As we approach the two year mark on moving back into our renovated home, I’ve been slowly completing all of the smaller and more time consuming projects that have been on my list. One of them was creating a Board and Batten wall with hooks outside of my closet to store bags, hats, etc. and to add some color to an all-white space. I had…
At the end of December, I couldn’t sleep one night, and somehow landed on the idea of adding a faux fireplace into our living room. I loved that the concept would give us more space by removing our media console, I loved that it wasn’t too expensive and I of course loved the idea of decorating a mantel! The next morning I set out to…
Over the weekend, there was a huge blizzard, so I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. I was inspired by tons of pins like this one, so I decided to give it a go, and bake some cute Valentines Day cookies. I learned some lessons along the way, but also found a sugar cookie recipe that I wanted to save for myself, and…
One of the struggles of having an aesthetic living room space is hiding those terrible, ugly wires! Why oh why can’t wires be invisible haha! They really are so necessary, but such a pain, so I’ve been working to find solutions on hiding my own in a way that is safe, easy to access and also not noticeable in our space. I rounded up some…
After years (four years, to be exact) of perfecting Hudson’s snow uniform, I finally feel like I am at a place to share our favorites! Here’s his everyday snow staples – most are budget friendly, because every year he grows out of them and needs new ones. Enjoy!…
One of the easiest ways to refresh a space is by swapping out the rug, and through the years I’ve gone through quite a few. I never splurge too much on a rug, especially with kids and a dog, and how fickle I am with decorating. I rounded up some affordable options below for neutral rugs I’ve been loving in this season of life! I…
When Matt was in college, he studied abroad in Lima, Peru. He fell in love with the culture and especially the food, and 2 years ago we returned to Peru and I was able to learn where his obsession stems from. Peruvian food is SO fresh – they have the most delicious salads (I know that’s a weird thing to call out, but anytime I…
I know that Spring doesn’t come until March 20th, but in my home decor, I generally leave Christmas pine trees up around the house until around late January, early February, and then I transition into a more “spring” feel. I’m not sure about you, but I just need a refresh by this point in the year, and something that feels new after all of the…
We’ve been in the market for a new sofa for a while for a few reasons – first, after we renovated the shape of our living room changed, and we suddenly had room for a sectional. Our previous sofa was smaller, and didn’t fit our space well. We also found our last sofa to be extremely uncomfortable and hard, but because we liked it aesthetically,…
Hudson was born in November as a baby, so by the time we were out and about more with him, the weather had warmed up. Navigating cold weather with Charlie has been an entire new experience, and definitely a learning curve. Anytime I share snow days on stories, I noticed a lot of other moms feel the same way – we all worry about whether…
Most of us do not live in giant homes. My house is “medium sized” but my living room space is small. It is almost like an apartment-sized living room within my home because when we renovated, we chose to allocate a lot of our space into our kitchen. I don’t mind the size of our living room the way it is, but I definitely needed…
I am not sure how my baby is ALMOST A YEAR OLD, but somehow we’ve watch spring, summer and fall pass together and are back into winter. I was on a run the other day, and was thinking about how during my first postpartum run it was still cold outside, and here I was running again all bundled up. The years pass by so quickly…
Inspiration photos: SHOP THE POST: If you’ve been following along on stories, you have seen that I’ve been knee deep in a faux fireplace project. When we renovated our home a little over a year and a half ago, we never redesigned our living room decor. Before renovations, the living room space was extraordinarily large, as our current dining room space was also a part…
When ringing in the new year, pregnant and in Florida exactly 12 months ago, I could have never known what 2020 had in store for us. This is a hard post to write, but as it is my yearly tradition to do so, I wanted to take some time at 10:06PM on December 28th, 2020 to sit down, shed some tears with you all, and…
HOW IS HE 9 MONTHS OLD???? I definitely missed an 8 month update, because we’ve been busy with the holidays and both Matt and my busy season at work, but a few of you moms out there said you enjoy the monthly updates, so here’s a full 9 month update on our little guy! He has changed so so much in the past two months!…
Back again with a full gift guide of things I will be picking up for my boys this holiday season! These are obviously very age specific – the above “baby” gifts work from around 6M + and the below gifts are for ages 3+. Just for reference, Charlie is almost 9 months old and Hudson just turned four! For my mens gift guide I outlined…
I know that Thanksgiving has not come and gone yet, but to be honest I think I speak for all of us when I say we needed a win in 2020, and Christmas is it. I love how my home feels all decorated for Christmas, and as I sit here typing this among the twinkly lights around my living room, I have no regrets. Whether…
Here I am, somehow with 24 weeks of BBG under my belt!! I never thought I could do it, but I somehow did, and now it’s become this weird part of my life that I don’t even think or talk about that much anymore, it’s just engrained into “what makes me” if that makes sense. When I first started round 1, I’d talk about it…
BEFORE: Before we jump into this full reveal, I just want to take a second to acknowledge that NOTHING, and I mean nothing feels better than taking a step back and looking at an epic before + after photo. This one has been a long time coming, and Sea and I (and her uncle and aunt) are so proud of how this one came out.…
My little baby is not so little anymore!!! I am actually in shock at how quickly he became a “person” and not a little blob, and now he’s so interactive and fun to hangout with! This is the month he definitely started to understand much more of what’s going on around him, and feels like an active family member and not just a little eating…