I am warning you now- I will be sharing some Christmas Ideas on Tuesday next week! (I know it is early, but I want to share earlier than latter to give you all ideas). So before Christmas takes over- here is a little bit more Fall in our Kitchen, maybe some Thanksgiving inspiration. I personally like a greenery and twinkle lights at Thanksgiving too! I was looking through my photos- so funny how much this space changes just with little touches. I am talking about all my favorite things from the week- sales and an interview I did about small space living. I was interviewed by Wayfair about ... Read More
The Answer to The Most Asked Design Question
Since I started my "Ask a Designer Series" I have noticed a big trend. I keep getting the same question over and over and over. And honestly it surprises me to a point. Maybe because it comes easy to me. That didn't sound right. It comes easy to me because I practiced it and still do all the time. The most asked Design Question I get is.... Wait. I will get to that. First let me expand on why I think it comes easy to me. I actually don't have a degree in design. Go ahead unfollow me now. I worked in the same design store for close to 17 years. I would often feel stupid and less-than ... Read More
Halloween Decorations Outside, Tour of Fall Porches
If I could turn on a song for you while you read this blog post it would be Micheal Jacksons Thriller! Because that is my Halloween soundtrack! We piled the kids in the car, gave them a treat, turned on Thriller and drove around our neighborhood/area pointing out our favorite homes all festive for Fall and Halloween Decorations Outside their home. If you are new to my blog then I should mention we live in Connecticut, a charming little town that was actually just named by National Geographic as one of the Top Ten Happiest Places to live in the USA (see if your town is on the list at the end of ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Most asked Questions Lately
I thought it would be fun to answer some of the most asked questions today on my Friday Favorites. I get asked a lot of the same questions over on Instagram, because that is where I share the most "behind the scenes" on Instagram Stories. I have to say the that Instagram Stories is one of my new favorite things. But I have learned a big lesson. If something scares you that means you should do it! I really don't know if that goes for everything in life. I guess if it is "good" then it does. At first I was like "nope" not going to use it. I didn't like the idea of another social media ... Read More
Learn from our Mistakes when installing a Stair Runner
Within a day or two of us moving into our new home, we quickly realized we needed a Stair Runner, some protection! ALL of us slipped down the stairs more than once. Although I loved the look of the simple wood steps, I didn't want our lives to be risked in our own home. So in a haste I ordered a runner for our stairs as fast as I could for the cheapest I could find it (because we were bleeding money on bathroom remodels and kitchen). We watched a couple tutorials on how to install stair runners on our own. We went and got a new staple gun and got after it! In an hour we had a new stair ... Read More
Good Day, Good Night- A Day in The Life of a Blogger with a 19 month Old!
I was excited when my partner HarperCollins the publishers of Goodnight Moon of asked me to share their previously unpublished book release from Margaret Wise Brown, Good Day, Good Night because we enjoyed Goodnight Moon so much. You all know our family loves to read and this new book is so sweet. This book release created the perfect opportunity for me to share "A Day in The Life of a Blogger with a 19 month old!" I often get asked how my schedule works or if I have a sitter for Finn while the girls are at school and I need to get my work done. The answer is no, ... Read More
Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
I can not believe I haven't shared this cookie recipe with you yet! They are my go-to Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies. Because cookies are one of my favorite treats and my husbands too. Especially warm out of the oven, they are hard to resist. If you can turn down a warm chocolate chip cookie right out of the oven you have super powers! Am I right?! So I found this Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe years ago and adapted it to fit what I like. I was craving something sweet but that also wasn't packed with white flour, sugar and butter. I was under the assumption that there was no such thing as a ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Where I go for Home Decor Inspiration
Where do you go for home decor inspiration? There are SO many places to be inspired in this world, we are truly blessed. I am kind-of a home body. I don't need to leave my home much. I leave to workout and occasionally grocery shop (I want to do Insta-cart so I don't even have to do that!). My husband he likes to get out. He was off on Monday this week and he wanted to go out to lunch and kept asking if I needed to stop anywhere. So I said sure. Let's stop by Serena & Lily, one of my favorite shops and Trader Joe's. I am sure glad we stopped. It was just the inspiration I needed, ... Read More
Cushions for Banquette and Window Seat- Best Online Sources
I held off on ordering cushions for our banquette. Now that we have them I think... WHY?! I should have ordered the cushions as soon as we started building the banquette! Now that we have the cushions it is basically like we have another sofa in our home. Honestly in a small house we maximize every square inch and another place to hang out is gold to us! I shared some other options for cushions for banquettes and window seats below! Because every home needs more cozy spots to curl up! I shared all my tips on building our banquette on THIS post. If you are building a banquette and know ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Design Style
I had to write a little blurb about me and my design style. I always freeze up. Because I don't want to pigeon hole myself into one "style". Because honestly I really appreciate and love so many styles. Do you ever wonder why you do things to your home? Like why do I gravitate towards THAT pillow or putting things together a certain way? I think it does have a lot to do with what we see, read, how we grew up, something that speaks to our soul. That is what makes up our design style. To me homes should be designed with a purpose. It could just be something simple as "because it makes us ... Read More
