(Master bath) We are on the brink of potty training our first born. And I've made a terrible realization. Only one of the beautiful bathrooms I designed in our home is truly potty-training appropriate (i.e., has LOTS of room around the toilet and a ceramic tile floor). I cringe at the idea of repeatedly scrubbing…
For a professional job interview, it's the general advice to dress conservatively, in your best blue suit, sensible shoes, and understated jewelry or tie (I should know, I've practiced law in big firms for 8 years and been on both sides of the interview table plenty of times). But a first date is a very…
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We moved into our house 2 weeks before I was due to be induced to deliver our son. I was ecstatic to finally be moving into our new home (which we were supposed to have moved into a month prior). But I was also stressed that we would end up dumping things randomly around the…
Spit and polish (noun) - extreme attention to cleanliness, orderliness, smartness of appearance and ceremony often at the expense of operational efficiency. This is my design process to a T! (Well, we’ll leave the extreme attention to cleanliness to my husband. That’s not me. The rest…guilty!) I'm Elyse and today I'm launching Spit & Polish.…
Spit & Polish 