that I bought for that awkward wall in the living room between the two windows.

Checking in: Week 2 – Finding Things That Help.Checking in: Week 3 – The New Normal.

Checking in: Week 4 – Our Daily Routine During Social Distancing.This post contains affiliate links.We have a bit of fireplace progress to report!Getting you up to date on the fireplace/built-ins project in the living room today!.

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated you on this project, hasn’t it?I thought today might be a good time to update you on our progress.

As usual, my motto with this project is “any progress is good progress!” Here’s where we’re at currently with the living room fireplace and built-ins..

So here’s where we’re at:.I always feel that I’m not quite prepared, things around our house aren’t totally ready, maybe I don’t have all the things on hand in my pantry that “normal people” keep in the house to be ready for guests at the drop of the hat.

We end up not inviting people over as often as we would like to and it really bothers me, actually.. Here’s the quote from the beginning of this chapter that made realize that this part of the book was just for me.“After all that, I’ve come to believe that we get hung up on – and don’t practice – hospitality for two overarching reasons:.

Our hospitality doesn’t look like we think it should.. Our homes have become fortresses.”.Shannon really breaks down what hospitality really is, why it’s something a lot of us really want to practice more of, and easy ideas to get started in your practice that won’t overwhelm you or throw of the rhythm of your everyday life.