https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-10-26 https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/ranking-35-things-for-my-35th-birthday-an-anthropocene-reviewed-tribute-to-john-green monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/23e7ad3a-d2be-457c-b7c7-3bc945278cdd/dry+flowers.jpg Blog. - Ranking 35 things for my 35th Birthday - Make it stand out one of many dry flower pots in our house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/72dc2ab0-c53a-471b-833a-979a10f94c99/sunrise.jpg Blog. - Ranking 35 things for my 35th Birthday - Make it stand out will never get tired of this sunrise view from our neighborhood bench https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/c6a9520b-24ce-4272-b058-398ab8897caf/couplet+poem.jpg Blog. - Ranking 35 things for my 35th Birthday - Make it stand out the best poem Norah has ever written for me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/7908fb92-174e-41b6-b525-2dcf9b52a6d3/beautiful+august+sunset.jpg Blog. - Ranking 35 things for my 35th Birthday - Make it stand out A beautiful sunset stroll with our family of 4, when I was very newly pregnant with May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1761432285633-2NSSDAWUAEAOS9HUU7Q9/linh+in+magenta.JPG Blog. - Ranking 35 things for my 35th Birthday - linh in magenta.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1761432285479-SUWFP9EQV5BE3S56KDQV/Linh+in+pale+clothes.JPG Blog. - Ranking 35 things for my 35th Birthday - Linh in pale clothes.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/11869251-c261-449d-81e5-1e074a22b0cf/ranking+35+things+2.jpg Blog. - Ranking 35 things for my 35th Birthday - Make it stand out Taken on my birthday this year! 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She lost her mom, my bà ngoại, less than 6 years after my birth and 2 years before my brother was born. My grandma raised 4 children as a single mom- she died young at the age of 58. It took a long time for my mom to heal from this permanent loss of her only parent figure. I guess that’s why she always thought she’s “fearful” of raising children and grandchildren, despite the fact that she’s the best mother for us both and I owe everything I am to her. To this day she’s still puzzled that I want to have more than 2 kids. She suffers generation trauma so I didn’t have to. My tiny mother a few years before I was born! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715551912114-MMBL7FHK9KG3AR1HTBVR/IMG_5556+2.JPG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - IMG_5556 2.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715551915090-47PDAREGC8JLFF6GZ43G/mom+linh.jpg Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - mom linh.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715552410029-I7AZMM38XAVAQ38IKRQU/www.thequi.com-Linh-David-0498.JPEG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - www.thequi.com-Linh-David-0498.JPEG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/b30c33a1-b6cd-446a-a3ca-213f47f7b3d5/IMG_4057.JPG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - Make it stand out My grandma with her 3 daughters, missing my estranged uncle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/35402cc9-1a3c-46b8-b379-376d8b7d7b86/IMG_5716+2.JPG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - Make it stand out My grandma with her 3 sons, missing my late aunt who passed away before her 13th birthday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/724110f8-95f8-472c-9d34-e12782667a29/IMG_1379.jpg Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - I breastfed Norah until she was 31 months old. When Norah was about 15/16 months old, we had the first ever Mother’s Day I remember (it’s not a day Vietnamese people celebrate and I was probably too high on hormones the year prior to care). I remember feeling very sad, and simultaneously guilty. We had married in a hurry, never had a wedding. Norah was young and still breastfeeding. When push came to shove, I’d have to be the parent going home in the middle of a wedding with a crying baby, who was quite literally attached to me. I wasn’t gonna be the parent dancing or celebrating. I felt uncelebrated. I wrote a poem called “when they say you are a good mother”. Left: Breastfeeding norah on Mother’s Day 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/27530b54-9887-422a-88ed-f08f52dea1dc/www.thequi.com-Linh-David-0430.JPEG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - Make it stand out My sister from another mother Mi. I’m always here with you forever my sweetheart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715552158072-I5HLVRK83OQJCO2HIRQZ/IMG_0699.PNG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - IMG_0699.PNG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715552140150-E4DP5D9FBDUAFM8GS0BE/IMG_0167.JPG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - IMG_0167.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715552141668-YP8YP5Z5HSOP74QY1BZE/6C2EFE72-230B-400B-B6D4-6EC92C5B55BD.JPG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - 6C2EFE72-230B-400B-B6D4-6EC92C5B55BD.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715552142543-5A5E99IPI1JI2OBLBQL2/IMG_4052.JPG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - IMG_4052.