We’ve added a new houseplant to life at Casa Petersik, and while that might not seem like breaking news, it feels like a small milestone for us. We usually stick with familiar, reliable plants, so bringing a new green companion into our home was an intentional choice. After some browsing and a bit of impulse, … Read more

Our cabinets have been taken down. Not so much “knocked down” as carefully removed, since we plan to reuse items like the doors for the new peninsula cabinets and donate the rest. When we moved in last December, the kitchen already felt overwhelmed by wood, and removing the uppers was the first step toward lightening … Read more

One Year in Our Home: A Look Back This week we celebrated one year since moving into this house. To mark the milestone—while we finish an office update we’ll share on Monday—we put together some infographic highlights from the past twelve months. Think of it as a visual recap of what we tackled, what we … Read more

Teal Living Room Transformation: Before and After from an Old Cottage When Trish sent us photos of her newly refreshed living room, we were excited to share the striking before-and-after results. Her tiny, old cottage with tongue-and-groove timber walls went from dim to delightfully vibrant after a bold color update. Below is the note she … Read more

Update: Less than 12 hours after this post went live, we added a brief update at the end addressing a few common questions. Hello again — it’s been a while. The break we took has been refreshing and honestly a bit strange, but in a good way. We’re deeply grateful for your support, thoughtful comments, … Read more

How I Restored a Thrifted Moroccan Accent Table This morning I shared photos from a recent thrifting trip and promised more details about a particular table we rescued, together with my routine for refreshing musty wood. Here’s the full story: we found a solid wood Moroccan-style accent table at our first stop (Love of Jesus … Read more

Some of you have asked how Burger is settling into the new house. Short answer: wonderfully. Longer answer: he’s taken to it with the kind of calm confidence only a small but opinionated chihuahua can muster. It took him just a day or two to learn where his food bowl belongs and which door to … Read more

January felt like one of those blink-and-you-miss-it months for us — it flew by. Is it really already February? Before our behind-the-scenes book work erases the month from memory, we like to pause and recap what we actually accomplished (and collect the links in one convenient spot). We also sprinkled in a few never-before-seen moments … Read more

It’s late Sunday night as I sit down to write this. We just returned from a whirlwind weekend in Northern Virginia, where we helped John’s sister update a bedroom and picked up a few nursery items. Today I’ll walk through ten pieces we helped Carrie shop for, hang, and install to give her room a … Read more

We seriously considered two houses in our neighborhood, and today we’re sharing a random little story involving the one we didn’t buy. We’ll also recap what we learned from our astrocartography readings: what the stars had to say about our move to Florida, whether those readings felt accurate or off, and one random sentence about … Read more