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Yesterday, I painted this shelf the same sage color as the walls around our stairs. It is the new guest room hospitality shelf, that will store everything a guest in our home might need to make their stay comfier and homier! We’re tackling a big project in the guest room tomorrow, which has given me major inspiration to restyle the space a bit. I tried to explain my style vision to Ben, and I couldn’t communicate it very well, but I can see where I’m going. Think vintage bed and breakfast, but with a modern update. What does that mean? It means vintage art and accessories, but with a bold black wall. A mix of vintage and modern furniture. A neutral and serene color palette, but with a few pops of color like this sage shelf and a vintage quilt. I’m thinking out loud as I share this, and I’m not planning to buy anything new to do it. I’ll just shop our house to give this space a little makeover to fit this “hard to describe” vision until it can speak for itself!

We’re snowed in again. It’s ok, though. I’ll just be here admiring this beautiful $5 Goodwill chair with PERFECT caning. I saw it and knew it was a perfect match for this house and this kilim pillow. I planned on reupholstering it, but now that it’s home I kind of love the soft greige color of the fabric. 😍

My $1 yard sale painting and the new sage paint on the stairs make a great pair! I shared all about my longest-running project today on my stories. The end is in sight! There’s a picture in my stories of what this view used to look like. Let’s just say it was very red. 😭🍅 I’m loving the way this muted sage color looks with the restored wood. I’ll write a post when I’m finished about my process and the things I’ve learned doing it myself! 🎨

To convince myself that it really is Spring, I curated a springy Spotify playlist. It’s a little chill. A little spirited. A pinch of folky, and a dash of instrumental. You can search “Avery Michaels” on Spotify, or find it in my new post on Holland Avenue Home 🌿🌷🕯📖📻

This corner of our kitchen is the home of sentimental odds and ends. A porcelain tile from my great grandma’s kitchen. A pitcher from my grandma. Polish pottery from Ben’s parents. A silver cow creamer that gets passed around the family every year at Christmas. A tiny oil painting that I found nestled in an antique store. And two tiny yellow flowers that I plucked from our yard before the blizzard. 🌻🌼🖼🥑🍶🐄 I’m on a mission to eliminate clutter, but the sentimental knick-knacks are here to stay.

Well, we got another round of snow yesterday. And by snow, I mean BLIZZARD. Ben was shoveling our driveway this morning when a neighbor came over with his snowblower. He cleared half the driveway in the time it took Ben to do a few feet of the sidewalk, and then his snowblower quit. It wasn’t long before another neighbor came over with a bigger snowblower! Ben said, “I think it’s partly because they want to be nice neighbors, and partly because they want to show off their snowblowers. It might be the most Iowa thing I’ve ever experienced.” It’s been nice to have snow days that force you to stay inside and rest, but I’m ready to see some flowers and green grass and get outside to plant my garden! 🌷👩🏻‍🌾🍄🌿🌻🥦🥒🍅 Anyone else snowed in today?

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