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715551386799-E1MJX9UVFID2P4RNNDVG/IMG_9335.PNG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - 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Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - april linh 1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1715552373484-H96FMVYMOHVT4CGLGGRV/IMG_1504.JPG Blog. - Mother’s Day can be complicated, and it’s okay - IMG_1504.JPG https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/just-keep-going-or-what-to-do-when-you-feel-stuck monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/bfba3240-97e0-4f76-aa5f-cd2be11aa2ae/Screenshot+2024-04-11+at+11.35.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog. - Just keep going (or what to do when you feel stuck) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/new-year-resolutions-for-2024s monthly 0.5 2024-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/cfbfe98b-8394-4646-ab67-20422d8a024a/IMG_1925.jpeg Blog. - How I’ve done with regard to my New Year “Resolutions” for 2024 so far (realistic) - Make it stand out This feature image might or might not reflect my actual progress so far https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/this-too-shall-pass-and-other-33rd-birthday-reflections monthly 0.5 2023-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/f34f3a03-93a7-4708-894c-ab8a06fb8079/IMG_2561.PNG Blog. - “This too shall pass” and other 33rd birthday reflections - Make it stand out Tale as old as time: Money cannot buy happiness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/49eddcab-536b-4acc-9b17-8515d5f9c65e/rainbow+smookes.jpg Blog. - “This too shall pass” and other 33rd birthday reflections - Make it stand out Chasing rainbow in Quy Nhon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/c42461d6-1be4-4e91-bda8-8676c30018d1/Screenshot+2023-08-13+at+10.25.34+PM.png Blog. - “This too shall pass” and other 33rd birthday reflections - Make it stand out One of the best 3 minutes of television imho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/8978232b-f2bd-4681-8ac4-95bd2a89e937/Screenshot+2023-08-13+at+10.08.37+PM.png Blog. - “This too shall pass” and other 33rd birthday reflections - Make it stand out Me at 23. Translation: me at 23, no love, no job, no school. But confident, happy, and free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/5a6ae659-b7d8-403d-aea9-e3db7bff26be/Screenshot+2023-08-13+at+10.10.50+PM.png Blog. - “This too shall pass” and other 33rd birthday reflections - Make it stand out Survivorship Bias https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/fbc03a39-d7c6-416e-8886-ec094469cc45/reading+books.JPG Blog. - “This too shall pass” and other 33rd birthday reflections - Make it stand out One of these days will be the last time I read them both a book https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/what-is-the-key-to-life-and-other-32nd-birthday-ponderings monthly 0.5 2022-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/c42bca21-5672-49c7-9c4e-7feab5a85339/smookes+fam+of+4+hori.jpg Blog. - “What is the Key to Life?” and Other 32nd Birthday Ponderings - Make it stand out Can’t believe still that we are a family of 4 now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/030c3449-e334-4017-be76-670d0a5064b0/IMG_6032.jpg Blog. - “What is the Key to Life?” and Other 32nd Birthday Ponderings - Make it stand out This is the first ever known pic of me and David taken on the day we met. David found it by searching for Facebook footage of the location. It was an outdoor music thing and some tourist had a less than 1 min long video tagging the place. David’s screenshot of that split second where we appeared in the background reminds us every time of the surreal and serendipitous nature of our chance encounter. We had less than 5 minutes where we could have met, and somehow, we did. https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/ira-smooke-birth-story monthly 0.5 2022-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/b5704690-524c-463a-a4f8-13556626c74c/Here%27s+my+elaborate.jpeg Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out Since I had a relatively smooth labor experience with Norah, I had some strong priors on what constitutes a “good” birth, some of which were mentioned up here via my birthing plan. Mainly, I wanted David to be there with me the whole time, to move around, to labor in the bath tub, and to use epidural before it’s too late. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/9fbdf37c-4ca8-4dad-b669-2f3844588dc0/ira+came+out+at+6.14pm.jpg Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out Ira came out at 6:14pm! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/52175210-d73c-4ad8-9060-8833bfbc8474/what+a+breastfeeding+pro.jpg Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out Ira latching effectively 9 minutes after birth! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/63e19d81-2561-47bf-b1f8-ea7c40e7d28b/Ira+4+weeks+old.JPG Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out Ira 1 day before he turned 1 month old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/2efa94d4-d217-4d65-9658-022df8f6dd79/trying+to+breathe+through+contractions.JPG Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out Me trying to breathe through contractions before the bathtub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/e55fee74-02be-4fea-b607-6c2b3bd3b707/mother%27s+day+photoshoot.JPG Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out I’m so glad we were able to do an impromptu Mother’s Day photoshoot as I went into labor literally a few hours after this shot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/f52b7abf-9835-46ec-96e1-c42204fe385f/leaving+the+hospital.JPG Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out Leaving the hospital! