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South Street Design Rendering As some of you may have seen on the Content + Company Instagram feed , we've been working with our clients on the #southstreetkitchenreno for the past 3 months, but believe it or not, this project has been a year in the making. Let's back up to early 2017, when Mark and Marie contacted John to build them a custom dining room table. During our very first meeting, with the then engaged-to-be-married couple, Mark and Marie showed us around their beautiful, c. 1910 home. Full of charm and character, the previous owners had only made minor upgrades to the house. That night, seated at a humble folding table, Mark and Marie shared with us their plans for upgrading the house, with hopes of entertaining friends and family. Mark was ready to cook and we were ready to help! Even in full wedding planning mode, Mark and Marie were eager to discuss their priority, post-nuptial project - the Kitchen. And now, exactly 1-year from that very first...

I've never been much of a cook. But, even before we bought Content. I always imagined myself in a kitchen.  I love the idea of wearing a ruffle pipped apron and effortlessly flitting from fridge, to stove. Unfortunately, for John, I wasn't dreaming of producing elaborate steak dinners, kept warm for his grand entrance at the end of a hard day. Rather, I had my mind set on making pretty cakes, dozens of perfectly golden cookies and, for some strange reason, canning and jarring.

The other night, a friend casually mentioned that summer was already half way over. What!? How dare you speak so cruelly in our home... We couldn't disagree more! With Memorial Day marking the tourist kick off, June 21 is the official seasonal start of summer with the Solstice. I thought the Solstice would be the perfect time to look back on the last month and a half of warmer weather here at Content. Because, let's be honest, this house was made for summer time! Memorial Day We kicked Memorial Day off renting the entire house to a group of awesome, Airbnb guests! The weather was iffy here at the Jersey Shore, but based on the wonderful review and feedback we received, we can tell they made the most of their visit. Happy MDW! 🇺🇸The house is all set for our @airbnb guests. We love that sharing these walls is the next, fun chapter in its 130 year old history. . Wanna come for a visit? Click our profile link to learn more! A post shared by john and cou...

Drum roll please....... And without further adieu, I present, The Annex Guest Camp Room! Now wait just a gosh darn minute. Did you really think I was going to make it that easy? Of course I'm going to drag you through a 6 Week recap of my blood, sweat and tears, before laying on all the beauty shots. Blood, sweat and tears is actually a gross exaggeration. In fact,  I really enjoyed designing this space!

Warning: Real life talk here... We've been working really hard these past 6 months. Like, REALLY hard. Ever since leaving our full-time jobs, John + I have been on a mission to make owning a business (several, in fact) work for us.  I fully realize we are not the first people to disconnect from corporate America, so we don't view ourselves as revolutionaries, but it IS all new to us. And with that newness, comes stress and discomfort. And with that stress and discomfort, comes illness. For me, in the form of shingles. Cool. If you were wondering where your 4th installment of the Calling It Home and House Beautiful One Room Challenge was last week, I'd say, hope of it's publication evaporated somewhere between the doctor's office and an oatmeal bath. But now, with health restored, we're back on track! And, lucky you... This week is a double whammy - Week 4 and 5 combo update.

All right folks, we're halfway through the Spring 2017 One Room Challenge hosted by Calling It Home and House Beautiful . And I know what you're thinking... "Um, Courtney, there's no furniture in your room?" Well, of course there's not, silly, because Week 3 is all about PAINT.