Gearing up for Spring Break this coming week and thinking how I will entertain my children?! Seeing that it really won't be "Spring Weather" more rain in the forecast and closer to 40-50 degrees. If you have any great ideas, please help a friend out! Did I tell you I ordered a big play-set for the kids for an Easter gift? I am hopeful it will arrive and be installed this coming week but it is looking more like the following. I think tomorrow we will head into NYC to the Children's Art Museum and go somewhere fun to eat. Love to hear what you are up to! For my Friday Favorites I have some ... Read More
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Gallery Wall Tips and Votes are in for the Chair!
I asked for your input on this family room that I recently made over for my friends. We had an overwhelming response on Social Media about what chair to choose! I gave 4 options and the funny thing is the chair that got the most votes was one I added last minute because I loved the pattern and needed another option, not thinking it would be the winner. Since we were finishing the room my friend asked me to do a gallery wall up her stairs for family photos. First up let's take a look at the Staircase BEFORE the Gallery Wall.... Nothing much to it making it not feel ... Read More
Spring Home Tour with Video Tour of our 1100 Square foot Cape
Last week I shared a few changes I made to our front room for Spring. Nothing big, just taking away heavy blankets and pillows and adding some flowering plants. Today I wanted to share our kitchen and the little things I changed. Really, when do we stop changing things? For me it is part of tidying up! After dinner dishes are cleaned up, the rearranging starts. It could be putting some fresh clippings in a vase or changing pillows around. It makes the chores and everyday living fun! The other night I had a somewhat tidy house so I took a video of our entire 1100 square foot house showing the ... Read More
How to Make your Bedding Fluffy and our new Bedding
We were overdue for some new bedding. I had a white linen duvet on our bed that Kevin had given to me as a Birthday gift 8 years ago! He knew I really wanted it and that I was nervous about spending a lot of money on bedding. He surprised me with it along with a little scavenger hunt he set up because he was out of town for work. I learned a good lesson from that bedding...and that Kevin is a keeper:)! If you spend the money on quality and timeless bedding you will love it for years and it will last for years. Linen bedding is actually TWICE as durable as cotton bedding! I have had a ... Read More
Friday Favorites Starts with- Organizing with Labels and We got New Doors!
I am going to keep this Friday Favorites short and sweet! It feels like I have a lot of home projects I want to tackle and share with you. A fun new series about small space organizing I will be starting soon. I have compiled a list of questions I received from you about living in a small home. I don't think this applies to just small home dwellers. Everyone could use some new ideas on staying organized and really a lot of it comes down to decluttering! There are so many good tips and hacks out there already but being reminded and seeing different ways of doing the same thing is a good thing! ... Read More
A Black and White Modern meets Vintage Connecticut Home Tour
I have a treat for you today! I asked my friend Annie from Most Lovely Things if I could stop by and just stare at her home and also take pictures to share a home tour with you! Really I wish she would just turn the house over to me. It is my FAVORITE home. Modern meets Vintage style or could also fall under Eclectic. The kitchen just pulls at my heart in so many ways. I feel warm, loved, hugged, inspired and all the other adjectives when I am in it. I met Annie from another mutual friend in Connecticut. We all met for lunch and Annie and I hit it off. We are not the same age, and that is ... Read More
IKEA Finds- What I bought and What I Love
IKEA is about 30 minutes from my house. I like to go every couple of months. This last visit I had so much fun! I took some videos while I was there and shared it on my Instagram Storie and put them all and more that I didn't share at the end of this post. I feel like I was more open to looking at furniture and searching for storage and organizing solutions than before, or maybe they just had a lot of really great things! There are my go-to pieces that I typically get there- dish towels, down pillow inserts and white curtain panels. I am excited to show you what I thought was an IKEA ... Read More
Friday Favorites start with Outdoor Furniture and some SALES!
It looks like most stores are getting their outdoor furniture back in-stock! How exciting! When I was at Ikea they were setting up their displays and I have seen Target has their outdoor furniture out too. We didn't get our outdoor furniture until later in the summer, so we are really looking forward to pulling it all out and using it more this year. I wonder when I can bring it out of the shed? When do you? We are get a rain storm today, so still waiting. Perfect time to start planning for your outdoor spaces, before all the good things are sold out. I was just at my friend Annie's ... Read More
How to Create a Design Board via Phone and my Spring Bedding Plan
I recently shared my design secret to starting any room on THIS blog post. I will give some of it away if you missed it- find that one inspiration piece then look for the rest. After you have found several pieces you hope to use in your new space then a Design Board is essential to the planning. This will keep you from wasting time and money. After I shared that blog post a lot of my readers and the "Nesters" over in our private Facebook Group (you can find how to join HERE) they went crazy! I have never seen so many Design Boards! They all really looked fantastic and helped them get started ... Read More
HGTV Full Magazine Spread- 1100 Square Feet Then and Now!
HGTV Magazine came out to our home (as you know) in October of 2016. It was a great experience and I shared all the behind the scene pictures on THIS blog post and how the shoot came to be. HGTV sent me photos that I could share with my readers! A full spread of the magazine. I thought it would be fun to share THEN and NOW photos and the why to some of the changes. Also on a personal note I want to have these photos on my blog, really such a bucket list thing for me. I remember when the photographer was out he told me that the title of our article was going to be "1100 Square feet, 5 ... Read More