HeyJaredTiny Wins by Ann's Van
Annie Wonderlich is a creator documenting life in her 40s, starting over, and building a forest cottage from the ground up. I share real life, van life, and what it actually looks like to rebuild your life later than expected.
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Why I Painted My Kitchen Pink Again, 20 Years Later (opens the original)
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Why I Painted My Kitchen Pink Again, 20 Years LaterWhen I was in my 20s, I painted my apartment kitchen pink because I honestly thought it might be my last chance to ever have a pink kitchen. I remember painting it and thinking, I better do this now because one day I’m going to get married and have kids and I won’t be able to have a pink kitchen again.I have no idea why I thought that… It’s not like anyone told me married women with children weren’t allowed to have pink kitchens. But in my head,
The Living Room Isn’t Finished (opens the original)
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In Friday’s Q&A, I said I’m going room by room now instead of trying to do everything at once, but I didn’t really explain how I got where I am at currently.When I first started renovating the Forest Cottage, I was not a room-by-room person. I was an everything-at-once person. I was a let’s do it all… all at once and then burn myself out kind of person.I waited so long to have a home of my own that once I finally had one, I wanted to see all of it come together right away. The living room, the k
Living Alone at 43: Your RV Forest Cottage Questions, Answered (opens the original)
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Last week I told you I was going to do a Q&A, by putting an “ask me anything” box on Instagram… and I got hundreds of questions! What made me laugh is that about six of the questions kept showing up over and over again: How did you find this place? Aren’t you scared out there alone? Are you lonely? Are you dating? And, in all caps, with increasing urgency, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE YOUNGER GUY. 😂There were also questions about work, motherhood, how I learned to do the handy stuff, Charlie, my couch,
Renovating My 1982 RV: 7 Months of Turning It Into a Forest Cottage (opens the original)
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Somewhere in the last few months, life turned into one long list of things I hadn’t finished yet, and I think I just quietly stopped wanting to talk about it. Not because anything dramatic happened. Just the opposite, actually and it was a hundred small things piling up until I couldn’t see past them anymore.When I bought this 1982 RV seven months ago and started renovating it, I dove in headfirst. Paint everything. Fix everything. Make it cute. Do it now. I had a running list on my phone that k
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