Welcome to Nest & Nourish, a blog about the things I enjoy most: home, food, design, and everyday life. Who am I? My name is Elizabeth and I’m a working professional in Seattle. This year has brought exciting new life changes: getting engaged, jumping into wedding planning, and buying our first home. Think we have enough on our plates?? Ha. The purpose of this blog is to share my adventures in domestic life, from embarking on a home remodel to planning and wedding and starting a family.

Why blog now? I’ve always enjoyed writing. I studied journalism in college and thought I wanted to become a magazine editor. Practicality, as well as an aptitude for numbers, prevailed and I found myself embarking on career in marketing and product management. And so writing for pleasure got pushed aside with everything else going on, but I’ve been thinking it’s time to exercise that muscle again. I had a hard time coming up with a theme for a blog though, until we got engaged and bought our first home. I’ve always loved home design and decorating. As a child, I spent more time setting up my Barbie house than actually playing with the Barbies. As I got older, after I got over the magazine editor idea, I began watching way too much HGTV and dreaming of becoming an interior designer. I sometimes still think about it, but I think it’s probably better for me as a hobby than a profession.

I joked when we put the offer in on our 1930 house that it would have been a waste of all the hours I’ve spent watching remodeling shows if we hadn’t bought a house in need of some love. And then I realized, I could use our home remodel and leap into married life as the jumping point for a foray back into blogging. Nest captures the themes of home and living I plan to touch upon, while Nourish brings in my love of food and cooking. As we start to build our family in our new home, I’m sure there will be other connotations as well.

Anyways, thank you for stopping by and getting to the end of my ramble if you made it! I hope you enjoy and follow along here and on Instagram (@nestnourish)!