Entertaining
The Top 12 Fall Scents for Your Pura Smart Diffuser - 2024
Everyone gets excited to decorate for fall (same!) but an often overlooked element of decorating is how a home smells. Scent is such a powerful tool in making your home feel warm, welcoming, and seasonal. When I think about fall scents I definitely want some spicy or woodsy notes in there like cardamom, amber and […]
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September 27, 2024
Design
A Change in the Dining Room: Our New Dining Chairs
For the past few years we've had a set of vintage chairs in our dining room and I really do love them... at least I love how they look. But to be honest, they are really uncomfortable to sit in for long periods of time. We love to host dinner parties and game nights and […]
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September 26, 2024
Best Of
The 16 Products that won 2023
Side Table | Acrylic Bookstand | Candle Warmer | Picture Frame | CLJ x Lola Blanket | Tabletop Tree | Candlesticks | Wooden Beads 1. Neck Pillow | $59 2023 gave me a literal crick in my neck. FOR MONTHS. (I went to the doctor and it was stress related. kewl) This pillow has been […]
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December 21, 2023
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
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
We Tested 30 Hand Soaps to find the best of the best!
You can find our bathroom sources here! It's the great spring soap experiment! We bought 30 different hand soaps (a lot of them recommended by you) and put them to the test. I love a beautiful hand soap. I think it can really enhance the look of a room, but also, there's nothing better […]
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March 22, 2021
Design
20 Cottage-esque Storybook Princess Wallpaper + The One Faye Chose for her Room!
We have been working on Faye's room over the last couple weeks, adding trim to the ceiling and walls. There will be a 36" wainscoting on the bottom third of the wall and then the top 2/3 will be wallpaper. We'll paint before wallpapering, but we needed to choose a wallpaper before a paint color! […]
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November 18, 2020
Decor
25 Housewarming Gift Ideas
There are at least 6 people that I'm close to in my life that are moving or have recently bought a house (and I'm sure at least a dozen more that have in the last year!). Every time I scramble to find something to send them as a housewarming gift. Buying a house or renting […]
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September 9, 2020
roundup
How we decided on New Wall Sconces in the Stairwells (at last!) + Look-a-likes at every Price Point!
Decor
How we decided on New Wall Sconces in the Stairwells (at last!) + Look-a-likes at every Price Point!
All I wanted for Mother’s Day was to replace the sconces in our stairways and add some to the upstairs hallway :) The old ones were outdated, "Beauty-and-the-Beast-looking" lights with two artificial tapers and nine dangling crystals on each. I never even turned them on because I didn't want to draw attention to them. Ha! […]
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May 12, 2020
Chris Cooks
12 Kitchen Essentials For Every Home Cook
A couple weeks ago during the Chris Cooks Instagram Live, we received questions numbering not a few about which kitchen items I would say are "essential." I've spent a lot of time thinking about this, because "essential" really forces some editing. I have drawers full of utensils. Cupboards full of cookware. A wall of cutlery. […]
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April 19, 2020
Decor
Chandelier In The Living Room, or nah?!
Now that a lot of the major renovations are nearly behind us on the main floor (nearly!), I am turning my attention to furnishings and decor. It's true--for the most part I haven't made ANY of those decisions yet because I was so preoccupied making major decisions. (Although we did get this skirted sofa from […]
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March 12, 2020
roundup
Casual Friday: Our new dining room light, A Doormat DIY, Where We've Been all Week, Love Letter & More!
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Our new dining room light, A Doormat DIY, Where We've Been all Week, Love Letter & More!
Our new dining light is here and it's perfect in it's simplicity. I knew I wanted a large globe light--they're classic and even a little vintage feeling. My grandma had 4 white globe lights hanging over her island in her kitchen and I remember even as a child thinking how cool they were. In my […]
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September 6, 2019
Decor
October Favorites
Happy November! I've seen so many of my favorites looking back on the past month and sharing their top ___ favorite finds/things and I thought I'd jump on board. October was full of pumpkin patches and strict dieting (#hashimoto's oy!), but also some pretty incredible finds and family moments. Here are my top 13 October […]
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November 2, 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
Decor
We Bought A Bed!
Our bedroom has taken a backseat as of late while we traveled and worked on the laundry room--more updates there later this week! The damper came when we waited too long to purchase the bed we had our eyes on. It was my own fault really. You may remember in the mood board for the […]
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May 20, 2015
DIY
The Most Popular Project from Each Month | 2014
Happy New Year! When I think about 2014, I get overwhelmed. It was a good year and a hard year, too. We couldn't feel more grateful to be on this end of it. I plan on diving back into another VERY FULL year of renovating and blogging--ohhhh I can't wait to share with you what […]
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December 31, 2014
