Gift giving is so much fun. Nothing beats bringing just the right gift and watching the recipient feel loved and remembered. Sometimes picking that perfect gift, though, can be hard. I have always found it helpful to get ideas from friends. For this purpose (and because we are such great friends), I have rounded up some of the best gift idesa for kids, for him, for her, for parents, and for teachers in this series of 2019 Christmas gift guides. Let’s start with KIDS! After all, isn’t Christmas mostly about the little ones!? This guide is intended for all different ages and genders up to ... Read More
Christmas Front Porch with Fresh Greens and Pink Front Door
We brought Christmas to our front porch! Just wanted to show you. Nothing fancy. Just cleaned the steps. Hung the lights. Strung the garland. Bought a Charlie Brown Tree. Done. And had a handsome, helpful husband by my side. Just wish there was a skiff of snow! Just a pretty blanket of snow. This year I used all fresh garlands and tree from Home Depot. I had the baskets I had found at Home Goods and since our porch is covered, I thought they might do just fine. Especially since we have had that hanging door basket on our door for well over a year and no weather ... Read More
Christmas Home Decor in our Small Space- Holiday Housewalk 2019
Today I am joining a huge group of talented bloggers that are inviting us into their home. This is not something I take lightly, it is a joy for me to peek into others lives and how they make their home a place they want to be and for their loved ones. I am going to share an almost complete Christmas Tour of our tiny cape in Connecticut! I had planned on having the front all decorated to share, but it didn't happen, got too cold after Thanksgiving. So stay tuned for that! If you are new to my blog, we are a family of 5 living in a small cape (1100 square feet) in Connecticut. We are a ... Read More
Cyber Monday SALES- Target Deals!!!
Wanted to pop in and share some of my favorites that are having Cyber Monday Deals you don't want to miss out on! Woven Nook (amazing price on pillow packs, shown above!!) Code WNCYBER20 for 20% off all orders shop here Olive and Linen- favorite Turkish Towels, (shown above)!! Up to 75% OFF + FREE SHIPPING Extra $10 OFF Orders $125+ shop here Beddys Zip-Up Bedding- 25% OFF USING CODE CYBER19 PLUS FREE SHIPPING!! shop here Serena & Lily is 25% off with code THANKFUL shop my favorites shop here Wayfair and ALLMODERN has Flash Deals ... Read More
Wayfair Cyber Monday Deals and Christmas in our Family Room
We added a little Christmas to our upstairs family room before out guests came this weekend. I LOVE having a Christmas Tree in this room, even if it is small tree. It is pretty magical to be able to cozy up in bed with a tree! The sofa in this room converts to a sleeper sofa for guests and then it converts to a family room for us. Oh, and an office for me! Which a tree, has drawn me up here more than ever before. I linked some of my favorites from the Cyber Monday Sale on Wayfair! Lots of things are on sale that are similar to what we have in this room. And some items are just too good not ... Read More
Black Friday Deals!!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!! We celebrated in New York City, as we have for the past 4 years! This year the weather was perfect, 60 degrees. Saw the balloons being blown up for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. And today we are celebrating Lola's birthday. Headed to the American Girl Doll Store and then to see the Radio City Rockettes! I wanted to pop in and share some of my favorite Black Friday Deals, things I am getting, or things I have or that I think you might love too! First of all lots of requests on our shoes and what we wore to the Thanksgiving Parade- Leopard ... Read More
10 Experience Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids
We love Christmas but sometimes the stuff that comes along with it, can leave us feeling stressed. We have started giving experiences to our kids and it has been so much fun! Gifting experiences is a great idea for grandparent gifts too! Your grown up children will thank you for creating memories for your grandkids and keeping their homes clutter-free. Why give experiences this Christmas? We all know that the excitement over a new toy fades over time. If our Marie Kondo Mondays taught us anything, it's that we all have more stuff than we use. More than that, the stuff we ... Read More
Remodel & Elevations PLUS What I Bought from Serena & Lily Black Friday SALE
You are not alone if you have found yourself wondering if we are REALLY going to do our renovation! I shared WAY back on August 4th that we were going to do an addition to our home (on this post). Everything always takes a bit longer than you wish it would. I have been sharing on Instagram Stories the progress, and a lot of progress has been made this week!!! We did decide on a contractor so that was a big update that I never shared. We had two bids, one was about 50k more than the other and we had worked with contractor that was less anyways, and really like him, he has done other things for ... Read More
Favorite Winter Coats and Boots- Where to Donate Coats
Anyone else like to get a new coat and boots each year? I personally do. But I always donate my coat from the previous year. I tend to wear the same things over and over, so I know I really won't wear the old coat and it will sit in my closet, going to waste. Our girls both grew out of their coats I had bought them last year, still in great condition. So as I was shopping for new coats and boots and I thought of ways of how could I donate our old coat and boots. I wish I knew a local need or someone to give them to, then I thought of my friend Sonya and how she does such a wonderful coat drive ... Read More
Top 4 Christmas Decor Must-Have’s and Christmas in our Living Room
Added a little Christmas to our living room. I feel like it is similar to our Christmas last year, but then I look at photos last year and it is different. So tell me, do you change up where you put things every year? Or are you a creature of habit and place everything where you always do? I highly recommend mixing it up! That way without adding any new decor everything will feel new and fresh! I thought I would share 4 things that are Christmas Decor Must-Have's. If you have these 4 things, it will feel festive and you will be set! 4 Christmas Decor Must Have's- #1- Tree ... Read More
