Today I joining Jennifer Rizzo for her popular Holiday Housewalk! This is a tour I admired and wanted to join as soon as I started blogging. I am honored to share my home with you and these bloggers. I loved hearing how Jennifer started this tour. She said that 8 years ago a local holiday home tour was $50 a ticket in her area, which she couldn't afford at the time. So she decided to start a Holiday Housewalk ONLINE, for FREE! Such a great way to see different homes and gather ideas for your home. And bonus you get to stay cozy and warm in your own holiday home! If ... Read More
Twinkle Lights- All My Sources For Strand Lights! #Hygge
If you have followed me for any time at all then you would know how much I love #hygge. It is so much more important to me to focus on the feeling in your home more than anything else. And if your home is organized then you will love that hygge feeling. If you aren't sure what hygge is (pronounced hue-guh not hoo-gah). It is a Danish word used when acknowledging a feeling or moment, whether alone or with friends, at home or out, ordinary or extraordinary as cozy, charming or special. We went and saw Frozen on Broadway- SO good! All of us loved it. But there is a song they added called ... Read More
Christmas Gift Guide for Him
I had Kevin help come up with this Christmas Gift Guide for Him! We listed all of his favorite things and the items that we get asked the most about over on Instagram. And no, I can't add a link to duplicate Kevin. He is just a happy guy. Top strengths are peacemaker and empathic. He was also raised by a stylish mom, who loves to shop. So style was ingrained in him! We hope this gift guide is helpful! Let us know. Also let me know what gift guide you want next! Mens Christmas Gift Guide- (Click on the image to shop it!) JavaScript is currently disabled in this ... Read More
Black Friday Deals and Cyber Monday
I thought I would start this blog post that I can update as I see any Black Friday deal and Cyber Monday! We spent the weekend in New York for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, our third year! Kevin's mom and step-dad have come all three years with us. We are thankful for the time they give to us. The night before we always go and see the balloons getting inflated. It was about 20 degrees the day of the parade. Thankfully we dressed really warm! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Shop my favorite finds below and two pictures from the weekend. My coat is on major sale! I have it in ... Read More
Most Recommended Christmas Books, Christmas Bucket List Printable
Every season Christmas we bring out our collection of Christmas Books. We do that in the fall too. My kids get so excited to see and read their beloved books. I realized I hadn't added to our stack of books in a long time. So I asked all of you to share your favorites and I got over 500 responses! I had Ella help me sort thru your Christmas books recommendations and we picked out the most recommended books and some of our favorites. I actually bought most of them the you recommended, they all looked so good! Some we haven't read yet, but are looking forward to it! (PS- you can find ... Read More
Small Girls Bedroom Makeover with Wallpaper Accent Wall
So excited to share this bedroom makeover with you today! Do you remember The Thrifted Home that I shared in the summer? And recently THIS bedroom with the bunkbeds? Well this is a follow-up post to that bedroom, in The Thrifted Home! We swapped rooms with the two twin girls who called this their bedroom with the oldest daughter, who had the bigger bedroom. The 9 year old cutie is so thrilled with how her room turned out! It is a boho mixed modern and thrifted decor. He mom is the queen of thrifting! She had an idea of what she wanted the room to look like and then I gave ideas and direction ... Read More
Our Vintage Inspired Christmas Tree and Stockings
Our front room was sure fun to decorate this year with my new toy….our electric fireplace. Yes, it is totally a toy to me. I have loved decorating it. And as soon as we hung the mantel I was ready to hang our Christmas stockings even though it was October! We were still able to fit our Christmas Tree in our front room, right next to our fireplace. I have to say it is just the coziest room. Already thinking it will make me sad taking down the Christmas decor because I love the hygee feeling in this room. I am joining Ella Claire Inspired and 15 bloggers to share our Christmas Trees and ... Read More
Christmas Decor on the Exterior of our Home
Ella kept saying last week "I mom just don't decorate for Christmas outside yet". She is 10 and a little concerned with people thinking her mom is crazy for Christmas decorating. She felt it was kind-of acceptable to decorate this week. So here we go! Christmas on our front porch 2018! And this is the first year living in this home (it will be 4 years December 31st) that we put up Christmas lights on the house. It was pretty exciting to see! And Kevin was even more thankful for our small home now then ever before, lights were up in less than an hour. Well Ella…here are your mom and dad ... Read More
Christmas Gift Guide for Kids with Experience Ideas too!
Time to start sharing some Christmas Gift Guides! The first one I thought I would do is for kids, because really Christmas is the biggest deal to those little ones in our lives. We are really into non-toy ideas. Experience gifts are the best and we love STEM gifts too. I complied all of our favorite gifts ideas for kids. These are items are getting our kids or we have already. I hope you like our ideas! Christmas Gift Guide Experience Ideas- Season Pass- to the Zoo, Water Park, Aquarium etc. My mom has given us a pass to the zoo one year and a water park….best money spent on a ... Read More
Small Space Living Series- 1300 square foot Bungalow
We have a new small space living feature for you today! The Ginger Home is living in a 1300 square foot bungalow in Beaumont Canada with her husband and two "ginger" girls, who are darling! Amanda invited us into her home and answered all of your amazing questions on living in a small space. She gave some amazing tips to stay organized no matter the size of your home. Excited for you to see how you can entertain and really love and enjoy a smaller space. What is your home Motto? I don’t think I can pick just one answer to this question! So here are my top 5 tenets ... Read More
