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The Valentines Episode : Sweets, House Plants, and Hikes Are for Lovers

In today’s episode, we are serving up ideas to make your Valentine’s Day cozy and connected - - inspired from the pages of our favorite home magazines.   We have taken the recipe for the Red Velvet Brownie Torte (hello!) from the February 2023 issue of Real Simple Magazine into our home test kitchens, and we are excited to share that recipe, as well as our thoughts and what we learned along the way about how to pull it off without a hitch. And that’s a good thing because with Valen...

The Better Everything New Year Plan

In today’s episode, we will let Real Simple guide us through 30 days to a better everything. How could you argue with that? We will tap into their daily suggestions that will help us eliminate the junk in our trunks (their words, not mine), the clutter in our kitchen cabinets, the stress in our schedules, and all the other stuff adding chaos to our days.  And we will play a dreamy round of Would You Rather - where we pick a pretty stone house that is currently for sale, brought to ...

The First Annual Holiday Cookie Exchange : Podcast Style

If we were all together, we’d be having you over for a holiday cookie exchange. Likely we’d be wearing festive pajamas or holiday sweaters - or both. We’d all show up with a giant platter of our favorite cookies. And because the cookies are so delicious, we’d share the recipes and the stories behind why we love them so much. So let’s relish the joy of this shared experience together - brought together by sugar, held together by our hopeless sense of nostalgia and deep feels. This is...

Holiday Gifting Guide: Creative Wrapping, Advice, and Wish Lists

Today’s episode is all about gifting - from wrapping to wish lists and the advice in between. We will take a look at how to craft the perfect snow-white clay gift tags. Spoiler alert: They make great ornaments, too. These tags were inspired by Annie Diamond’s Better Homes and Gardens article that we went on and on about last week.  We will practice using natural elements, like twigs and sprigs, for adorning wrapped packages - inspired by Magnolia.  Greenery and dried oranges will...

Deck The Halls: Decorating for the Holidays

In today’s episode, we turn our focus to decking the halls! If there’s one way to be sure to feel the holiday spirit, it may just be by transforming our homes into winter wonderlands with seasonal touches that proclaim something special is happening here, in this moment.   Whether it be adorning mantels, stairways and table tops with greenery, like Good Housekeeping, Magnolia, and Country Living encourage. Or by handcrafting new garlands, paper snowflakes, or stars made of twigs- ...

The Thanksgiving Pie Episode

In today’s episode, we are focusing on one thing and one thing only: PIES! More specifically, how to make the ultimate pie crust.  Because,  if you’re anything like me, pie making seems to have a  magical quality, like it’s a special talent doled out to a select few in the family who have mastered the art of pie making. I, admittedly, would LOVE to be one of those people.  In the spirit of fully exploring our pie crust recipe options, I could not take one magazine’s promise of pe...

Modern Manners and Thanksgiving Cocktails

Hello, friends! Welcome to the Page Living Podcast, the podcast for holiday-loving homebodies who love to pull inspiration from their favorite home magazines. Each of our podcasts for the month of November will focus on preparing for the Thanksgiving season and meal - full of flavor, connection, and style.  And today, we are focusing on cocktails fit to add seasonal liquid joviality to your meal. Edward Gali, an at-home cocktail enthusiast and talented mixologist joins us, as he h...

Thanksgiving Sides, Pro Tips, And Place Cards

In today’s episode, we turn our focus on the most important element of the Thanksgiving feast. No, it’s not the turkey. No, it’s not the Tofurkey.  It’s the sides! The sides, in our world, are really the stars of the show. And because every one of our magazines has delivered roughly 100 recipes per issue for sides, we are going to switch up our approach and share an overview, if you will, as we all work to craft our own menus for the family feast.  We will talk  Pro Tips thanks to ...

Halloween Prepping. The final countdown!

Welcome to the Page Living Podcast. The podcast for home-loving, holiday-loving, seasonal-living, magazine lovers.  It would not be an October issue of our favorite magazines without crafty suggestions on how to make any old pumpkin a shining star. And with so many options to choose from, Katie and I split up the ideas and each put our best crafting foot forward. We will pass those ideas on to you - and let you know how it went for us. For better or for worse.  We are baking up a ...

October Entertaining

Mid-October is the ultimate time to host fall gatherings. Our fave October magazines dole out copious amounts of fall entertaining ideas, so we had to try them out.  This week, we delight in taking a stab at crafting monogrammed apples as seasonal place cards and caramel apples for a fall sweet treat (which went horribly wrong), all from Country Living Magazine. Country Living’s Brussel Sprouts with Warm Apple Cider Dressing and from-scratch Focaccia from our friends at Good House...

