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When you have kids, decluttering can feel like an impossible undertaking.

Rose and I made a book. It has a cover! By us! All of the nitty-gritty details are at the end of this letter, if you are v busy and just want to buy our book already. Your shelf needs a pop of color. We got you. Available now for pre-order at all the mega-bookstores and the indie ones, too.

Reading my tea leaves instagram

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All the things I love! The Campaign is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. I complain, I delight, I wonder over what it means to be a human in troubling and magical times.

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Erin grew up in a house full of sisters on the Connecticut shoreline. Past work in historic and cultural preservation informs her desire to cherish what is beautiful, useful, and meaningful. Time spent living in an apartment with a footprint of just square feet taught her to reevaluate everything else. Erin lives in New York City with her husband, James and their three children. Photo by Nicole Franzen.

Reading my tea leaves instagram

A few weeks ago I took a photo of my mostly empty closet shelves and posted it to Instagram with the caption that empty shelves and baskets look prettier than full ones. Sorry to disappoint. You might not either. But we do live in a world where images of styled spaces show us light and bright and just one white towel hanging daintily on the hook. Sheets and napkins and toilet paper gotta go somewhere and the spaces we have for them is often small in any size home. To note: When I took these shots, we were out of toilet paper, slobs that we are. The rolls usually go up there next to the towels. And, of course, I straightened the shelves before I took the pictures. And fine, maybe I moved a brightly colored dish towel that was throwing off the look. And yes, some of our linens are in use: in the bathroom, in the hamper, …on the floor.

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