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DIY Mud Room with vertical shiplap planks, hooks, 2x6 counters, and storage bench Reveal

Homespun House 2.0

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In the meantime…read more about a few projects that are making our second house feel like home:

DIY Old World Mud Room Reveal | One Room Challenge | Week 7

DIY Nursery Closet Shelving System

Fun, Colorful Laundry Room | One Room Challenge Reveal

Vintage Toy Nursery Reveal

Hello! I'm Laura. I use antiques, thrift store finds, and a heavy dose of elbow grease to make our house a home, and I write about it here at Homespun by Laura. From DIY to sewing, you'll find DIY ideas to solve your home decor dilemmas. Pull up a seat and stay awhile!

homespunbylaura

Jack of all trades; master of none.
DIY. Sewing. Travel. Drawing and fabric design. Mama to two 🎀. Learning to enjoy the process.

Laura
Reality hit hard this week after three full & fun Reality hit hard this week after three full & fun days in NYC! It was weird and wonderful not to be responsible for the tiniest details of life at home for a few days…and to finally have the Frozen soundtrack out of my head, if only briefly. It’s going to be very beautiful there in a few weeks when spring explodes and all the flowers & trees are in bloom, and we got a nice preview.
When I built this play kitchen I was approximately When I built this play kitchen I was approximately 1 year pregnant with the baby 🤪 and it’s so satisfying to see them playing in it together now.
We did something a little crazy last week. So the We did something a little crazy last week. So the Mister wouldn’t miss the baby’s first birthday while he was at a conference in Boston, we packed up a couple carry-ons and a few personal items and all 4 boarded the plane! The girls behaved as well as we could have asked for for both flights, and we all enjoyed exploring the city together outside of the conference hours. The girls and I are used to spending a lot of Mama-daughter time together at home during the work week while the Mister commutes, so it was fun (and challenging, in a small un-baby-proofed city apartment!) to have a change of scenery for the a few days. We visited a chocolate factory, the aquarium, had lunch at Quincy Market, rode many T trains, walked a LOT around our neighborhood in Cambridge, pretended to be city kids for a couple hours at the nearby playground, and of course, celebrated the little one’s birthday. It was cold and rainy (and even snowed some!), girls were tired due to the travel and the time change, the apartment didn’t come with a crib or high chair so we had to travel with those (and managed to do it with only the carry-ons!). There were so many little challenges planning for the trip that I initially adamantly refused to pack us up and go, but eventually the Mister wore me down (and listened to all 112 of my concerns) and we figured out solutions to all of them. Sure, it’s hard to travel with kids, but lots of things are hard with kids! It would have been easier to stay at home, but I’m so glad we went. Even more special- the 3-year-old is at an age where she’s likely to remember this trip. ✈️
A year goes by so much quicker the second time aro A year goes by so much quicker the second time around!
It took about 10 seconds to come up with the idea, It took about 10 seconds to come up with the idea, 10 minutes to determine how to execute it…and almost another 10 months to complete it. But it’s done now and I love it 😉
Big change in our house this weekend. And as alway Big change in our house this weekend. And as always, the big kid wants to help. 🪛 #biggirlbed
Smiling sisters sharing snacks 😍 Smiling sisters sharing snacks 😍
Somebody got a bed! It took over 3 years for this Somebody got a bed! It took over 3 years for this room to fully come together, and I think we can officially put it on the DONE list now! The big girl moved out about a year ago, and it’s been empty ever since. Back in the summer, I finally painted it, and over the weekend the big girl helped her daddy assemble the crib for her little sister. 🎊
It’s that time of year! My favorite cranberry br It’s that time of year! My favorite cranberry bread is special because it was my grandmother’s recipe. She passed away two years ago 8 days before her 98th birthday and would have turned 100 next week. It’s funny, I always buy the cranberries as soon as I see them at the grocery store each November. Then I intend to make the bread nearly every day in December. But for years, it’s been January before I actually get around to making it. Perhaps that’s appropriate, given the facts in the paragraph above. The recipe says to let the loaf sit for a full 24 hours before cutting. It’s true that the flavors seem to get stronger and it’s even more delicious after a day has passed, but I’ve never made it more than an hour before I slice through its crisp outer crust and enjoy the first bite.
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