Sleeping with the windows open, waking to the twitter of birds, watching as green slowly colors the land

Tasteful, timeless, quality, always. More/Less is a primer on design choices, because it’s helpful to know where we might spend and how we might save.

In the small, quiet bedroom nestled under a seven foot, beaded plank ceiling at the back of the house, there’s a bed on one wall, with nightstands carved out of flanking floor-to-ceiling cabinetry.

It was in a coffee shop that we were first introduced a couple years ago. There we stood, on the fringe of the bustling room, chatting about the upcoming mountain festival where he'd be mountain bike racing, and where I'd trail raced a couple years running.

Are there pages full in that notebook of yours, the one that bears your house’s address and contains its strengths and deficiencies? If our houses are becoming home, this is where to start.

When we think of home, we often think of the home that’s tucked into our dreams; that one-day house that has all the right things, all the right spaces, and all the right feelings.

Something about the simplicity of the wood in its natural state. As if there was no stain, no varnish, no layers. Naked and beautiful.

It was the idea of texture that started it all

The river was gentle now, and calm, skimming over rocks, burbling between boulders, taking its wandering time

Remember when we were little and our favorite places were those that were tucked away and right-sized for our size?

End of day. A gradual darkening, a drawing closed. A drowsy surrender to the stillness of night.