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This week’s gear deals highlight insulated slippers, a coffee subscription, fleecy layers, and more.

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This week’s gear deals highlight insulated slippers, a coffee subscription, fleecy layers, and more.

The North Face ThermoBall Traction Mule V Shoe — Women’s: $30 (45% Off) Toss those old house slippers and upgrade to The North Face’s insulated booties while they’re on sale. The Traction Mule V booties are made with PrimaLoft ThermoBall Eco insulation, a recycled PET ripstop exterior, and a grippy rubber sole. These will also work great for hut next season. And the slip-on style means you’ll never have to tie your shoes again (at least while you’re at home). See ThermoBall Traction Booties ESPRO Ultralight 16oz. Coffee Press: $31 (31% Off) Good coffee isn’t only about the beans —...

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The timing of life is just so funny

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The timing of life is just so funny

I FINALLY get around to making their shared room actually cute, and then BOOM the world says guess again. While we are living up in the mountains for the foreseeable future, the kid’s room is still underway – kinda. Julie and her boyfriend are now house-sitting (this was their situation prior) and in the name of keeping projects moving, Julie has continued the design process that was already planned (where possible). So here is a fun update post – and while I haven’t seen it in person myself, there are some new elements that I’m super excited to show you....

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Shucking a blue crab takes time and two hands

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Shucking a blue crab takes time and two hands

You sit there, picking out the little morsels of sweet lump crab between bits of shell and casing and time evaporates. Your fingers are caked in Old Bay — they’ll smell for a good day — and so there’s no chance you’ll reach for your phone to check something or idle over instagram. Instead, conversation ebbs and flows. A cicada’s buzz crescendoes, then abruptly disappears. Mosquitos nip at the ankles and elbows and beads of condensation drip down the side of your beer. It is hot and humid and the air swells thick around you — but you don’t much...

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Suit or PJs? What to Wear While Working From Home

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Suit or PJs? What to Wear While Working From Home

Working from home can be tricky. The environment is relaxed and we keep watching the news to monitor the evolution of the pandemic. That can easily put us in a “oh-my-the-world-is-crazy-now-I-can’t-work” mood.  The dress code you choose for yourself every day will help you manage your time well and stay productive.    Here are some tips for those telecommuters—whether you’re a boss, an employee, or self-employed—who may be scratching their heads as to what to wear.  For Bosses (LinkedIn Sales Navigator/Unsplash) It’s not easy for company leaders to see suspended operations or unwanted lay-offs. But they still have to get going,...

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Storm Keating shares gorgeous snap of baby Coco out in the sunshine

Storm Keating shares gorgeous snap of baby Coco out in the sunshine

Considering we’re all at home at the moment, we have been exceptionally lucky with the weather and our Instagram feeds have been full of people enjoying the sunshine in their back gardens. Ronan and Storm Keating have been doing exactly that, and have brought newborn Coco out to enjoy the sun too. Storm shared a gorgeous snap of her in an adorable frilly skirt captioned; “First Frills.” They shared another photo last week from when they first brought baby Coco Knox home and Storm shared her disbelief that she’s already three weeks old; “When we first brought her home. Can’t...

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