It happened.The renovations are finally done. I would like to say I handled the whole thing with grace and patience, but that would be a lie so bold even I can’t commit to it in a newsletter. For weeks, my house looked like a construction-themed escape room. Every room had something strange happening in it….

You know that feeling when you pull off a small miracle during renovations and you think, finally, a win? Yeah. My cat had a different interpretation. We did the whole Homesense sprint. The late-night chair heist. The “we have three minutes before closing and I am not emotionally prepared to leave empty-handed” routine. We got…

Renovations do something to your brain. Suddenly you’re not shopping, you’re questing. You’re not browsing, you’re hunting. And the prize is always something weirdly specific like “a counter-height swivel stool with cushioning that doesn’t feel like sitting on a decorative brick.” Last week, my husband and I found the stool at Homesense. Perfect height. Nice cushion. Swivels…