ON MOTHERHOOD

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Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

A week or two ago, I was chatting with some colleagues about our work schedules and the busy season that is coming. One of my younger, single, childless coworkers said, "I think I should rent a kid for a few weeks so I can demand to be able to go home by a certain time every day."
She was joking, but I was taken aback....

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CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

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Published on Monday, 13 May 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

For the longest time, I've been sold on traditional white subway tile with dark grout for our master bathroom.  Like this:

Fashion designer Lauren Moffatt's bathroom, From Design*Sponge. Photos by Alice Gao.

But lately, something about squares is calling out to me. Maybe it's because subway tile is so common,...

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WEIRD CHAIRS

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Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

I really don't know who I think I am, but I can't help it when it comes to ugly chairs.
First there's our dentist chair, which my dad and I bought when I was in college. No one ever sits in it (though it's surprisingly comfortable), but I don't want to just get rid of it -- I have fond memories of my husband sitting in...

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13.1

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Published on Wednesday, 01 May 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

In case you were wondering, YES - we survived our half marathon on Saturday. I mentioned back in November that Ez signed us up for the Ocean City Half, and then I purposely never mentioned it again. I don't have a lot of patience for reading about people's exercise regimens, so I didn't want to make a hypocrite of...

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CUNNINGHAM FALLS

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Published on Monday, 22 April 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

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THINKING ABOUT DINING ROOMS

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Published on Thursday, 18 April 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

Photo ©Eric Roth

With the dining room floor now installed, I am giving myself permission to think about the dining room as a space that will actually be useful to us in the nearish future. That means figuring out the fun stuff like furniture, art, finishes, etc. I looked through my Pinterest folder of dining rooms...

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PLANTING A GARDEN

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Published on Monday, 15 April 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

I am not known for my green thumb. One year in elementary school, everyone in our class was given a packet of mixed seeds on Earth Day. I took them home and dutifully planted them in a little plastic terrarium I had gotten as a McDonald's Happy Meal toy. I watered those buggers faithfully for weeks and nothing...

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DINING ROOM FLOORING

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Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

The weekend brought both good news and bad news. As the sad part of the story goes, Johnnie and I were supposed to be in Florida over the weekend on a five-day, girls-only vacation with my mom. On Thursday, the night before our flight was to take off, mom called and said she had a fever of 103 and the trip had to be...

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EMBRACING THE UGLY AND LETTING IT GO

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Published on Friday, 05 April 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

The other day the husband and I had a little bit of a heart-to-heart about the house. There were tears afterward (on my end) because it meant coming to grips with how unhappy we are in this house, for various reasons. After four and a half years, we still don't feel like this place is our home. Many, many things have...

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UPDATED KITCHEN ISLAND

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Published on Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Authors: emily @ cabin fervor

The kitchen island got a little makeover recently. (I'm talking about the wood bar top on the back, not the mess underneath...) Now we have a place to sit in the kitchen, which is really handy since our dining room is still a full-blown construction zone.
The wood slab was actually cut from an old library desk my dad...

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