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/54122c64-ccf4-43e1-be0d-c6ff4365ff21/when+mama+met+norah.JPG Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out 5 years prior when I gave birth to Norah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/8f0acc68-22cf-4982-aa91-c3224a14c9f3/mom+%26+dad+at+the+hospital.JPG Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out Mom & Dad: Admitted! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/209c40af-1f19-4aba-a9f2-4231304d4a2c/my+5+star+review+5+years+prior.jpg Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out My review of Vail Health after giving birth to Norah. I’d rate them even higher if I could after Ira’s birth! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/0294f96e-2d0c-4eb9-8819-c38c369eaa51/when+mama+met+ira.JPG Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out The moment we met and he got placed on my chest. I couldn’t stop crying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/ada4472e-7bc9-4c4a-8a7f-294fe1851083/so+happy+for+the+epidural%21.JPG Blog. - The Birth of Ira Smooke (and some Labor &amp; Delivery Tips from a Mom of Two) - Make it stand out This was me 20 minutes after they administered the epidural. I was so happy! https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/have-you-heard-of-the-bechdel-test monthly 0.5 2022-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/90f0a3ff-4d90-4f41-a912-c24e991748cc/p_encanto_homeent_22359_4892ae1c.jpeg Blog. - My unpopular opinion re/ the latest Batman movie, or “Have you heard of the Bechdel Test?” - Make it stand out Encanto is an amazing movie everybody should watch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/9a840e4b-a82d-4524-98d8-7d0c5aae84ba/IMG_6157.PNG Blog. - My unpopular opinion re/ the latest Batman movie, or “Have you heard of the Bechdel Test?” - Make it stand out Source: https://bechdeltest.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/8e06d058-0fef-42af-b3b1-4d9f73540e38/IMG_6155.jpg Blog. - My unpopular opinion re/ the latest Batman movie, or “Have you heard of the Bechdel Test?” - Make it stand out I might or might not have been a little biased there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/5956bf54-f9ae-4832-9257-9241420b8994/IMG_6175+2.jpg Blog. - My unpopular opinion re/ the latest Batman movie, or “Have you heard of the Bechdel Test?” - Make it stand out This is a small sample of my personal Instagram, which skews very heavily female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/0f8870c8-5d28-4285-890a-c59daf0e8f87/IMG_6164.jpg Blog. - My unpopular opinion re/ the latest Batman movie, or “Have you heard of the Bechdel Test?” - Make it stand out Here’s the Bechdel test again, for ease of reference. https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/18-questions-to-reflect-on-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/79a783eb-8ffb-425d-a082-379e76350502/polaroid+NYE+2021.JPG Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out Pictures taken on Norah’s new Polaroid Camera, which she is a master of :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/5df62018-806a-4207-a0a1-7202596173b1/Smooke+Kitchen.JPG Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out A picture of our kitchen I took like 2 mins ago :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/c0b010f5-501d-4afd-aaac-22f989e46631/2021+Journal+Reflections.jpg Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out Excerpts from my actual journal. I found the process of writing out the answers therapeutic & cathartic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/5ed71f5b-0aff-4981-848a-6d7cd13d4ac4/fitbit+average+steps.PNG Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out This is pretty good considering I lost my fitbit to the Hawaiian wave in February, and to the LA.. air(?) in August. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/2ceb685c-e0e3-4334-865c-00065e54c398/gallery+on+wall.JPG Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out A section of our office wall This is one area of interior decor that I don’t subscribe to minimalism/ “Instagram aesthetics” whatever that means. We built a wall gallery in our office, sprinkled art throughout our bedrooms, bathrooms, hallway and staircase. They have made our lives so much better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/9c44405e-1e7c-4fce-b60e-c165959ef265/smooke+fam+2021.jpg Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out Picture: our fam on one of the last days of the year, in PJs presents from my best friend Chloe <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/581190b4-d6c7-42f5-b749-b61d743b91e6/baby+smooke+number+2.JPG Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out Anxiously waiting for Baby Boy Smooke to join our fam in 2022! