As an introvert who also loves big family weekends, having different spaces for everyone to spread out in the cabin was really important to me. That way if you wanted to have a group play cards while someone else (like me) preferred to quietly read in a corner, you didn’t have to overlap too much. Plus, now that I have […]

Creating the perfect guest experience is as simple as putting yourself in their place. What do you like when you stay at a hotel or at a friend’s home? What makes you feel welcome? For me, so much of it is the feeling that I have my own space, and that I’m comfortable in it. So the first step for […]

The room that made us buy the cabin was the master bedroom. Tucked upstairs, it has soaring A-Frame ceilings and a vintage wood burning fireplace. There’s a roomy balcony that had me daydreaming about cups of cocoa at tree height during the wintertime. But, it was sort of dark and the bathroom was insane. Seriously. The ceiling was a grand […]

You might have seen this month’s feature in Domino Magazine where I revealed my cabin renovation. Now I’m beyond excited to give you a deeper look at my kitchen in partnership with Samsung. When I was daydreaming about our cabin, I knew the kitchen would be the heart, the center of activity. First, it’s BAM right there in the middle, […]

Opening gifts is such a distinct pleasure.  The rip and crinkle of the paper, that sense of anticipation and mystery – as a child it’s almost too exciting to bear. I wasn’t so bad that I’d go into my parent’s closet to discover what they had gotten me for Christmas, but still – I’d practically leap out of bed when […]