Author: Gopi Krishna

happy Sunday everyone! Have you seen that we are making another Velx Bright Days Makeover cheaper ?? This is one of our favorite types of makeover because who does not love a wonderful skylight? So go to that post to see if you are eligible and then apply! In addition, the EHD team is ready for “birthday return” (all our birthdays are in September or October) and we are very excited. Don’t worry, we will be very productive 🙂 Ok, link ?? This week’s house tour Put our jaws on the floor. Nicola Harding The most unrealistic new-building English shale…

For the past eight years, these ranch crackers recipe have been my go-to crowd-pleaser at potlucks and game day gatherings. After experimenting with 23 different blends of seasonings and oil in my test kitchen, I finally perfected a recipe that packs big flavor with very little effort. The real trick is in the way the crackers are coated and in knowing how heat brings the ranch seasoning to life insights I honed through years of recipe testing and many family tastings, with Lina always giving me her most straightforward feedback. Why You’ll Love These Ranch Crackers After years of sharing…

Spoiler Alert: This can only be my favorite project that I have ever done. But before I show you everything, let me back a little and tell you how all this happened. My living room (which was just discovered !!) and the dining room (which is coming soon on the blog!) Opened to each other, and the smack between two places is this coat closet. This is your average closet – really nothing special. It is full of coat, ladder, additional toilet paper, works. Nothing is glamorous and all accessories that need to hide. Super functional, but we have quite…

Last August, Lina helped me harvest our first serious Tomato Pie crop and asked what we’d do with “all these tomatoes.” That’s when I pulled out my grandmother’s handwritten recipe card for her famous summer tomato pie. Lina was skeptical at first – “pie made of tomatoes sounds weird, Mom” – but after one bite, she was hooked. Now she helps me make it every time our tomatoes are ready, and it’s become our end-of-summer tradition. Why You’ll Love This Southern Tomato Pie Lina was doubtful the first time we made this together. “It’s like pizza but backwards,” she said, watching me…

The first official day of fall is next Monday, September 22, though still technically being summer hasn’t stopped anyone (including us here at EHD) from fast-forwarding onto the next season, at the very least from a decorating perspective. And while many consider fall decorating “heavy on the pumpkin,” I much prefer something less “seasonal” and more setting the mood for the long haul. Thankfully, Jess did much of the heavy lifting with her past the other week on the six trends to make your home cozy for fall (and beyond), and I’m here today to round it all out with…

Laying a living room seems that something is like this Needed Be easy, but rarely it is a shape-fit-all situation. Sometimes there is only a logical option, but often there are some, so it is up to you that you decide that you and your family (or you and your roommates, or just what will be the best work for you!) When we were shooting our couch and chair collection, room service It turns out to be very good, blind super informative, and everything is from WayfairWhich makes it easy and accessible 🙂 Okay, let’s look at the room: While…

I really try not to set foot in an antique mall/vintage store if I do not have a photo shoot/room disclosure – this is very dangerous. I Desire Find something, and if I don’t think I have space for something immediately (right ???). But… Recently Bryan and I were on our biking trip in San Juan Islands, and we pop in a vintage shop, Smorgusboard I would have left more on the orkas island, and if I had a room in my carry-on. it was so good. And the owner, Melani (I think !!), there was a reader, who made…

Back in 2018, I was teaching a holiday cooking class at the community center when Mrs. Patterson asked me the question that changed everything: “Can you make cranberry sauce that doesn’t taste like it came from a can?” That simple challenge led me to develop this turkey cranberry recipe that’s become our family’s most requested dish. After testing 23 different cranberry combinations and watching Lina’s face scrunch up at the first 18 attempts, we finally cracked the code to creating something that balances tart, sweet, and savory in perfect harmony. Why This Recipe Changed Our HolidaysFrom spending over eight years in restaurant…

This puff puff recipe brings the taste of West African street food right to your kitchen. After learning this technique from my Nigerian neighbor Adunni during our weekly cooking exchanges, I’ve spent three years perfecting the balance that creates those impossibly fluffy, golden spheres that disappear as fast as you can fry them. What started as curiosity about Lina’s favorite snack from the international food festival became our family’s weekend tradition. Why You’ll Love This Puff Puff Recipe From three years of weekend puff puff sessions with Lina and countless batches shared with neighbors, I can tell you exactly why…

Beautiful Podi is a simple delicious masala mixture that is useful when making Sundal or even vegetable stir fries. It is made with basic ingredients such as coriander seeds, urad dal, gram dal and red chili which are roasted and grind and collected a little coarse powder. The taste is soil, spicy and walnuts that add good depth to any dish. This powder is quite important during the festival when we make Sundal. But honestly I always keep it ready because it is also useful beyond Sundral. Just sprinkle on the porials, curry or even add a spoon to the…