Matt and I bought this apartment almost 2 years ago, and since buying a home we turned from messy tenants into two people who treat home like it’s a prized possession (because let’s be honest, it is!) Growing up, I had clothes all over the place, sand in my bed from the beach and I did my laundry once a month, if that. But, like most…
* This post was sponsored by Macy’s but all opinions are my own! So many mornings, I instantly jump up to check e-mails or start crossing off items on my to-do list, and it feels so good to take a morning like this once in a while to eat some fruit in bed, enjoy my coffee and lounge around in these insanely cozy joggers from Macy’s…
As most of you know, we renovated our kitchen last year. It looked 100% better, but I was super pregnant, and didn’t have much time to put those finishing touches on things. I always felt like the kitchen was plain, but between having Hudson and figuring out life as a new mom, I didn’t put much time or energy toward it. When West Elm mentioned…
I am always asked about where my glasses come from, and the answer is all over, I LOVE glasses and am actually thankful that my vision is not 20/20 so I can indulge! I will be sharing some glasses retailers that are my favorite to shop at, and wanted to start with Bonlook! Here’s 3 of my favorite frames from their site – I love…
I realized that I share tons of photos of our home on instagram, but hardly ever dedicate posts to it on the blog here! So this year I am going to make more of an effort to share my [little] home updates over here! Last year we spent most of our time renovating our kitchen, and I slowly transformed our bedroom into one of my…
I am so excited to finally share a project I’ve been working on with West Elm for a while! Interior design is one of my passions, and I’m excited to reveal a living room makeover that I designed for an apartment down the block from us that my cousin lives in. I’ve been really loving the grey + neutral look, and I’m so excited with how…
This year Matt became a dad. In a lot of ways becoming a dad is much scarier than becoming a mom, because men don’t have 9 months of changing and growing into the role, they are somewhat thrown into it. It’s like one day their wife has a giant belly, and the next they have a baby that is half theirs! Sometimes the disconnect was…
Jonathan Adler Sensory Gym Back when we lived in Miami, there was a Jonathan Adler store in the Design District that we used to frequent. I always loved his quirky design style, so when I found out he was designing a capsule collection of baby gear, I knew it would fit in perfectly to our home. One of my biggest fears about having a baby…
* Paid for by Refinery29 and Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments A few years back, Matt and I decided to pack a carry-on, fly cross-country to California, and rent a VW van to roadtrip & live in to celebrate the holiday season. It’s my favorite holiday adventure to date, and we dream of repeating it all the time. We named our VW “Sunny Delight” and spent Christmas Eve…
Tomorrow is my due date, and here we are still waiting. We went to the doctor on Thursday, and I was told if I was having contractions they would send me to labor & delivery (and I knew that I was having some, just was not sure if they were Braxton Hicks or the real thing). Turns out it was false labor. I had my…
Before the baby arrives, it’s tough to personalize their space. There’s no pictures of them, except for ultrasound pictures, so I had a hard time adding a little bit of him to his room! Once we took our maternity photos, I knew I wanted to include a few, so he could look around and see some personalized pictures of his family in his space. I…
Featuring pillow, mantel wreath, ceramic pumpkins, glitter pumpkin, and gold pumpkin Luckily my baby is due to be born around one of my favorite holidays, which means I now get to celebrate Halloween AND his birthday! Celebrating is a little tricky this year, since I may or may not be in labor, but that is not stopping me from decorating our home and picking out…
After months of piecing together this guy’s room, we are finally ready for him! Interior decorating is one of my favorite things, so of course I wanted to give him the perfect space to spend time in and grow up in. I didn’t want it to feel typical, and when I saw this fox rug I knew I would build the space around it!…
I have a lot of glasses. Like WAY too many. I was so sick of them getting lost in the drawer, scattered and unorganized. I finally decided to take matters into my own hands and search for SOME way to organize the mess. I am so happy with what I found, that I decided to share with you! I ordered this organizer (well, 3 of…
When we bought this apartment (more on that here) we knew the weakest link was the kitchen, and we knew a farmhouse kitchen reno was in order, eventually. While it looked livable, the cabinets were falling apart and from 1999. They were made of a fake wood, and the previous owner put a white plastic coating over the top. We didn’t love the granite, it…
Chandelier | Rug | Table | White chairs | Gold Chairs Since moving in, we focused so much on our living room space, that we didn’t even touch the dining room. It has beautiful light and bright white walls, so it was super fun creating the space with ATGStores.com! They have an endless amount of product on the site, so the space could have gone in…
We started our Sunday off with a fresh new mattress! It was pretty exciting for us, because I’ve had my mattress since I was in (probably) middle school, making it over a decade old. It was time for a change! Most of the reason why I never replaced it was because of the awful inconvenience of mattress shopping (usually in gross weird mattress stores), and…
West Elm Couch | Crosley record player | West Elm media console | West Elm rug | This next week is filled with FUN home projects! Here’s a few before photos, I cannot wait to share the after shots! We are patching up a doorway into our 2nd bedroom (it has 2 doors for some reason?!) and renovating the dining room completely! When we moved…
Instax camera | similar hat Our bedroom furniture is mostly from our previous apartment, but we’ve added and subtracted things that didn’t quite fit. It is (of course) always a work in progress, and I plan to add more to the wall behind our bed, along with side tables and some additional shelving, but it is nice to keep the space somewhat simple and clean! …
Our biggest NO when we bought our home was that it had carpeting. It was an awful creme color filled with stains and it made the entire place feel stuffy. We knew right from the start that we would pull up the carpeting and put in wood floors. In my first home, we went with a more cherry wood, but in this house I wanted…