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It's time for a big renovation update.

In this episode, we'll talk about both the things that have gone well and the things

that didn't go as planned.

I'll also share my tips for renovating a kitchen as a parent of two young kids and what

we're excited to finish next.

So before we jump in, I believe Emma wants to tell us about her new chandelier.

Yeah, speaking of renovating. Just kidding. I have no renovation updates. I'm not renovating.

But here's my chandelier story. Recently bought a new chandelier. That's the end of the story. Let's back up though. So first, years ago, we're moving to our house. So we got it about 80% of our house. Most of our house we gutted and like we did new floors and knew this, blah, blah, blah, blah. So I bought a whole bunch of light fixtures at once, and my budget was not crazy.

So there's one chandelier in our home that's kind of like the chandelier.

You see it when you walk in our entryway.

It hangs above, like, the stairs that go from our entryway into our kitchen living dining area.

You go up the stairs more and you go into our bedroom.

And so this is like a

chandelier that's like the chandelier of the home. If there's going to be a big statement, yeah,

light fixture, this is it. This is the spot. So I really wanted a bubble chandelier, but my budget

did not fit a bubble chandelier. Yeah. So I bought a a bubble chandelier.

Yeah.

So I bought a cheap bubble chandelier off Amazon at the time.

And it looked even more cheap in person than it seemed online.

But, you know, like I said, my budget was what it was.

And so I was like, that's fine.

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