Bartlett & Craft

If you are like my family during coronavirus, you are feeling a little antsy and have a lot of pent up energy that isn't being expended in its usual ways.  We find our morning routines slowed way down, less rush, we often don't get out of our pajamas until 10 am (on particularly slow days we don't even change out of them). On bad weather days, after we have exhausted all the fun indoor activities, I find my kids pretty willing to do chores around the house as long as they are presented as a 'fun activity' and not a chore (I get it, I was young once too). So I thought I'd use the same logic to trick myself into a 'chore' by trying to organize my kitchen cupboards and make it into a sorting game.  That might not sound like a ton of fun, but if you are a visual person like me, the visual calm you get from opening a well organized cupboard is so pleasing. It's the little things, haha. A good place to start with organizing is to just take ev...

Ever since I saw  The Grit + Polish  install some peg rails at their farmhouse (they have them in many locations), I knew this was likely the solution I was going to use for our powder room on the mail level. I have already decided I wanted some kind of shelf there for storage, but the shaker pegs were a welcome detail.  The Grit + Polish tutorial  seemed easy enough, so I went with it! Couldn't be happier with the result! The shaker pegs were ordered off of Amazon, but everything else was from my local Ace hardware. So happy to be supporting local businesses right now! The yellow wall color is Golden Bounty by Sherwin Williams.  I have it in another guest bedroom, its a wonderful shade of yellow (thought slightly hard to photograph accurately). I plan to store handsoap tablets (I order mine from  Blueland  for an environmentally friendly alternative) in these thrifted wall baskets and also a broom/dustpan for easy access off o...

Ingredients 1 bag frozen shelled edamame (3 cup) 1 can 11oz corn or 1 1/2 cup fresh corn kernels 4 - 6 medium radishes sliced 1/4 c each chopped cilantro and scallions (or green onions) 1/2 c rice or wine vinegar 1 TB oil 1 TB wasabi powder (optional - I don't use it) 1 tsp minced garlic Directions Cook edamame (I don't - I just thaw them) as package directs - omitting salt. Cool under cold water. Drain. Toss with warm corn, radishes, cilantro and scallions in large bowl Whisk together vinegar, oil, wasabi powder and garlic and toss into salad. Serve room temp or chilled

Making it a family affair by posting another family recipe I got from my mom. Salad: 1 bag fresh spinach cleaned 1 c water chestnuts- sliced thin 6 hard boiled eggs –sliced 1 c bean sprouts 6 strips bacon –crisp in pieces Dressing: ¾ c sugar 1 c oil 1/3 c ketchup ¼ c vinegar 2TB Worchesterschire 1 grated onion (small)