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/34b9c7f9-5813-4cb2-90f5-2c7b57efb7f6/diane+mom+bodie+norah.jpeg Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out The two mothers in my life who I can never thank enough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/4e2b213b-5e2b-4222-b7f4-6349569eaf50/Screen+Shot+2022-01-01+at+5.04.21+PM.png Blog. - 18 Questions to Reflect on 2021 - Make it stand out My New Year Resolutions on 1/1/2021 https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/you-should-never-exclusively-host-your-content-on-just-1-platform monthly 0.5 2022-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1633389610907-QD0U3G0KAZY3UW6F08UE/Screen+Shot+2021-10-04+at+5.18.51+PM.png Blog. - You Should Never Exclusively Host Your Content on Just One Platform - Make it stand out Me realizing too late that Yahoo was not a stable partner for my digital life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1633391355233-V27B0NRB84RN8SQ5A415/Screen+Shot+2021-10-04+at+4.57.14+PM.png Blog. - You Should Never Exclusively Host Your Content on Just One Platform - Make it stand out What Zuck had to say about the matter https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/911-revisited-as-we-act-let-us-not-become-the-evils-that-we-deplore monthly 0.5 2022-08-06 https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/birthday-reflection-31-yo-edition monthly 0.5 2022-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1627596778687-O705WW2MIIJSKVNYN2IE/IMG_6280.JPG Blog. - Birthday Reflections - 31 y/o edition - Make it stand out Me at age 31 and my daughter at age 4. Life is (still) good ✨ https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/smooke-kitchen-renovation-a-few-design-mock-ups-in-3d monthly 0.5 2021-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626477329381-SKMLSOMDK6N2KZF76L7W/Angled+After+2.jpeg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Make it stand out After: Pewter Green accented by warmer tones of wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626478600848-DNT168T1LDKWREO7NG69/Peninsula+After.JPG Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Make it stand out After: Floating Island instead of Peninsula! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626479575777-41HMEBQVE4TAN9MRH72G/Sink+Before.jpg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Before: Sink right below window In this Before picture, you see that our sink is right under our PVC window, which makes sense since it’s…entertaining I guess, to look out the window? To its left, there’s also our dishwasher (which has ceased working for over a year now lol). We went back and forth between whether or not to keep this window (since it’s overlooking our neighbor’s house, which is not ideal). But in the end, we decided to keep the window, as well as the sink and dishwasher where they are, since we don’t want to make life harder for ourselves. Changing a major part of your kitchen like sink or stove would require you to create new water and/or gas line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626480093013-0M4M9X4QISAURDM8A9DG/Sink+After+2.jpeg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Make it stand out After: yay for farmhouse sink! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626482030280-52XN3IKZEYDI8T737TXO/Arch+After.jpeg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Make it stand out After: Fridge and pantry tucked in the corner now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626479128630-48LZG7CBA9I65NICJJ99/2-Before+%26+After+looking+out+to+main+room.png Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626474898922-D5SXLEY2J1WPA9QD9CSA/Going+Upstairs+Before.jpg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Before: You can’t really see the kitchen coming upstairs Before: The not so pretty view when you walk upstairs and look directly at our kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626481507180-14FLREAE2LOLL8PLF1GY/Against+the+wall+after+2.jpeg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Make it stand out After: the floor and the wall have different textures from everything else! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626476954015-PI6XRNDSVY0QLXLVKUEB/Angled+Before.jpg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Before: WTF is this color palette, really? Before: No clear color palette, except for “pale & tired” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626480863434-G3F6IMQKMAA6BXM1GYCY/Cabinet+Overview.jpeg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Make it stand out After: A combo of glass, narrow, open, and big cabinets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626478346102-HW45LEKJREEIDHX6VKIX/Peninsula+Before.jpg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Before: Peninsula makes it hard to reach ‘em cornered cabinets Next, you want to decide what is this you want to draw people’s eyes to. So quickly, we decided that instead of the peninsula (an “island” that is attached to rest of your counter space), we want a floating island in the middle of the kitchen that will be the “star” so to speak of our kitchen. Plus, with this peninsula design, I (standing at a whopping 5 ft!) literally can never reach for that far right cabinet, so now i can. Win win! