Lifestyle
Our Favorite Backpacks
Lifestyle
August 21, 2021
Our Favorite Backpacks
Our girls are anxious and excited to start their new schools here in our new hometown. Our youngest, Polly, will start Pre-k (her first time going to school!) And Faye will go to second starting next week. Our oldest has a few more weeks until school starts. We have only heard incredible things about fall […]
August 21, 2021
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Design
Casual Friday: What movies/shows do you watch for the interiors? (Here are my favorites!)
Design
August 20, 2021
Casual Friday: What movies/shows do you watch for the interiors? (Here are my favorites!)
(Pride & Prejudice interior via) What are your favorite on-screen interiors?? You know, the shows/movies that are good, but then the set design makes them even better?! Or maybe you watch exclusively for the set design? Lately, I've been so inspired by movies and shows--these are masters at creating mood and ambience with interiors. It's […]
August 20, 2021
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Design
Build A Room: Decorating a TV Room in Phases, all for under $4500
Design
August 19, 2021
Build A Room: Decorating a TV Room in Phases, all for under $4500
This post is sponsored by Walmart Every so often, we like to do mood board posts, that build on each other in budget-friendly increments that's more true to life. It's rare to purchase everything for a room in one sitting, right? More often than not, a room comes together over time as budget permits. Here’s […]
August 19, 2021
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Decor
Media Consoles at Every Size and Price Point
Decor
August 18, 2021
Media Consoles at Every Size and Price Point
Today we're sharing media console options for everyone, with an appropriately ironic photo of a DIY avenue above (via) where they made a console out of two shelves! So there's an option for the DIY enthusiasts too! Ha! This week, we have shared: • 4 Ways To Hide Your TV Wires (And A Bonus Room […]
August 18, 2021
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DIY
Answering: What Size TV should I get?! (And how high do I hang it?)
DIY
August 17, 2021
Answering: What Size TV should I get?! (And how high do I hang it?)
We are unofficially officially dedicating this week to the TV room. When it comes to TV size — bigger is better, right? Who doesn’t want a home theater? Well, let's pump the breaks. The general rule of thumb is the tv should be about 2/3 of the width of whatever piece of furniture is anchoring it. […]
August 17, 2021
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DIY
4 Ways To Hide Your TV Wires (and a Bonus Room Mock-up!)
DIY
August 16, 2021
4 Ways To Hide Your TV Wires (and a Bonus Room Mock-up!)
The bonus room has already evolved from the playroom since we moved in. I quickly realized that it was far too central to have toys emptied on the floor, so we swapped the girls playroom where the theatre room was going to be. Funny how much has changed since we first pictured our family living […]
August 16, 2021
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Setting up the Music Room, the perfect fall sweater, timeless kids' rooms, the best reusable grocery bag, and more!
Casual Friday
August 13, 2021
Casual Friday: Setting up the Music Room, the perfect fall sweater, timeless kids' rooms, the best reusable grocery bag, and more!
Every day we discover more things that never made it to us in the move. It’s difficult not having a list of what’s in that sealed storage unit in Idaho that we don’t have access to and with each passing day, we realize that we may never see some things again. This week, when those […]
August 13, 2021
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Design
Do you prefer to work at a desk or a table? (We changed our minds!)
Design
August 12, 2021
Do you prefer to work at a desk or a table? (We changed our minds!)
As plans are underway for the kitchen and the powder room and a few other rooms in our house, our team has already moved into our new home's office space, piecing together a workspace from what we brought with us. The space above the guest house already went through some transformation since purchasing the house. […]
August 12, 2021
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Design
19 Different Ways to add Moldings & Trim to Your Walls
Design
August 11, 2021
19 Different Ways to add Moldings & Trim to Your Walls
We inherited some amazing trim work with the 90s colonial we bought just a few months ago, and I have been saving images and studying ways to add even more to our spaces as we tackle each room in the coming months and years. I'm convinced that adding trim and moldings to your walls and ceilings is […]
August 11, 2021
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Design
Our First Project: The Powder Bath!! Here's the Mood Board
Design
August 10, 2021
Our First Project: The Powder Bath!! Here's the Mood Board
We often share first looks and sneak peaks to our Love Letter subscribers (sign up here to get on the list) and last week we shared the first 3 projects we want to work on in our house. At the top of that list? The powder bathroom on the main floor. When we first bought […]
August 10, 2021
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Design
The Kitchen Plans!!!
