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HEY THERE, I'M EILEEN

Eileen (me) and co (my three little daily sidekicks) exists to document my design journey. Right now that journey looks like staying at home with my three girls, design blogging, renovating our current house and designing and selling bedswings with my husband. Before kids it looked like an Architecture degree, a career working for an interior designer and flipping houses. Down the road I'll jump back into design and house flipping but right now I'm the official sandwich maker and diaper changer. I get paid less but smooshing baby cheeks makes it worth it.

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One of our favorite DIY’s we’ve ever done is this Dutch door to our laundry room. We bought a $35 door from our local salvage shop and cut it down. We leave the top open all the time for throwing laundry in the baskets and it’s the perfect spot for Rowan to hang while we have people over. She’s trying to tell me she doesn’t need to be in there, can you tell? 😂
Since we moved in our house 4 years ago this corner has never felt finished to me. I’ve tried countless furniture arrangements to fill it using things we had but never loved it. Well I think I’m finally getting there - 4 years later 😂. If that’s not life paced design I don’t know what is! But I bought this piece and painted it for the shop and brought it in “just to try it.” And we all know how that goes- it’s staying with me forever now! Also bought that big piece of art for the shop and couldn’t part with it either!! Perks of the job 😍.
I love living in an old house (ours is almost 100 years old) but like all houses, it has its quirks. Aka closet space and bathroom layouts are lacking but we just call those quirks part of the “old house charm.” . But the lack of mudroom space as the girls are all getting in school has been a frustration and I’ve been racking my brains to figure out a solution that works within the layout of the house. We are finally getting a good plan together and it includes adding some floor to ceiling cabinets with cubbies in our kitchen a la @younghouselove. I’ve been sketching and drawing and can’t wait to share what I’ve been dreaming up!
Sometimes I feel like the only person who isn’t watching GOT right now. I’ve read the books and now I know if I say “oh well who died that ripped your heart out today?” then I’m covered conversation wise with all you GOT people (aka most of my family). . I know Sunday nights are always a little sad saying goodbye to the weekend but I’m looking forward to the coming week, how about you? Anytime I get to work on some fun furniture projects I get excited and I have some fun side tables I’m working on this week! It might be hard to top this gorgeous guy I moved into @cottagegrovevintage on Friday but imma try. Go forth and conquer this week!
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