We bought our cottage for the gardens, for it’s proximity to the local co-op, and the gardens. Over the past four years, it has been a slow but steady process of making the space ours. We bought this home from the granddaughter of the original owners who designed and built this house. There are still a good many half-done, unfinished projects with this house, aka our exterior paint (sorry neighbors). Our kitchen was the first project we took on and this bathroom is our last.

this the beginning of a conversation i’ve been wanting to have here on my blog for a while. about consumerism, about fast fashion, about my relationship to clothing, about building my capsule wardrobe. it’s a sorted past me and consumerism, but I feel the story that hides in my shame is the one that should be told.