mini retreat
                  
                    
                      This weekend, I'm taking two days in the country in Michigan to unplug from the computer, and plan the...
                    
                  
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                vintage maps
                  
                    
                      Last Saturday, my husband and I were walking about our Andersonville neighborhood and came across a garage sale that...
                    
                  
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                back from California...
                  
                    
                      It was surprisingly easy to get back into the routine today- I guess vacation can do that, even though...
                    
                  
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                inspiring friends, boards, and burlap ric rac
                  
                    
                      Sometimes, I freelance for a housewares company in Chicago, and there is a group of very talented designers there,...
                    
                  
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                Mini Retreat update
                  
                    
                      Well, my mini vacation didn't quite go as expected. With the boys downstate visiting their grandparents, I had visions...
                    
                  
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                August Ruminations...
                  
                    
                      I am dubbing August Take-A-Step-Back-And-Look-At-The-Business-Month. It's the perfect time for it- August just slows down a bit; The weddings...
                    
                  
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                personalized linens...the process
                  
                    
                      Well, this post is a little late getting up! Yesterday was my first day without my interns, who have...
                    
                  
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                Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien
                  
                    
                      From Voltaire. Translation: The perfect is the enemy of the good. My dad told me this, as I struggled with...
                    
                  
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                morning ritual - coffee
                  
                    
                      Every morning I make my coffee using the stovetop espresso coffee maker more widely used in Europe. I love...
                    
                  
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                Authenticity
                  
                    
                      Recently, we have been working on making some changes to the Sarah Drake Design website, along with reevaluating our...
                    
                  
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                Most influential...
                  
                    
                      Whether good or bad, our parent's influence contributes greatly to our outcome. I've had two lives with my parents,...
                    
                  
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