Welcome to our Master Bedroom tour. Don't blink... or you will miss it, it is a quick tour. Our bedroom is tiny about 10'x11' to be exact. I wanted to share this shot (it is not a great picture) to show you that we have two dressers in the room and we do have a TV above the highboy dresser. I fit an 8x10 rug in the space, that makes the room feel larger. You can find my rug HERE This was the bedroom we saw online when looking at the home, and actually all I saw was pictures before we bought the home. My husband flew out and bought the home without me seeing it, ... Read More
Protein Bites
First have you seen the movie Chef? It is on Netflix right now. I heard about it when I was listening to one of my favorite Pod Casts- Good life Project. The pod cast is all about finding happiness in your career and life. The movie Chef is such a great example of following your passions and it is pretty hilarious too. It is a must see! Now I don't think I am a chef, nor do I want to be. I just like to share things I enjoy and am passionate about...I guess Protein Bites are one of those things. I only buy granola bars to keep in my food storage and to take if we are going to be out ... Read More
Connecticut Home Tour with City Farm House
Jennifer from City Farm House Blog who is ranked one of the top 10 blogs by Better Homes and Garden, asked me to share a tour of my home for her blog. Such on honor to be featured on her inspiring blog. This is what she had to say- "Every once in a while I will scroll down Instagram and find a feed that I get lost in. You just know when you have found someone who’s style is 100% authentic. A few months ago, while sipping my morning coffee I found Brooke from Nesting With Grace. I was blown away!!! I am beyond thrilled to have her here sharing her stunning home & story with ... Read More
My Sweet Savannah- Guest Home Tour
I love Melaine from My Sweet Savannah. She has a gorgeous home with so many great design ideas. You look at any of her photos and they are so charming and unique. I love how she mixes old with new. I told her I like to flatter myself and think we have similar design styles. I fell in love with her Fall Home Tour and had to share it with all of you. Get ready for a real treat! She found these vintage chairs, what a score. I love them mixed around her table. Melanie's walls are dark and moody like mine and we both have fabric headboards, basically we are twins. My girls ... Read More
Fall Home Tour
Welcome to my fall home tour! The other day while the girls were at school I cleaned the house and brought up some of my fall décor and picked up a few things at the store to get our home ready for fall. My daughters walked in and said "oh this looks so pretty, I love fall and all the colors." It made my day and everything I had worked on worth it. It made them feel happy to be home, it made them excited about the future, it made them feel that the are important enough that I would spend a little extra time to create a beautiful space for them. I filled my basket for my front door with ... Read More
Award Winning Honey and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
I entered these cookies in a baking contest and won 3rd place. It was maybe just for a small gathering of about 100 people, but they were a hit. I made them because they are my husbands favorite and his first words as a baby were "cookie" so he is an excellent judge. We make these cookies all sorts of ways. But the favorite is with white chocolate chips, cranberries and nuts! But my kids like them just with semi-sweet chocolate chips! Award Winning Honey and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies- Honey and Oatmeal ... Read More
How to paint your piano
I get asked about my painted piano on Instagram all the time. I get it, I remember when I had wanted to paint my Great Grandmas piano I thought it seemed like such a big project and way to overwhelming. I would stare at it wishing it was painted. I thought I would have to move it to our garage or hire a painter to paint it. That is probably why it took me 7 years of owning our piano to finally do it. I found Annie Sloan chalk paint after doing some research, I knew that this would be the best route. No sanding involved or any prep work. I picked Paris Grey and picked it up ... Read More
Back to School Pizza Dinner
The night before school starts we do a back to school dinner. We decided our tradition will be homemade pizza every year. We wanted to create a memory and a setting to show the girls how excited we are for them and how wonderful we think school is. This literally took me an hour to put together. Everything is stuff I already had. Excluding the sunflowers that I text my husband to pull over and cut some on the side of the road (those are free game right?) he didn't respond to my text but the great guy he is he showed up with them! I bought the cupcakes at Whole Foods, easiest ... Read More
Touch of Fall
"Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower, see the good." I put out a little bit of fall in my kitchen. My girls start school on Thursday. We like to do a special dinner for them and talk about how to handle different situations and make homemade pizza. Their Dad also gives them a special blessing at the start of every school year, I had them all of my life, you can read more about that HERE. My girls always appreciate when I decorate for the seasons and Holidays, I thought this would get them excited for school! You can read details about my kitchen and our ... Read More
Favorite Spot for Pillows
I really move my pillows around daily. They are grown up Legos or Barbies to me, my toys. Pillows can change the entire look of a sofa and space, if you are bored with your room move some pillows around from different areas in your home or...better yet buy some new ones! Whenever I would go over to my friends home, that I designed for her I would "fluff" her pillows, and then scold her for not shaking them up to make them look fuller after someone parked their booty on her sofa all night. I told her she had to do it as often as she brushed her teeth. But seriously your pillows will last ... Read More
