Building a home together, collaborating on daily life tasks, finding our routine, enjoying settling into it, having fun breaking it... over the past 3 years, the foretastes of these adventures have brought us so much happiness and laughter. We aren't sure what all to anticipate in the journey to ahead as newlyweds--hence, adventure!--so that's what this fund is for.

We can't honeymoon right after the wedding because S has to move across the country for a training assignment this spring. But we would love to do a belated just-us honeymoon experience once S is home with L at last!

S is giddy about finding, buying, and enjoying all the space of our future king bed!

We can't wait to finally nest and create a bedroom that is a restful and beautiful home base. This fund will be used for rugs, curtains, furniture, lighting, plants, and cozy things.

We are exited to nest and create comfortable, warm, and inviting living spaces. This fund will be used for rugs, curtains, and other textiles, for art, lighting, plants, and furniture.

We are exited to nest and create a functional, light, and welcoming bathroom space. This fund will be used for rugs, curtains, towels, accessories, and art..

We would love a powerful, long lasting blender, well warrantee-ed... but we aren't sure we need something as impressive as a Vitamix 5200, so we are still doing our research.

We will be figuring out the rest of what our kitchen needs once we have a shared kitchen.

Treat Item! There aren't a lot of cooking projects that get L excited, but perfecting Strohmbertson recipes for pizza and flatbreads is one of them.

L has two folding chairs. S's chairs aren't worth the cost of storing and moving during 5 months of training. We happily use couch, pillows, floor, and folding chairs for now, but we will probably want chairs eventually, and when we do will take our time searching for good options used. #reusereducerecycle

It would be such a joy and help to have a top of the line cordless vacuum. S is still getting used to the mind-boggling amount of hair L seems to shed.

We love our leafy greens! But: Lindsey has been living without a salad spinner for years, which has made salad prep far less fun; and Sylvan, well, he lives mostly without salad, unless some else prepares it. We are excited to get better prep tools, so we can get our salad on far more often.

...anything to make salad eating easier!

L heard once that when you perceive food as beautiful and appetizingly plated, that positive pre-eating experience increases how effectively your body absorb nutrients. Whatever the science, SnL believes in beauty making food yummier! Help us make salad's yummier!

...anything that makes making wholefoods into yummy snacks easier!

SnL loves food, but is still learning how to cook. Good cookware is making this learning curve a little less stressful. ;) Since it's hard to dethrone this winning skillet... it's at the top of our list for kitchen items.

SnL loves food, but is still learning how to cook. Good appliances are making this learning curve a little less stressful. ;) (Zavor is an Instapot competitor with better reliability reviews, so it's where we want to start.)

We like table settings with mixed-color stoneware, so for a "service for 12" set we are excited about 4 sets in blue, 4 in white, and 4 in gray. Hence these three Zuma items.

We like table settings with mixed-color stoneware, so for a "service for 12" set we are excited about 4 sets in blue, 4 in white, and 4 in gray. Hence these three Zuma items.

L's dwindling mismatched silverware collection has just been bolstered by S's set of bachelor pad utensils... but eventually SnL wants to get a cohesive set of flatware we really love and are excited to use and host with.

S has one pairing knife we hand back-and-forth over dinner for use as a steak knife. L has two very old serrated steak knives that cut worse than her butter knifes. SnL will be overwhelmed by the miracles of modern knife technology, not to mention the experience of having more than one. #sparkjoy

S doesn't do leftovers. L does. L is working on teaching S about how to do leftovers right.

Treat Item! Though 2020 and long work hours have made it rare recently, SnL loves to host! And L in particular loves cheese, but has never owned a set of cheese knives.

Treat Item! Though 2020 and long work hours have made it rare recently, SnL loves to host! And L in particular loves the little things that make hosting and apps more fun.

We like table settings with mixed-color stoneware, so for a "service for 12" set we are excited about 4 sets in blue, 4 in white, and 4 in gray. Hence these three Zuma items.

Treat Item! S has long appreciated the joys of luxurious bath time. L is still learning this art. S thinks this may motivate her. #books