A friend recently shared a styling conundrum: She’s started a collection of pretty vases and urns, but is not sure what to put in them. “Oh, why do you think you need to put something in them?” I asked her. It’s true — I love a faux stem. And I’m guilty of cutting seasonal branches […]
This week has been a whirlwind. I surprised Chris with a weekend getaway last week for his birthday, and we ended up rushing home early because of a high fever--he was diagnosed with pneumonia last Friday and it definitely got worse before it got better. But after a week in bed, he is thankfully doing […]
Greta's room is all wallpapered and my heart is melting!!!! And she won't stop screaming! She LOVES IT! It was a little process to get to this point--deciding on the wallpaper and whether or not to wallpaper the slant part of the ceiling or not (so glad we did!) And then smoothing out the texture […]
Yesterday on Instagram stories, I shared decorating our kitchen for fall in real time. I really focused on creating an autumn feeling with practical items--apples, branches cut from outside, a cookbook opened to a fall recipe displayed on a stand. It was so fun sharing with all of you and the response was motivating. I'll […]
This post is sponsored by eBay We've been long-time fans of eBay, even before they were sponsors of ours, so it was so fun to be asked to put together a curated landing page with our favorite finds and buys on eBay! You can check it out right here and we'll try to update it […]
As soon as we sold our last leather chairs with our previous home, we started the hunt for new ones. It wasn't until 6 weeks ago, that we ordered two of these lounge-y top-grain leather chairs for the living room and then, boom, demo started unexpectedly. They've been wrapped up and then we finally I […]
2 weeks ago we shared our phase 1 kitchen renovation before and after photos and besides it being one of the most fun projects we've ever shared, we also got a loot of questions about why we would you even DO a phase 2? What a nice compliment to our phase 1. The goal of phase 1 […]
Over the weekend, we hit 300,000 followers on Instagram! I remember, in fall of 2015, hitting 10,000 followers. We celebrated that — and every milestone since. But 300,000 is a number that's nearly unfathomable to us, and we couldn't be more excited or more grateful to be doing what we're doing and to be […]
This post is in partnership with Wayfair I'm sorry I've been a little absent on the blog this week. We've been busy trying to wrap up our kitchen for a big Thanksgiving shoot next week and I've been mostly sharing on Instagram. I saved the whole thing in my highlights if you missed it! Then […]
This post is sponsored by Blinds.com When we finished the Fullmer kitchen a few weeks ago, there was actually one element that we were still waiting on and a few of you guessed it--window treatments! After the new windows went it, it was hard to think about covering them. But the truth is, good window […]
This post is sponsored by Pottery Barn's Sustainable Collections When school got out at the end of May, we decided we were going to do a screen free summer for the girls. No iPads, TV, stealing our phone to watch a show at a restaurant (even the baby when she got fussy!). To be honest, […]
This post is sponsored by eBay eBay has been my favorite place to hunt for deals for a long time. It's just so amazing to be able to find brand new, vintage antiques, trendy and formerly out-of-budget pieces all on the same site. I don't generally bid on items (although that's a great way to […]
A few weeks ago, when I introduced our new table, I mentioned that I also bought new dining chairs but they hadn't shipped yet and I didn't want to risk putting them on backorder for too long by sharing them before they arrived. But now that they're here, I just want to plaster their picture […]
Last week, we broke down the full budget of the Fullmer kitchen--you can read about that right here. (You can see the full reveal right here) In the comments, there was a big request for a LOOK FOR LESS. The whole kitchen was full of splurge and save pieces, so we took the splurgiest items […]
It's time to stop using a moving box as a nightstand and it's time to stop re-situating our mattress on its base every night. We are starting our bedroom THIS week and I'm committed to ordering a bed and a nightstand. A rug. A dresser. I want to do a make-under on the fireplace and […]
This post is sponsored by NamaMat Right before we moved, our NamaMat showed up on the doorstep and I could barely wait another second to get it unrolled (so I hope you won't mind seeing it in our last kitchen in this post). If you haven't heard of NamaMat yet (it's from the creative geniuses […]
It's official, our deck has never looked better! The Studio McGee team drove/flew up a week and a half ago to style our deck and shoot a few of their new outdoor pieces. The furnishings are ours but they layered in all of their beautiful new outdoor pillows, rugs, planters and some fun entertaining pieces. […]
This post is sponsored by Walmart After our announcement Monday that we'll be selling our home and moving, we have been busy getting it prepped for listing this upcoming Monday. Fortunately, we have no major projects on our list, but hundreds of little projects. Paint touch ups, deep cleaning, de cluttering! The only room that […]
(All outdoor sources linked here!) It's nearly time for outdoor entertaining--our favorite time of the year over here. And do you know what the best time to buy outdoor furnishings is? Right now! Everything is on sale and then after Memorial Day, usually, it all goes up to full price until the end of July […]
Some rooms in our home have barely changed over the 6 years we have lived here, and some are constantly evolving--our bedroom is definitely the latter. (Along with the living room evolution and the reading room--talk about a glow up!) Last week, we cautiously deemed our bedroom finished, so I thought it would be fun to […]
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