass bottles didn’t […]
When my husband was living, he installed cabinets around our home, the kind that don’t call attention to themselves but quietly make life easier, and I think I appreciate them even more now because they keep working even when I’m tired, even when I’m distracted, even when I don’t have the energy to get organized […]