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626474605591-ZG000BIUKL84M7YH7M93/Aerial+View+of+kitchen.PNG Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Ariel View of the Total Project Aerial View of Our Entire Kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626481822974-F5JCK9DPB6J3GO1ALGPF/Arch+Before.jpg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Before: Underutilized Hidden Corner! So what you see behind that arch is literally one vacuum cleaner and our trash + recycling, that’s it! The entire area is 15.3 square feet big but we hardly ever use the space. All the while, see that big fridge right next to our “weird” corner? Yeah those have to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626482362549-M784B1VLF6FH4OA4977U/Final+Pic.jpeg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Make it stand out An overview of the entire space, again. No idea why the wall to the left of the space doesn’t show and looks like it’s completely open lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626481253414-0V5IUP4WJNV1GMF3KZY1/Against+the+wall+before.jpg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Before: All the texture looks the same! You can’t see in this picture but our floor is basically the same “smooth” or textureless material as the countertop, the wall, and basically everything else. Well we gotta change that! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626475990050-DEL86WNFJ3MK0BB85GZR/After+Going+Upstairs.jpeg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - After: No more weird blocking wall! After: Going upstairs to a semi-open kitchen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626477894424-CH1PCQJ204AXUCQQCXP8/Pewter+Green+and+Golden+.jpeg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - A dreamy, modern combo :) It’s hard to see with the app (which makes super realistic pictures but can’t quite recreate the actual cabinet color I want to go for), but here’s the color combo I want to go for, in an actual real life project (thanks Emily Henderson!) The green is Pewter Green by Sherwin Williams, and knobs and handles are from Rejuvenation I believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1626480275694-FWZBXWRSC8ZGMW6JDK5Q/Stove+%2B+oven+before.jpg Blog. - Our Kitchen Renovation: A few Mock-ups in 3D and some (very amateur) Design Tips - Before: Cabinets are functional but not super functional So my beef with our current cabinets as are (beside the color and the design) is that they are not perfectly catering to our needs. For example, most of our pots and pans have to go in that corner base cabinet, but we barely (if ever) reach that super deep corner. So most of our bigger pots and pans are “out of sight, out of mind” for us. So we know we have to determine each and every cabinet function before doing the new kitchen! https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/on-grief monthly 0.5 2021-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1621815744307-F7JSX3KEB2OGJC5995RC/linh+va%CC%80+o%CC%82ng+no%CC%A3%CC%82i.jpeg Blog. - On Grief - Make it stand out Me and grandpa at my 5th birthday party which he orchestrated. https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/why-i-got-the-jansen-johnson-and-johnson-vaccine monthly 0.5 2021-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1617999084158-5GUI2V2PARZ76CDO8VHE/IMG_3368.jpeg Blog. - Why I got the Jansen Johnson and Johnson Vaccine David and I right after getting JJJ! So happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1617995427739-9QBNZ38V38MG3TNK0HZV/3+vaccines.jpeg Blog. - Why I got the Jansen Johnson and Johnson Vaccine I found this chart from the Colorado governor very helpful. Btw kudos to CO for doing such a spectacular job with vaccination! https://linhdaosmooke.com/blog/one-whole-year-of-home-ownership monthly 0.5 2021-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1601598751006-106DETDA14NDFEDZX1M5/big-window-smookes-homestead-before.jpg Blog. - One Whole Year of Home Ownership!!! - Before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1601598803942-AFVH7TUYVGMA075SNCNC/375A57B9-38FC-4A8C-9D26-4493783F1285.jpeg Blog. - One Whole Year of Home Ownership!!! - After https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1601612650772-Z5GMSQBNZ4DKHWGU40EI/Smookes-homestead-living-room-open-space Blog. - One Whole Year of Home Ownership!!! 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Heather Bischoff, the artist who made this piece, named Meditation 546, made a lot of mixed-media art and even some murals. When we were at Crested Butte this past weekend, we actually saw some of her murals on buses. When she went down to her studio in a tugged away corner off Elk Street, she explained to us her processes and the idea behind her art. We instantly fell in love with a much bigger, more expensive piece. But this little one grew on us. It has a great story behind it (reminds her of her time with her grandpa), and we know what each of lattice piece is from. It felt special and just right in this corner of our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eee429286681c3123b46709/1594345872053-43GY1Y3MDYSRHYMI1BRP/Custom-Family-Portrait.JPG Blog. - The Choices We Made with Our First Home - Our custom family portrait This was made from a Colorado artist based on several pictures we sent her of David, Norah and I at our colleague Dane’s wedding. 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