BEFORE When we bought our home 7 years ago, the upstairs felt like it was mostly unfinished, other than one room – the guest room. Our first move was to finish the open attic room, dry walling it, and adding electric and flooring. We did that almost immediately when we moved in, and it then became Charlie’s bedroom. In the rush of day-to-day life we…
With holiday decor almost around the corner, I wanted to share some quick and easy DIY and decorating tips for the Fall season that have brought my space to peak coziness. Sometimes really small things make a huge impact, and most of my decor is really cost effective as well! I applied all of these decorating tips into the Pumpkin Spice Suite that I partnered…
BEFORE I designed Hudsons nursery 7 years ago, when I was pregnant. It was orange, and fox themed, and so so cute! When we moved from our apartment into our current home, I shifted all of his furniture from one room into the other, and then as he got bigger, I used a lot fo quick fixes to make the space more functional. His toddler…
For my first DIY of the year, I’ve been working on transforming Hudson’s room into a big kid room! His room became very hodge-podge, with bits leftover from his nursery mixed with hoards of toys, baskets shoved in corners, and not much organization. The bed he’s been sleeping in since he is 2.5 (he’s now 6) was a teeny IKEA bed that we were ready…
I was introduced to Saje last year when my cousin Sammy got me one of their diffusers as a Christmas gift. After that, I found myself continuing to visit their site – walking away with their mint halo (which is SO wonderful to relieve stress) and their hand soaps that smell so amazing! From the packaging, to the quality of their products, they truly make…
Can you believe Claude is turning TEN this month? I am not sure how the time just got away from me, but I look at her cute weenie face and I see grey hairs now, and it reminds me of all of the years she has spent with us. She is a part of our family, truly our first born, and I can remember the…
Hello! Hi! It has been a while since I have updated this space, and there’ a lot of reasons behind it – one being that I am working on something super exciting behind the scenes that involves a lot of planning and writing, and has been taking up a lot of my time! But I want to get back and share details on a lot…
The other day I was watching Hudson play on his school playground before the school doors opened at 9AM, and I heard “mommy! mommy! Come watch me!” as he hung from the monkey bars. I stood there watching him climb, and realized that I would be LUCKY to have another year or two of being called over to watch in a playground of friends. He…
Hello and Happy Monday!!! I’ve been working on this post for a while, but life continued to get in the way – but I wanted to share a how-to on adding this big checked accent wall, since checkered pattern is so trendy right now! It is very doable, and you only need a few important tools! What I needed: A laser level – I would…
Hi. Hello there! It has been a minute! Amidst the business of the holiday season and the end of the year I definitely neglected this space, but I am back for now, as I think there’s something really valuable about long form writing, and having images and links LIVE somewhere outside of just an instagram highlight. I even reference back to my own posts sometimes,…
BEFORE: When we purchased our 1974 A-Frame in the Catskills back in March of 2021, our immediate thought was “how are we going to get more natural light into this space?” We’ve never had this issue before in any of our previous homes, because we have always been super specific about only purchasing or renting homes with nice natural light. I really believe that natural…
I am so excited to finally share a (mostly) completed living room reveal for our A-Frame home! I’ve been working tirelessly on finishing up the space before the winter hits, and other than small details like a custom entryway DIY I have planned, everything has mostly come together in a way that feels cozy and complete! Every piece I’ve picked for the A-frame has had…
This post has been a LONG time coming, but with the kids home during summer for more hours, and my schedule being all over the place, I sadly neglected this space and have so many posts and ideas I’d love to share + will try to force myself to sit down and write! Over the summer I spent two days repainting the countertops of our…
ITS TIME, FRIENDS!!! Most of the cute fall pieces have now launched, and I have been sharing tons of links with all of you on stories on how to dress super cute and fun for this upcoming Fall season! I had a lot of requests for mom + son/ kids matching links, but since I know a large amount of you on instagram are not…
Last week I turned 34! I cannot even believe it. I remember drunkenly begging the hot dog cart outside of my favorite college bar for a discounted hot dog on my 21st birthday like it was yesterday, and here I am 13 years later. This year has been a year of large internal growth for me – and I think a lot of that is…
BEFORE + AFTER I am such a slow poke on the blog front lately, and for that I apologize! Between figuring out my kids new summer schedules, to seeing family as things re-open and managing the renovation of the A-Frame, I’ve had so much less time to actually sit down, write my thoughts out, and share the process of things as I go! But because…
*Thanks to Pampers for sponsoring this post;, as always, all opinions are my own. There is so much talk about what to pack in your diaper bag for babies, but I feel like toddlers need just as much stuff, and I cannot even believe Charlie is entering toddlerhood. sad face! Now that he is on the go, hungry all the time, thirsty all the time,…
If you follow along on instagram or Tik Tok, you’re already well aware of the fact that we purchased a cute A-Frame cabin in Upstate, NY. I never formally wrote about it yet, so I wanted to share some more details over here and our house story, and share a round up of the before photos. Sometime in the middle of 2020, after we sold…
BEFORE: I picked up this gorgeous corner china cabinet on Facebook Marketplace for $200, but in the photo it looked white. When Matt picked it up and brought it home, I was shocked to find out it was a weird neon-y lime green color! It wasn’t the worst color around, but I didn’t love it, so I decided to paint it! Painting furniture isn’t super…
Our record player is one of our most-used items in our home. We love to spin some tunes during dinner, and we’ve even taught Hudson how to flip the record for us! I’ve preferred the beautiful and nostalgic sound of records to digital music since I was in high school, and after going through many different record players, I finally feel like we’ve found a…