Design
Casual Friday: Give me all your road trip tips, our exterior reno in 5 minutes, my fav jeans, the perfect summer dessert and more!
Inspiration
Casual Friday: Give me all your road trip tips, our exterior reno in 5 minutes, my fav jeans, the perfect summer dessert and more!
We're preparing for the cross country trip of our lifetime in 2 weeks where we move from Idaho to Raleigh. Not only am I trying to plan a 5 day road trip with 3 kids that's actually fun and memorable, but I'm also especially sensitive to the fact with each passing hour, we are […]
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June 4, 2021
Design
The Kitchen Plans We Didn't Get to Use
Design
The Kitchen Plans We Didn't Get to Use
Cabinet Color: Thunderous by Sherwin Williams Runner, Lamp, Cutting Board, Bowl, Vase, Art, Soap I debated whether or not to share our kitchen plans for our current Idaho home, because they aren't happening and the new owners have already came in and measured for new cabinets and everyone has different needs and wants so […]
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June 2, 2021
Design
Casual Friday: The BEST OF MAY
Decor
Casual Friday: The BEST OF MAY
At the end of every month, we love to look back and see what resonated with YOU the most. So today, I'm excited to share THE BEST OF MAY. These are the things you saw me talk about and share this month that you loved the most. You asked about them over and over and […]
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May 28, 2021
Design
My & My Designer Friends' Favorite Home Items Under $25!
Decor
My & My Designer Friends' Favorite Home Items Under $25!
Sources I love the excitement of a new piece of furniture as much as the next person--the right piece makes all the difference! But there is so much power in the little things, too. I've been on a personal mission over the last 3 years to only bring beautiful things into our home. Even the […]
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May 25, 2021
Design
Our new bedroom plans + Skirted Beds at every price point
Design
Our new bedroom plans + Skirted Beds at every price point
Our canopy bed in our bedroom was my dream bed. I still remember walking around a crate and barrel a decade ago and seeing a beautiful canopy bed and just knowing one day I'd have one. This home was the first time we had ceilings that felt tall enough to accomodate the bed of my dreams […]
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May 24, 2021
Design
Casual Friday: My favorite short sleeved tops, an a+ grain free snack, hosting a friends viewing party and more!
Inspiration
Casual Friday: My favorite short sleeved tops, an a+ grain free snack, hosting a friends viewing party and more!
As someone who is chronically cold, I am easing into shorter sleeves over here. But after an application of my favorite self tanner--I get more excited about them!! Graphic tees and blouse-y tops and bodysuits are making a big splash this year, so I've been mixing those in with my go to (button ups for […]
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May 21, 2021
Design
My Must-Haves for Easing back into Traveling and Hosting!
Design
My Must-Haves for Easing back into Traveling and Hosting!
This post is sponsored by Walmart In the last few months we have traveled back and forth to Raleigh four times and it felt so different after not traveling for a whole year! But also invigorating. Now that it's safer to do so, travel and hosting are coming back! While your guest room might have functioned as […]
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May 19, 2021
Design
Designing A New Staircase (Everything you should ask yourself!)
Projects
Designing A New Staircase (Everything you should ask yourself!)
Designing our main staircase was something that crept up suddenly, but I am so honored and happy I am able to do! The original plan was just to swap out the treads and handrail for oak to match our new floors that will be going in, but when our contractor said, "anything else? now is the time […]
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May 18, 2021
Design
The First Video Tour of our Modern Colonial
Design
The First Video Tour of our Modern Colonial
Just about a week after our final video tour of our modern cottage, we wanted to share the FIRST video tour of our new home. (If you missed why we chose this house, you can check out this post!). There are several things we'll be doing before we move in at the end of next […]
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May 13, 2021
Design
Meet our Colonial home in North Carolina!
Design
Meet our Colonial home in North Carolina!
On Monday, we flew into Raleigh to close on our new home there! (If you missed why we're moving, you can check out this post and why we chose Raleigh right here.) The home is a beautiful, classic, red-brick Georgian-style colonial just outside of Raleigh. Right when we pulled up to it, we got that […]
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May 12, 2021
Design
Our Favorite Coffee Tables at Every Price Point!
