One of our longstanding Friday night traditions is “pizza night.” A while back when we cut out dairy and started proactively adding more whole plant foods to our diet, we abandoned conventional pizza takeout. While I miss the convenience of simply picking up a pizza, I realized I can easily make my own killer sheet […]

Before I switch into a spring state of mind, I am savoring these days where we can still light a fire, live in sweaters and spend an indulgent afternoon reading and gathering ideas for this year’s garden and home inspiration. One needs uninterrupted time to let the mind meander for the creative muse to burst […]

This is the longest I have gone without posting since starting my blog back in 2017! It started as Bees & Bubbles back then, but has since evolved to Château House (what I named our house) to more broadly encompass celebrations of simple pleasures, various recipes, some of my favorite places to visit, and inspiration […]

We’ve lived in our home for over a decade now and still have not gotten around to updating our dated bathrooms more with than paint. The silver lining is that in all that time, I have really gotten to marinate on the ideas of what we’ll do eventually, and hopefully we will save renovation dollars […]

A new front door has been a project I had been long researching. Because a front door is the first impression for guests, in many ways it should encapsulate the essence of your home’s style. Looking through one of my favorite design books, I found an image of a very beautiful interior oak door in […]

The last thing I want to do in the summer is turn on the oven unnecessarily so the crock pot becomes this cook’s tool of choice. I made this classic family recipe for July 4th weekend. While it’s good for a crowd as a side dish, it’s also worthy as a standalone main and even […]

The measure of good weather is a meal outdoors. While we’re at least a month away from being able to enjoy such an extravagance, I look forward to the return of greenery and setting a pretty table on our deck. I had set up this brunch table to celebrate my sister’s birthday last summer. I […]

There’s nothing I love much more than fresh flowers, and would love to tuck them into every corner of my house. That’s obviously not practical year-round, especially when the garden is dormant. The flower water must be changed daily, the vase cleaned, the ends re-snipped, any wilting bits pulled out… Because I love the impact […]

To me, the most marvelous flower arrangements evoke a time and place. I was inspired by wild black raspberry branches currently in season in the woods nearby our house. I gathered some other wildflowers to fill it out, as well as roses currently blooming in my garden. I arranged the branches in this crystal compote, […]

We’re well into May, but this weekend will be the first weekend it truly feels like spring because I’ll have time to work in the garden and set out our outdoor furniture for the season. The garden is waking up and there are weeds to pull, cutting garden seeds to sow, and garden beds to […]