Happy Friday 12/18/20

Happy Friday! How are you? We’re wrapping up virtual school for the year and looking forward to some down time over the holidays. Elf is on the docket this weekend plus some baking and Brooks keeps asking if we can do a big ‘holiday clean’ on the house before Christmas (yes, really!) so we’ll probably get to that. Hope you have a good and safe weekend!

Hanging paper star on www.thegritandpolish.com

Cathy’s top, Paper star DIY tutorial, vintage hutch

More from the week…

Paper stars are all over our house this year and they’re really easy to make! I shared a quick tutorial here.

The coolest gingerbread house. (@thefauxmartha)

The epitome of winter coziness in a little alpine lodge. I love this one so much and am blown away at how current and fresh all the wood looks. (cocokelley)

Snow days in 2020…? "We will return to the serious and urgent business of growing up on Thursday, but for tomorrow…go build a snowman.” (buzzfeed)

These fine art prints are so lovely! I just got this one and can’t wait to frame it in a vintage frame. (bethanycochran)

This pink kitchen. Swoon! (@sarahbrowninteriors)

Identical strangers. Could there be someone else in the world that looks just like you? (Kottke)

Lauren Liess’s simple and classic holiday decor. (bhg)

An update on the Poplar Cottage kitchen!

It turns out, all I needed to survive lockdown was sourdough. Same, same (here’s our process). (nytimes)

Taking notes: 11 kitchen cabinet paint colors you should definitely be sampling. (domino)

Another pair of jeans I loved and bought during my hunt for long-enough-to-cover-my-ankles jeans: these Levi’s. (Levi)

Books I’ve enjoyed lately.

Have a good weekend!