A few weeks ago when I tried my hand at making croissants, I misread the recipe and thought it required the same dough as puff pastry — so when I realized I had made a mistake, I decided to go ahead and make puff pastry as well. The dough can be finicky, but if you… CONTINUE READING →
Last Friday we helped organize a 10th anniversary party for Retro Estilistas, the hair salon my family has been going to for, well, the last ten years. I designed the invitations based on their decor using Pages and my mom had them printed on photographic paper: It reads: Retro Estilistas invites you to celebrate our… CONTINUE READING →
A while ago I shared my plans for the living room, which has gone through a makeover these last few months: first we slipcovered the sofa in beige, then we re-painted the walls in a dark gray, after that we switched out the Poang for a cuter accent chair that I stenciled. When we finally finished… CONTINUE READING →
Yesterday we took advantage of the gorgeous weather and had family over for some paella. My parents usually bring all the ingredients and cook it outside in the patio; and this time it was especially delicious. When we planned this, we didn’t realize it fell on Mother’s Day (we just sort of checked the weather… CONTINUE READING →
Last weekend we went over to my aunt & uncle’s house to help them install a photo mural wallpaper they had bought. They found this great site where you can find photo murals that cover almost a full wall for around 70€, and I thought it was an awesome way to add interest to a… CONTINUE READING →
Thanks for all of your well wishes the other day, and the suggestions on where to look for apartments, they’re very much appreciated. I’m also happy to know you liked the TV console – and like I promised, I’m here to share a tutorial. The first thing we did was figure out the dimensions we… CONTINUE READING →
The other day I realized that we only have four months left before we travel to Boston, and we’ll be there for the remainder of the year. People keep asking me if we already have everything figured out… no, we don’t. We don’t have plane tickets nor an apartment nor anything at all for that matter…. CONTINUE READING →
When we finished the passthrough project, we realized we could now actually see the TV from the kitchen – albeit not at the most comfortable viewing angle, but still. If we rotated it a bit, it was actually really nice being able to watch the news or some shows while we cooked. So we started… CONTINUE READING →
We’re slowly making progress on a couple of home projects – both the TV area and the bus roll sign are almost done – and we’re also inching along a bathroom redo we’re helping out a friend with. Now that the weather’s getting better and the days are longer we also have more plans during… CONTINUE READING →
Last week a friend of mine turned 25, so we threw a birthday party in her honor. She doesn’t like sweets (I know, unbelievable but true) except for croissants and palmiers, and even then she doesn’t like them if they have a lot of that syrup some of them have on top. Since I’ve wanted… CONTINUE READING →