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One Year Later: An Update...Of Sorts
If there were a contest for laziest Catholic blogger, I’m pretty sure I’d win. It’s been so, so long since my last update, and so, so...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Jan 24, 20185 min read


Renovation Lessons: God is God, I am not.
Greetings from the land of dust, fumes, and noise. It's been a while. I know. I'm sorry. It's been a rough few months, though, filled...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Jun 22, 20175 min read


Dining In the Time of Dry Wall Dust
They say if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. If, however, you want to make Him do more than laugh, if you want to make...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Mar 17, 20176 min read


Day Drinking In the Rubble
Living through a major renovation teaches you all sorts of things about yourself. For example, spending day after day, working and...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Mar 9, 20175 min read


The House: Week 4
Greetings from the land of dust, turtlenecks, and thick-bottomed boots. It's been not quite four weeks since I posted last, and what a...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Jan 30, 20174 min read


The House: Week 1 (Part Deux)
Welcome back!. Today, we're continuing the tour upstairs. Yesterday, for those of you just joining us, we covered the downstairs. I...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Jan 4, 20175 min read


Leaving Home
I hosted the first party in my Steubenville home on January 2, 2005. I’d only closed on the house a few hours before, but that didn’t...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Oct 24, 20165 min read


Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
Well, that break was longer than expected. I promise, I had the best intentions of wrapping up my forthcoming book on food and faith...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Oct 17, 20164 min read


Good Riddance: Four Steps to a Clutter-free(ish) Home
Apologies for the month-long posting break. I had the best intentions about coming back from Christmas and immediately wrapping up the...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Jan 27, 20169 min read


Keeping the Clutter At Bay: The Not So Magical Art of Knowing Thyself
Today, we're beginning my wrap-up of the Catholic Home series with a little tough love. Because someone out there— maybe you, maybe not...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Dec 16, 20157 min read


A Window to God: Five (Affordable) Ways to Bring Beauty into Your Catholic Home
Everything is all sixes and sevens around here this week, with me preparing for my annual Christmas Tree Decorating Party. This Saturday,...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Dec 2, 201512 min read


Deck the Hall...With Traveling Graces
So…sacramentals. This is the easy one. Yay! Hurrah! Special treat for me! No hate mail today! Or maybe not. I said that last week about...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Nov 23, 20155 min read


Let's Get Personal: Making Your Catholic Home "Your" Catholic Home
And we continue… Right out of the gate, I admit it feels hollow writing about decorating and home maintenance as hundreds of families...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Nov 17, 20157 min read
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