Design
August 9, 2021
The Kitchen Plans!!!
Our last Kitchen reno check in was at the end of June where we had everything completely demo'd and announced that we would be working with the Stoffer Home Cabinetry and Jean Stoffer Design for our new kitchen. If you missed any of that--it's juicy and we share a lot of the whys--you can catch […]
August 9, 2021
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday: The His and Hers closets at the new house, 24 attractive ceiling fans, a new light for our bedroom & more!
Casual Friday
August 6, 2021
Casual Friday: The His and Hers closets at the new house, 24 attractive ceiling fans, a new light for our bedroom & more!
My head is spinning with every paint color I want to sample on the walls and I'm just dying to buy something special for a room in this house. You know, a piece that fits perfectly. That's for this house. But I'm learning you can't really do much until you're organized. This week I tried to focus […]
August 6, 2021
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DIY
The First Smart Lock I've Ever Loved
DIY
August 5, 2021
The First Smart Lock I've Ever Loved
This post is sponsored by Level Smart locks aren't often seen as a necessity - even for us, and we've used 'em all! There's just usually something about them that doesn't quite click - usability, quality, design! But I'm ready to say we've found the first smart lock we feel good claiming is a must-have […]
August 5, 2021
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Design
The Stain we Decided on for Our White Oak Floors
Design
August 3, 2021
The Stain we Decided on for Our White Oak Floors
Back in May I shared a list of all the projects we wanted to have done before moving into our new house. At the top of that list?–replace all the flooring with stain in place white oak. The main level was wall-to-wall Brazilian cherry (the reddest of reds), and upstairs was all carpeted that needed […]
August 3, 2021
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DIY
Painting the floors and Setting Up the Guest House!
DIY
August 2, 2021
Painting the floors and Setting Up the Guest House!
I didn't think the very first thing I would be painting in our new home would be the guest house and I really didn't think it would the floor! But that's just what I did on move-in day. We had all of the Brazilian cherry flooring replaced in our main home, but we left the […]
August 2, 2021
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Fashion
July Favorites
Fashion
July 30, 2021
July Favorites
The majority of July we spent in sweats or swimming in hotels, but those sweats (and swimsuit!) happen to have made the list of my favorites in July so I think we're calling it a win all around! Keep reading to see what else made this list! 1. Hera Chain Necklace $68 My bff, […]
July 30, 2021
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday | Dear Diary: 1 month in North Carolina
Casual Friday
July 30, 2021
Casual Friday | Dear Diary: 1 month in North Carolina
This week marks 1 month in North Carolina so I thought I would share a journal-type post today sharing how I'm feeling. I’m so happy we’re here and we were able to move into our house just over a week ago. I'm really starting to fall in love with the area and with the arrival of our […]
July 30, 2021
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Entertaining
We Asked My Favorite Hostess, Kim Vargo, 5 Questions
Entertaining
July 29, 2021
We Asked My Favorite Hostess, Kim Vargo, 5 Questions
If there was someone who hosts even more than we do, and probably more effortlessly--it's Kim and Scott Vargo of Yellow Brick Home: our dear friends with whom we wish we could share a charcuterie board and game night a lot more often! And Kim isn't a "hostess with the mostess" because she's doing over-the-top […]
July 29, 2021
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Design
Our Bedroom Today (And where we started!)
Design
July 28, 2021
Our Bedroom Today (And where we started!)
This post is sponsored by Boll & Branch Our bedroom has been through a lot of transitions since closing on our home at the beginning of May. Before moving in, we had our contractors remove the tray ceiling, board up the doorway on the right leading to the front room and patch and paint. (The walls […]
July 28, 2021
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Entertaining
How to have people over with no stress.
Entertaining
July 27, 2021
How to have people over with no stress.
This week we're celebrating all of our hard work by playing host. It's time to invite someone over! Yesterday we talked all about falling in love with your home by opening its doors because creating memories within your home surrounded by loved ones is taking the relationship to the next level! Get ready for hometown […]
July 27, 2021
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