Just saw Serena and Lily is having a sale right now! I have several items from them, but I never buy without it being on sale. Their furniture and decor is quality and more high-end pricing, which I am willing to pay for unique pieces that will last a long time! Also sharing a peek at our new backyard…. We finally got to bring out some of our outdoor furniture! Grass goes in on Tuesday!! It is all going to be finished soon, I will post more photos when it is done. I really wanted a swivel chairs so you could swivel to view the pool or swivel to the fire pit. I bought these Swivel Outdoor ... Read More
September Amazon Home Decor Finds
I am always delighted with the fun things I can find on Amazon, when I really dig. Yesterday I was looking for mirrors, I found some I liked at Pottery Barn, then searched on Amazon, and found some great dups! Today I linked up Amazon Home Decor finds that I love or recently bought. Curtain panels, lights and more! Amazon Home Finds Black Pivot Mirror- Pottery Barn Dup- I ordered this for Finn's bathroom and a guest bathroom. Gold Pivot Mirror- Pottery Barn Dup- these are really nice, need to check size, but thinking for girls vanity. School House Light- we had this light in our ... Read More
What I Value in a Home, and it isn’t Square Footage
I got this question the other day, "You've always talked about valuing a small home. Why did you decide to get a large home?" I thought I would answer it in a blog post, because it was a great question that some might be wondering too. And answer the question "how many square feet is your new home." I do value small homes. I value ALL homes. What I value most is loving the home you have no matter what it is. We are drawn to older homes that need love, a home we can make better than before. When I started this blog we happened to live in a small 1950's home. So I shared all about that ... Read More
Fireplace with Terracotta Tile
I LOVE a fireplace so much! A fireplace not only adds value it also adds character and charm. So instead of buying a piece of furniture for the wall in our dining room we opted to add a fireplace. I did style it, because I just can't help it. We still need to have the finish work done and the room painted, so keep that in mind as you look at the photos. We did a gas fireplace (this Bayport series). You can easily add an electric fireplace to your current home like we did in our Connecticut home. You can see that electric fireplace with brick and Limewash here. I thrifted everything ... Read More
Season Changes- Summer to Fall Front Porch and Fall Clothes
It is almost that time of year where we start to swap out our summer clothes to fall (bring on the layers, and transition our front porches to a cozy, inviting fall scene! I shared our early fall porch the other day on this post. Yesterday I added some real pumpkins to my tower (same tower I did last year too for pumpkins), some lights and a large plastic pumpkin that I made look like a warty ceramic pumpkin. Check it all out in today's post. Also linking up some of my fall outfit finds from Walmart! Thank you Walmart for sponsoring this post Here is our porch all decked out with ... Read More
Our Kitchen Plans
Finally sharing the plans for our kitchen! I started making calls to have cabinets made back in April. Most everyone was out 6-12 months. Busy season. I found one cabinet company that could make them in about 6 weeks, but they didn't offer some of the custom features we wanted. Thankfully I saw my friend sharing on Instagram her new bathroom and laundry room, I immediately called her reference and luckily he could fit us in! First, let me share what our kitchen space looks like today so you can visualize where everything will go! And for fun, let's look back and what the kitchen looked ... Read More
Easy Egg Roll Recipe- Oven Baked- Everyone will love!
My mom makes the best egg rolls, she really makes everything so good. I attempted to make them the other night from memory for my family and not surprised my kids loved them too, even Finn! They are the easiest egg rolls to make and we bake them instead of fry. You could easily fry or even air fry this egg roll recipe. They are packed with veggies, protein and simple ingredients. My mom made them last night and to my surprise, they tasted really similar to what I made! Sharing the egg roll recipe with you today! We also made soup to eat with our egg rolls, a Thai Coconut Peanut Soup…so ... Read More
Thai Coconut Peanut Chicken Soup
We got together with all the girls, my mom, sisters, my girls and my grandma to make dinner together and hang out. Our plan was to make my moms egg rolls (the best) and a soup. The soup we made was a Thai Coconut Peanut Chicken Soup, I have made it before and for got how much I liked it! Thought I would share the recipe! Such an easy soup recipe that pairs really well with our favorite egg roll recipe! PS- find my new favorite toxic-free pot HERE. ... Read More
Picking Paint Colors for our Home Office- Help from a Specialist
I was honored to get to work with Farrow and Ball on this campaign. Because little did I know how valuable and helpful it would be! I actually consider myself confident in the paint department, I rarely pick a color I don't like and I am not afraid of color. But I often say, it would be nice to bounce ideas off of someone who is an expert in paint. Thankfully there is someone who you can hire to do such a thing. And I had them help me our home office. Farrow and Ball offers a Colour Consultancy Service on their website! Depending on where you live they offer a virtual color consultancy or ... Read More
4 Ways to Enjoy your Outdoor Space Longer
Depending where you live, you might be thinking of ways you can enjoy your outdoor living space as long as possible! We live in Utah and we can already feel the weather changing, it's getting cooler at night! And we are hosting a fun event end of September outside, so we are trying to get everything ready for that. I have 5 ways to help you enjoy your outdoor space longer, things that we did to our new outdoor space! Thank you Walmart for sponsoring this post 1- Add More Lighting It is starting to get darker early and earlier. Exterior lighting is a must! We hung these Outdoor ... Read More
