Happy Friday 5/8/20

Happy Friday! And happy almost Mothers Day to all you mamas, grandmas, aunties, and friends out there. Any big plans? We’ll be spending the holiday planting flowers, weather permitting. And of course there will be phone calls to make, a cake to bake, and maybe even homemade ice cream to turn. I can’t wait!

Our Farmhouse kitchen (catch the serendipitous story behind this hutch here)

Our lilacs started blooming this week (!!!) and I just can’t get enough. I grew up with lilacs bushes and having their lovely scent in the house will always remind me of childhood.

More from the week…

Lauren Liess’s garden tour. What a magical space! (laurenliess.com)

This pandemic is an opportunity for radical simplification. '“What many of us are realizing in this pandemic is that we need much less than we thought we wanted only a few months ago.” Are you feeling it? (bloomberg)

A tour of the old country home that made me fall in love with Benjamin Moore’s Simply White. (schoolhouse)

How do you make coffee? We’ve simplified our routine and it’s made our mornings better.

68 bits of unsolicited advice from Wired cofounder, Kevin Kelley. I loved this! (thetechnium)

How to cut your own hair. Anyone else there yet? (cupofjo)

Most asked-about paint colors. Amber Lewis really nails the off-white cabinet colors! (allsortsof)

A comedian explains the pandemic to herself from four months ago. So good! (mymodernmet)

The three equations for a happy life, even during a pandemic. (Atlantic)

How this family trimmed their budget by 50%. (money saving mom)

Martha Stewart’s cookbook collection lives a better life than most of us. Wowza. (@marthastewart48)

Have a great weekend!