Decor
14 Popular Living Room Layouts + Accent Chairs Under $600
Our own living room (above) went through a few different variations until we landed on this layout--see the somewhat comical evolution here. In the end, this sofa with these two oversized leather chairs across from it worked so well with our large, open layout, defined the living room and allowed for lots of different kinds […]
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March 12, 2019
Casual Friday
Casual Friday & De-Stressing
flower art | charcoal art How do you cut out stress? Last weekend, I was hit with a Bell's Palsy flare up (I originally had it for the first time nearly nine years ago after having our first born). One side of my face started burning and aching and feeling like needles in every pore, […]
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February 8, 2019
Decor
All the Faux Plants all over our Home
It's like this--we have a lot of faux plants around here. Nothing gives me greater joy than a real bunch of freshly cut branches or a small potted plant, but the truth is I'm not the best at keeping them alive. And with a bunch of little kids and a dog--extra dirt sounds like more […]
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January 16, 2019
living room
Finding the Perfect Lamp for the Living Room and FINALLY Tackling the Honey Oak Game Cupboard at the Bottom of the Stairs.
Decor
Finding the Perfect Lamp for the Living Room and FINALLY Tackling the Honey Oak Game Cupboard at the Bottom of the Stairs.
This post is sponsored by Rejuvenation We are hosting a Friendsgiving this weekend and a bunch of family for Christmas next month and while I'm overall pleased, content, comfortable, happy (!!) with the state of our home now, finally, after 5 years of renovating--there were a couple small things that I wanted to add/do before […]
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November 14, 2018
Decor
Olive Trees are the new Fiddle Leaf Fig
I've noticed more and more small-leaved trees trending in interiors. Olive Trees are the new fiddle leaf figs and I'm loving the significantly smaller leaves which feels so fresh! I don't think Fiddle Leafs are going anywhere but it's fun to see how these trees add a completely different vibe to a room. I love the olive […]
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September 5, 2018
DIY
5 years of our Living Room
We are celebrating 5 years of living in and renovating and loving our home. It's hard to believe it's been 5 years, but then I think about all the milestones we've hit while living here (we brought home 2 babies!) and all the changes we've made and it's crazy we haven't lived here longer. Last night, we […]
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August 29, 2018
Decor
Our $5 Living Room Make-Under
I've been really craving a lightness in our home lately. I pulled up the Persian rug in the kitchen. I purged half the toy room. I tucked away a lot of baskets of throws and magazines. I took down a few pictures that were hanging on walls. I told Chris, "I just feel like I […]
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June 21, 2018
Decor
A Charly Sofa Giveaway!
Just weeks before we welcomed our new baby girl into our family, we launched our other baby--a sofa line with Interior Define! It's been amazing these past couple weeks to see the Charly (yes, we named the big, cozy sofa after our big, cuddly dog) pop up in your homes as sectionals or sleepers or […]
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September 28, 2017
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: September 22, 2017
Over two years ago, we made this raised feeding station for Charly--you can read the easy tutorial right here. This week, on my Instagram stories I showed that we updated it (the scrap wood we used previously wasn't the best choice of wood) using a stair tread we stained and sealed and attached to the […]
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September 22, 2017
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: September 1, 2017
Our baby girl is one month old today. She is the sweetest little chub, weighing in at over 11 pounds now. Sleeps 6 and 7 hour stretches at night and loves to be cuddled all day long. Yesterday, Chris was on Polly duty for a few hours while I was trying to wrap up some […]
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September 1, 2017
Decor
Living Room Refresh, and A Lighting Hack!
Shortly after we added the darker plank wall to the living room, I started craving something lighter on the floor. Although we still really LOVE our indigo Baxter rug, we rolled it up and put it in storage for now (maybe it will be a fall/winter thing? We'll see.) and unrolled this beautiful, moroccan-inspired, budget-friendly rug […]
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February 20, 2017
Decor
5 BIG, Area Rugs for Cheap (And the one we chose for the Living Room!)
Lately, I've been talking (mostly on the podcast, I think) about changing up our living room rug. The truth is, I still love the big, blue beauty after 3 years, but I just feel the need for a change. Something lighter? More neutral? After adding the planked accent wall, it has felt darker and heavier than I […]
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February 1, 2017
DIY
A Dark Shiplap Accent Wall for under $75!
We can't thank you enough for all your love on the reveal of our girls' room yesterday. It was so much work, but it was wonderful to see so many of you enjoyed following along and the end result as much as we loved sharing it. Today, we wanted to share all the details about […]
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November 10, 2016
Decor
Living Room Updates + Easy ways to Naturally Transition Your Decor for Autumn
The first day of fall is tomorrow (!!!), so today I am excited to share with you a few seasonal (and not seasonal) changes we've made in our living room over the past few weeks. For a long time, there was a bare section to the left of our sofa--see below. We've tried numerous end tables […]
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September 21, 2016
Art
Well, I guess it's time to address the wall.
There's this wall that I crop out of almost every photo I take of the great room. It's awkward in and of itself, slightly recessed, large and blank and right in the middle of the living room. It's that far one that the fauxdenza used to be on: I say used to because over the weekend we moved the […]
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March 14, 2016
Decor
Living Room Update + Sources!
We've been making a few little updates around the house over the past couple months in preparation for two big, exciting things coming up in the beginning of next year. The spaces that were almost there, but not quite--like the living room--got a few finishing touches. Like, our first ever actual coffee table. And new pillows after […]
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December 11, 2015
Projects
Our Fully Dressed (New) Windows + $100 West Elm Giveaway
Since our very first walk through of this house we are slowly making home, "There should be a big window to the left there" we said. It's the kind of comment that perked our realtor's ears up. He knew we were looking for a house in a good neighborhood that needed fixed up. Us already […]
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March 11, 2015
Design
Leather Chairs for Every Budget + A new one in the Living Room!
A few months after we finished the reading room, we inherited a very beautiful piano passed down from Chris's great grandmother. So the reading room went from this: To this: And it's been like that ever since, while our cream Lily couch shuffled into the living room. Lots of shuffling. The problem with the set […]
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March 10, 2015
Projects
The New Window Is In!
Earlier this week, I shared the installation of our new window in the living room in real time on Instagram, but I am here to report some more details on the window itself and some progress photos, too! Here's how the wall looked beforehand: And here's how it looks now! The thing I wish I […]
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March 4, 2015
DIY
A New Addition (err subtraction?) In the Great Room
Some of you may remember (but I bet most of you won't, because who would want to!) this is what our great room looked like when we moved in almost a year and a half ago. I am pulling this picture out of the archives because it was during this walk through that we […]
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January 20, 2015
