As you well know, I like pillows. Always have, always will. My personal decorating preference is to layer neutral foundation pieces (like a couch or chair) with color and texture (pillows) that can be changed with the season or replaced when trends change (for much… Continue Reading…My Favorite Pillow Hack
I popped into Target the other night to grab something quickly from the pharmacy. But you know how it goes … you go in for one thing and walk out with a million others. On this particular night, I actually only left with one thing… Continue Reading…20 great finds at Target
My childhood best friend posted this to instagram yesterday: It made me laugh out loud. The kids and I just had a conversation the other day about when we will start listening to Christmas music. One said we should start today, another said wait until… Continue Reading…it’s that time of year!
I have a million favorite desserts (#sweettooth), but my favorite of all favorites is forever and always carrot cake. I’m a little bit particular about my carrot cake, though. I’m not a fan of spice cake; I prefer a true carrot cake. I like nuts in… Continue Reading…My favorite carrot cake + free printable recipe card
There was a design show on years ago where the host decorated the room based on favorite items from the owner’s closet. I always loved this approach to decorating and the rooms always ended up feeling more personal to the owner than other design shows… Continue Reading…Warming up the house with the prettiest cognac leather
If I could only dress for one season, I would always and forever choose fall. As much as I love the sun, what I love even more are jeans and layers and boots and sweaters. In fact, last week while sitting on the beach in… Continue Reading…Six Casual + Classic Fall Outfits
I turned 40 last week. You may remember that on my birthday last year I shared a list I created for myself: 40 things to do before I turned 40. I called it my #40by40 list. I got the idea from my childhood best friend… Continue Reading…40 By 40 | the final update
I read earlier this week that it takes about six weeks to get into the rhythm of back to school. We’re wrapping up week 5 and this gives me great hope because if whoever said that six week bit is correct, then by next week… Continue Reading…Life Lately | What I learned in September
We are making a few changes to the family room to make it feel a little more put together. It is the room we spend the most time in and while we adore the sectional, that is about as far as we’ve come in the room.… Continue Reading…An Ottoman Makeover
Welcome to my new office! I’m completely in love with this space. To catch you up on why I moved out of the pretty studio space and what I did to make this office much more pleasant to be in, read this post. Now… Continue Reading…My new light + bright office
For many years, I’ve done a once a year Q+A day. Well, today’s the day! Here’s how this works: Since I chat at you post after post, sometimes it’s fun to switch things up and find out what you want to talk about. For the… Continue Reading…Q + A day – let’s chat!
So you know that pretty space above the garage that we finished out to use as my studio? Well, we decided to switch things around. This is the current state of my new office: A couple of weeks ago, the idea of switching offices came… Continue Reading…office switch-a-roo
Of all the rooms in the house, the family room is where we spend most of our time. Is it because it is so close to the kitchen? Perhaps. Or maybe because this is where the tv is? Likely. But I tend to think it’s… Continue Reading…If you’re in the market for the comfiest couch of all time
You know how it goes … You take one million photos of your travels/your kids/your adorable puppy and they just sit in an album on your phone. This was totally the case for us with all of our roadtrip photos. As I’ve mentioned before, we… Continue Reading…What to do with all your phone photos
Back in the day I used to play along with a blog thing called what I wore. Today seems like a fun day for the next installment! While I am far from a legit fashion blogger, I do think its fun to see what other… Continue Reading…What I’ve been wearing
