Up next on my recaps, a tour of a coffee plantation!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2025 6:23 am
I’m so grateful that we had Fabio’s awesome family to take us out and show us a fun time.
Question of the day: What’s the most eye-opening thing you’ve seen while traveling?
Celebrating Two Sisters' Birthdays
Hi friends! Did everyone have a good weekend? Mine was another busy one but it was a lot of fun! Here’s a look at what I was up to. Friday Instead of going into the office on Friday, I headed to Capitol Hill for some meetings with Congressmen! The nonprofit I work for is trying to […]
Ok so first, I should tell you that the location of this house was one of the biggest selling points for us. It’s only a block and a half from the Ballston metro in Arlington, which is a neighborhood we really like because you can walk to so many bars and restaurants and are still less than 10 minutes from DC. Truthfully Fabio and I both thought that any sort of “real” house would be out of our price range for this neighborhood, which is why we jumped at the chance to nab this one. In fact, we were actually out-bid on this house, but our realtor Rob Carter helped us put a really smart offer together since he knew our budget was limited, and that helped us to win the house in the end. Woohoo!
By the way, I have nothing but amazing things to say about our experience in working with Rob so if you are looking for a DC-area realtor I recommend him highly! We definitely wouldn’t have gotten this house without him!
So with all that being said, here’s our house!
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Immediately in front of you along the back wall is our little liquor cabinet, which right now is sporting two picture frames on top because we haven’t gotten around to hanging anything yet. In a perfect world I’d love to hang a big mirror here to reflect the light instead, but the little thermostat on the wall makes that a bit tricky.
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To your right is the couch area, where we have our old Ikea couch facing a real, wood-burning fire place and our TV. (A couch update is *hopefully* coming soon…)
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Please ignore the cables coming down from the TV – we just bought a white list to data floating shelf and are planning to house the cable box there and hide all the cords. That’s tonight’s project!
Here’s the view when you’re standing in front of the couch looking back into the rest of the room.
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From there you can see our small glass/wrought-iron table which works well for now but most likely isn’t going to be permanent since it makes the space appear pretty busy. You can also see our bookshelves/leaning desk which I’ve started decorating but is always a work in progress. We also have a nicely sized coat closet behind the door which is pretty convenient.
Question of the day: What’s the most eye-opening thing you’ve seen while traveling?
Celebrating Two Sisters' Birthdays
Hi friends! Did everyone have a good weekend? Mine was another busy one but it was a lot of fun! Here’s a look at what I was up to. Friday Instead of going into the office on Friday, I headed to Capitol Hill for some meetings with Congressmen! The nonprofit I work for is trying to […]
Ok so first, I should tell you that the location of this house was one of the biggest selling points for us. It’s only a block and a half from the Ballston metro in Arlington, which is a neighborhood we really like because you can walk to so many bars and restaurants and are still less than 10 minutes from DC. Truthfully Fabio and I both thought that any sort of “real” house would be out of our price range for this neighborhood, which is why we jumped at the chance to nab this one. In fact, we were actually out-bid on this house, but our realtor Rob Carter helped us put a really smart offer together since he knew our budget was limited, and that helped us to win the house in the end. Woohoo!
By the way, I have nothing but amazing things to say about our experience in working with Rob so if you are looking for a DC-area realtor I recommend him highly! We definitely wouldn’t have gotten this house without him!
So with all that being said, here’s our house!
IMG_4085
Immediately in front of you along the back wall is our little liquor cabinet, which right now is sporting two picture frames on top because we haven’t gotten around to hanging anything yet. In a perfect world I’d love to hang a big mirror here to reflect the light instead, but the little thermostat on the wall makes that a bit tricky.
IMG_4090
To your right is the couch area, where we have our old Ikea couch facing a real, wood-burning fire place and our TV. (A couch update is *hopefully* coming soon…)
IMG_4082
Please ignore the cables coming down from the TV – we just bought a white list to data floating shelf and are planning to house the cable box there and hide all the cords. That’s tonight’s project!
Here’s the view when you’re standing in front of the couch looking back into the rest of the room.
IMG_4087
From there you can see our small glass/wrought-iron table which works well for now but most likely isn’t going to be permanent since it makes the space appear pretty busy. You can also see our bookshelves/leaning desk which I’ve started decorating but is always a work in progress. We also have a nicely sized coat closet behind the door which is pretty convenient.