Katie | Salt & Rook
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Modern reno ⚒️ old house charm 🗝️ native plants & pollinator gardens 🌱 in our 1915 Dutch Colonial in Upstate NY | SYR 🍊 saltandrook.com
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If you came over to Bluesky from Instagram to follow our old house reno - welcome! There seem to be fewer bots here and I don't feel like my brain is melting from Reels 🫠 so that's a huge plus!
Joe Pye Weed is the life of the garden party. Ladybugs AND lacewings 🐞
June 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Joe Pye Weed is the life of the garden party. Ladybugs AND lacewings 🐞
Heading into spring #2 for the deer-resistant dry shade garden. They ate some jacob's ladder and peony buds but otherwise left things alone. Now I'm working on the dry full-sun garden. Added sage, artemisia, mountain mint, and salvia. Will add a vibernum, too.
May 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Heading into spring #2 for the deer-resistant dry shade garden. They ate some jacob's ladder and peony buds but otherwise left things alone. Now I'm working on the dry full-sun garden. Added sage, artemisia, mountain mint, and salvia. Will add a vibernum, too.
Another day, another reminder of why I quit most social media to focus on my real life 😂
March 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Another day, another reminder of why I quit most social media to focus on my real life 😂
Elevating this thread. If implemented, this would be a disaster on so many levels: for universities, for healthcare professionals, and - of course - for anyone who needs healthcare (aka, all of us)
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Elevating this thread. If implemented, this would be a disaster on so many levels: for universities, for healthcare professionals, and - of course - for anyone who needs healthcare (aka, all of us)
Kitchen cabinet rendering on the right, inspiration on the left. We have cherry lumber on hand but are still sourcing cherry plywood (🙃). Going a bit off-script from a typical early 20th century kitchen, but not too fancy. #oldhouselove
February 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kitchen cabinet rendering on the right, inspiration on the left. We have cherry lumber on hand but are still sourcing cherry plywood (🙃). Going a bit off-script from a typical early 20th century kitchen, but not too fancy. #oldhouselove
A reminder that you absolutely DO NOT need can lights for a kitchen. Or any room, for that matter.
Anyway. Currently researching a Benjamin Moore paint color that pairs well with cherry cabinets and white trim. I'm all ears for suggestions. Right now my front runner is Brandy Cream.
Anyway. Currently researching a Benjamin Moore paint color that pairs well with cherry cabinets and white trim. I'm all ears for suggestions. Right now my front runner is Brandy Cream.
January 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A reminder that you absolutely DO NOT need can lights for a kitchen. Or any room, for that matter.
Anyway. Currently researching a Benjamin Moore paint color that pairs well with cherry cabinets and white trim. I'm all ears for suggestions. Right now my front runner is Brandy Cream.
Anyway. Currently researching a Benjamin Moore paint color that pairs well with cherry cabinets and white trim. I'm all ears for suggestions. Right now my front runner is Brandy Cream.
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I have gotten complaints from my IG followers that in the last 24 hours Meta has: removed them as my followers and prevented them from refollowing, is not allowing them to view my stories and whenever I use words like abortion, my views crash by 80%. WILD.
January 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I have gotten complaints from my IG followers that in the last 24 hours Meta has: removed them as my followers and prevented them from refollowing, is not allowing them to view my stories and whenever I use words like abortion, my views crash by 80%. WILD.
"I really don't think I'll get many offers [for sponsorships] this year because I'm doing a low-buy year. And that's not very sellable, is it?"
I followed Immy on IG right before I left. I now subscribe to her YouTube. Love her insights on the tension between content creation and sustainability.
I followed Immy on IG right before I left. I now subscribe to her YouTube. Love her insights on the tension between content creation and sustainability.
Low buy year...my priorities have already changed
YouTube video by Immy Lucas
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"I really don't think I'll get many offers [for sponsorships] this year because I'm doing a low-buy year. And that's not very sellable, is it?"
I followed Immy on IG right before I left. I now subscribe to her YouTube. Love her insights on the tension between content creation and sustainability.
I followed Immy on IG right before I left. I now subscribe to her YouTube. Love her insights on the tension between content creation and sustainability.
You guys I swear I'm not the only old house / reno account that moved here 😂
January 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
You guys I swear I'm not the only old house / reno account that moved here 😂
If you came over to Bluesky from Instagram to follow our old house reno - welcome! There seem to be fewer bots here and I don't feel like my brain is melting from Reels 🫠 so that's a huge plus!
January 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If you came over to Bluesky from Instagram to follow our old house reno - welcome! There seem to be fewer bots here and I don't feel like my brain is melting from Reels 🫠 so that's a huge plus!
Enameled cast iron farmhouse sinks are dreamy. BUT! They are also ✨ high maintenance ✨ so choose this option wisely. Currently cleaning mine. I love the way this fits in our unfitted kitchen layout but ... It's a bit of a diva.
January 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Enameled cast iron farmhouse sinks are dreamy. BUT! They are also ✨ high maintenance ✨ so choose this option wisely. Currently cleaning mine. I love the way this fits in our unfitted kitchen layout but ... It's a bit of a diva.