Celebrating October and Prepping for Halloween

Celebrating the kickoff of Halloween season, we decorate our homes for Halloween, taking not-so-spooky DIY cues from Better Homes and Gardens.  While apple cider donuts are popping up everywhere -from donut shops to pumpkin patches- we bake an Apple Cider Donut Bundt Cake to delight our October cravings.  We dream of Cozy Cabin Retreats and play a jovial game of “Would You Rather” as we pretend to make them our own, thanks to Country Living Magazine.  Chili Stuffed Sweet Potatoes...

For the Love of Casseroles, Apple Muffins, Favorite Things, and Fall Presence

Today, we will be inspired by Floral Designer, Nicky Andrag. Magnolia Journal kindly introduced us to her and her kernels of wisdom around intentionally taking in the world around us so that we may be amazed by the beauty that surrounds us. While this is normally a way of life Katie and I commit to, we paid special attention to the notion this week, and we will share our experiences, as well as ways to express this practice creatively.  We send September off with a bang, not missin...

Simmer Pots, Fall Travel, and Fall Eats

In today’s podcast, we take inspiration from the September issue of Real Simple Magazine from an article about the power fragrance has on our mood. But because Katie and I are too sensitive for 99% of what they suggest, we will share our favorite fall candle hack as we explore the art of Simmer Pots.   Good Housekeeping is giving us the answer to the ever-so-important question, “What’s for Dinner?” with a chicken pot pie soup, which we have tasted, tested, and gathered all our litt...

Soup and Stew Season, Pumpkin Whoopie Pies and the Family Cookbook

Hello, friends! Welcome to the Page Living Podcast! The podcast for home magazine lovers.  In today’s episode, we are continuing our fall anticipation momentum. The fall issue of Magnolia Journal will be having its moment this week. It is so rich with inspiration, we had to try so many ideas. And you’ll get to hear all about them!    We bake up a Pumpkin Whoopie Pie sure to impress even those clinging on to summer.  It’s delicious and a little fancy, so prepare to impress. (I lite...

First Fall Feels: Preparing the home and baking apple turnovers

Celebrating the beginning of September means honoring the sweet and unique seasonal middle space - where the carefree days of summer shift to the anticipation of a cozy fall.  Taking a page from Country Living Magazine this month, we dig into an article called Good to the Core, where they encourage us to channel our best sweater weather with their collection of apple recipes. And we will do just that as we test out and share an apple turnover recipe sure to lay out the welcome mat ...

Summer Living for Lemonade Loving Bookworms

In today’s episode, we draw inspiration from an article that caught my eye all about shelf organization in the July 2021 issue of Country Living Magazine. And we speak with professional librarian Andrew Brink to get his tips on how to curate and organize a home library that is more than just a pretty face.  And inspired by the Good Humor ice cream bar taste test in the summer issue of Delish magazine, you’ll not only learn about the top winners, because I couldn’t leave you hanging...

Fourth of July Planning with Smores Boards, Tassel Garland, and Cherry Caprese Salad

In today's podcast, we are celebrating the 4th of July - with inspiration pulled from throwback issues of Better Homes and Gardens and Country Living Magazines. We will cook up a delicious Cherry Caprese Salad - fitting for your 4th of July gathering - as we talk to this week’s at-home test kitchen field reporter, Carrie Flynn.   We tackle the ever popular tassel garland to adorn your 4th of July gathering - as seen in the July 2020 issue of Better Homes and Gardens.  Inspired by...

June BHG and Country Living Mags Inspire Power Muffins, Mocktails, Flea Market Bargains, and Dad Advice

Welcome to episode TWO of the Page Living Podcast! Today we are taking a closer look into the June 2021 issues of Better Homes and Gardens and Country Living magazines.  We LOVE a good power muffin in our house. So we wondered… do the Chocolate Cherry Power Up Muffins on page 78 of the June issue of Better Homes and Garden live up to the name? We find out in this week’s Test Kitchen. To bake this week’s recipe, I have called on one of my favorite trusty at-home bakers. She’s my lit...

June Living - Inspired by Martha Stewart Living and Sunset Magazines

In today’s episode, we are deep diving into the Martha Stewart Living June 2021 issue #315 and the summer 2021 Sunset Magazine Outdoor Living Issue. From an ice cream sandwich worthy of satisfying the most discerning summer tastebuds and a simple and sweet summer cocktail, to Father’s Day gift ideas and gingham picnic dreaming, this first ever Page Living Podcast is an ode to summer living - right in line with the magazines we are loving this season. 

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