Unfortunately, I didn’t end up keeping it because the whites in the pattern were just a little too bright and crisp for the room, but I was sad to let it go!

You will be amazed.. How to Peel Garlic the Quick and Easy Way.My grandma sent me a link to this video from Martha Stewart cooking school the other day and I just had to try it for myself.

I didn’t even have garlic on hand because I’ve pretty much given up on having the time and/or energy to cook a real (non-spaghetti or chili-based) meal and then fight my family into eating it lately, so I went to the store and bought a bunch of whole garlic bulbs just to experiment with.. Here’s the video:.Here’s how my experiment went:.Place a full head of raw garlic into a bowl.. Place another same-sized bowl over top of the unpeeled garlic.. Now, hold on to the two sides of the bowl/egg/spaceship that you’ve created and shake the dickens out of it.

In Martha’s video she shakes it for about 17 seconds.I personally don’t have that kind of brute force available to me, so it took me a little longer.

It was about 3 sets of 15 seconds with breaks in between.

*update* I’ve been working out so I’ve definitely gotten better at this!It’s funny how nature takes so many months of quiet time to renew, but we give ourselves about a week between Christmas and the New Year and expect ourselves to be completely ready to reinvent every part of our lives.

So happy New Year to you, friends, whatever that looks like for you this year.. I’m still plugging away at my little bathroom refresh from the fall.. Kennedy and I went for another visit to.our favorite local antique market.

, and I found the perfect little plant stand for next to the tub.Isn’t a vintage piece always the answer to every decorating dilemma?