I have been so excited to decorate our fireplace mantel in our family room for Christmas! If you missed it, I shared all the details of our family room on this post. We couldn't be happier with this space! Now, with all the glowing lights, it makes it that much sweeter. We hosted a family gingerbread house contest and people were hanging out in this space, made me so happy! You know the saying, "less is more"? Well I think "more is more"! I like to make a statement in certain areas of my home. Not every space is covered with Christmas. Instead I focus on a few key spots. But those key ... Read More
Our Kitchen Reveal- Utah Ranch Home
Our kitchen. It has my heart! It's the room I thought the most about, made the most decisions for. 9 months in the making, sort of similar to the making of our kids...sort of. We remodeled this kitchen into something that worked better for our family and lifestyle. What was my inspiration? The color green! I wanted green somewhere, a nod to the era our home was built, 1970's. I also wanted it to feel very collected, lived in, full of charm. Hopefully we accomplished that! 1970's Kitchen Before- Kitchen Remodel After- We are all so happy with it! We did raise the ceiling about a ... Read More
Our Christmas Front Porch
It's that time of year where you can't help but drive around your neighborhood and feel all warm and fuzzy. We were out of town over Thanksgiving and as we drove back through our neighborhood, it had transformed to a beautiful glowing scene. I felt so much love and gratitude for the efforts of our community. Neat to see so many people wanting to spark some magic and joy. I got ants in my pants to get our house all a glow. I don't think we will get lights on our house because we don't have rain gutters yet, hoping they arrive sometime this month. So instead of worrying about lights on the ... Read More
Walmart Holiday Round-Up and Colorful Basement
Rounded up some fun finds from Walmart.com! Great to complete your Holiday look. I shared our basement Christmas tree a couple weeks ago, but it needed more color to flow with the rest of our colorful basement! Now it is complete and and ready for a party! Thank you Walmart for sponsoring this post Our tree is from HERE at walmart.com, I found another one similar HERE. It is a great tree I covered with bright ornaments I have collected. Walmart has affordable ornaments that we even painted to match the look we wanted down here! The felt garland was another Walmart score, found it ... Read More
Give the Gift of Sleep and our Guest Room
We are thrilled to have a guest room in our new home. In our Connecticut home we had a guest space that doubled as our family room. No matter the size of your home you can turn any space into a guest space for a short time. My parents are planning on staying overnight on Christmas Eve and we know were will have a lot more guests in the future. I ordered our favorite bedding for our guest room, which would make for a really great gift! Thank you Tuft and Needle for sponsoring this post This room we painted the brick and it makes for the perfect backdrop! Sharing a portion of this guest ... Read More
Black Friday Favorite Deals
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! We are in California for a soccer tournament for my oldest. We made a mini vacation of it and went to Disney Land one day and California Adventure the other. While I love adventuring I am also looking forward to getting home to start decorating for Christmas. I haven't really started Christmas shopping yet. We have Lola's birthday next week, so after we celebrate her I can switch gears to Holiday Shopping! Rounded up some of my favorites that have a Black Friday Sale. Loopy Case- our favorite phone cases, still fit in your perfect, but easy to ... Read More
Backcountry and Outdoor Gift Ideas
Kevin and I have a goal to go on a hike once a week, we love being back in Utah for the proximity to hiking trails. We are 5 minutes to the base of lots of trailheads. When we lived in Connecticut we still managed to find great trails, they were just a longer drive to get to, which we were willing to do. Our love of the outdoors runs deep for both Kevin and I. Neither of our parents had a lot of money when we were young, so exploring outdoors was a way for our parents to entertain us for free. My mom often worked every Saturday so my dad would load up all 4 of us kids and take us up the ... Read More
Family Room with Wood Ceiling- Utah Ranch Home
This room was the room that made me really excited to get my hands on this 1970's home! I loved the wood on the ceilings and the fireplace. When we bought the home, I had no idea what we would do to the fireplace, and it turned out better than I could have ever imagined! We did a plaster treatment to the fireplace, bleached the mantle, added wood floor, pickled the ceilings, moved the stairs, and painted the walls a bright white. It is my favorite room in the house. It's original, just updated! Can not wait for you to see it! (ps- I sourced everything I could at the end of this ... Read More
Lola’s Bedroom with a View- Utah Ranch Home
When we bought this ranch home in Utah back in November 2020, I wasn't sure we were going to add a second floor. I originally liked the idea of adding faux dormers to give the front a little more curb appeal. A selling point to help the girls be ok moving from Connecticut and all their dear friends to Utah, was the fact that they would get their own bedrooms. And without adding a second floor they wouldn't be able to have their own bedrooms AND us to be able to have a guest room. We are all very happy we decided to do the second floor addition and the girls LOVE their bedrooms and bathroom! ... Read More
Finn’s Schoolhouse Bedroom- Utah Ranch Home
We finally got to move into the home we have been remodeling for 9 months!!!! Slept here 3 nights and we are in heaven. I wanted to get the kids bedrooms all done first, even before the kitchen. If the kids have a cozy spot to sleep, play, get their clothes I knew they would feel safe and like this was home. It worked, Finn slept in longer than he ever has before! Let's take a look at his bedroom before and after. Finn Bedroom Before- You can tell they had major style when this room was designed! Bold and full of color, which I love. But it hadn't been changed since 1970, it was ... Read More