Decor
Our Favorite Coffee Tables at Every Price Point!
We are honing in on what we're bringing with us with the move and what we're selling in our upcoming yard sale but let me tell ya what I know for sure, our coffee table is coming. I really fell hard for this coffee table a while back and I'm really hoping it fits well […]
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May 10, 2021
Design
Then and Now: The Girls' Rooms
Design
Then and Now: The Girls' Rooms
Welcome back to a little segment I like to call, "Then and Now" where we take a look back at different rooms in our house (you guessed it) then, and now. We've looked at our living rooms and our primary bathrooms, and today we're taking a peak at the girls' rooms in our last house […]
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May 6, 2021
Design
How to use Pinterest to find Sources and Inspiration
Inspiration
How to use Pinterest to find Sources and Inspiration
You can see more of our bathroom here! Anytime I share inspiration images, I get a slew of questions about how to even FIND these kinds of beautiful imagery. I guess I'm still old school because I turn to Pinterest. But whenever I say that I usually hear a bunch about how Pinterest never shows […]
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May 5, 2021
Design
Trend Alert: Scenic Wall Murals (and where to buy them!)
Design
Trend Alert: Scenic Wall Murals (and where to buy them!)
Over a year ago, I saved an image on Instagram that stopped me in my tracks – a gorgeous mural wallpaper in a water closet, and I've had murals on my mind since. It also kind of turned into one of those things that once you start noticing something--you see it everywhere! Now I have […]
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May 3, 2021
Design
Casual Friday: What Furniture the Buyers purchased, spring sandals, stairway inspiration and more!
Inspiration
Casual Friday: What Furniture the Buyers purchased, spring sandals, stairway inspiration and more!
Paint Color: SW Accessible Beige, Wallpaper, Couch, Pillow, Rug, Lamp, Sconce, Pinboard, Pennant You can see more of our girls' office here! We've gotten a lot of questions over the last week about what furniture we'll be selling with the house or if we are selling the house furnished. You can read here about why we decided […]
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April 30, 2021
Design
3 Mood Boards featuring 3 different Charlys.
Decor
3 Mood Boards featuring 3 different Charlys.
I can't help myself. I've been staying up at night, browsing some furniture to put in our new house. There I said it. Online furniture shopping is one of my favorite things to do, but also I'm just trying to stay ahead of shipping lead times because some shops are a few months out. Yikes. As […]
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April 29, 2021
Design
How Many Sheet Sets do you have per bed?
Decor
How Many Sheet Sets do you have per bed?
This post is sponsored by Brooklinen Linen Duvet Cover in Haze, Linen Core Sheet Set in White, Wallpaper, Bed, Table Lamp, Bowl When it comes to bedding, I've been loving a more relaxed vibe. Linen bedding has the perfect lived in look, and it's so soft and wrinkles only make it better (thank goodness!). Brooklinen bedding has […]
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April 27, 2021
Design
The Best Of: Walmart Home (You're not going to believe it!)
Decor
The Best Of: Walmart Home (You're not going to believe it!)
This post is sponsored by Walmart Walmart is kind of killing it in the decor department right now. Amazing price points, really cool collabs (with people like Drew Barrymore and Queer Eye!) and pieces that fit right into my favorite "modern cottage" vibe. I rounded up a few of my favorites and when we were […]
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April 23, 2021
Design
The Great Purge: How to decide what to Sell, Donate, or Keep?
Decor
The Great Purge: How to decide what to Sell, Donate, or Keep?
The time has come for the great "purge before you move" purge. We're figuring out what things we plan to sell, donate, and keep. We sold our last home with nearly all the furnishings and I had some minor regrets about that. You can read more about here. Our furnishings weren't going to transfer well […]
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April 19, 2021
Design
What Light Bulb Should I Get?
Design
What Light Bulb Should I Get?
Back in 2017, we shared a very extensive posts about light bulbs. One of my favorite subjects. It's been a very popular post that people ask for a link to all the time except most of the bulbs we shared as favorites in that post are nowhere to be found now! So, we thought it was […]
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April 14, 2021
