New House: Dining Room Progress
Decorating in stages. Remember that's our key phrase over here. I photographed our dining room at the beginning of last week in an effort to show you the progress we've made recently. I'm not in...
View ArticleNew House: Front Hall Progress
I've been busy sprucing up our front hall lately. We are so fortunate to have a nice large entry that gets lots of light. Such a contrast from our last two homes. The room acts as both a landing...
View ArticleMy family
I'm signing off early this week to go play with my family. Wells is "relaxing" in her bed and says she needs some love. Tagg's asking me to come make yucky tea with him. I better listen. Happy...
View ArticleSerena and Lily Spring Sale
I've been busy cleaning and organizing and getting our house in order over the past six weeks. What's the usual sequence of events? Clean. Assess. Purge. Bring in what really works.Good timing too,...
View ArticleLet's Chat: Natalie | Designer Bags & Dirty Diapers
Pretty happy to have one of my favorites here with us today. Girl can cook like a celebrity chef all while wearing an awesome outfit and balancing life with two adorable babes. Natalie is a familiar...
View ArticlePainted Brick Fireplace
I'm thinking about painting the brick fireplace in our family room white. I know it's hard to get a real visual here because I've never shown you pictures of this room since the original tour. It's a...
View ArticleLeather Sofa Styling & New House Family Room Progress
Y'all, I almost didn't make this post but I didn't want to miss two days in a row. We're at day two of snow days this weeks and day three of my sinus infection. Not awesome. Thanks so much for all...
View ArticleMeal Planning Week 21
Good morning! Did everyone have a good weekend? Ours was mostly spent inside avoiding the cold slushy outside. Wells wasn't feeling great Friday or Saturday. Sick babies are the hardest, but...
View ArticleMONOGRAMMED EURO SHAM GIVEAWAY
I am really excited to introduce y'all to a fabulous store today. Lil & Gaines is a small shop on Etsy featuring custom monogrammed pillow shams, shower curtains, and bath mats. Owner Nellie has...
View ArticleYoga Pants + Wine | Girls Night In
Several of the moms in our neighborhood have started getting together after putting the kids to bed for yoga pants + wine. It's brilliant. As much fun as it is to pull out your dry clean only silk...
View ArticleFriday Love
I'm glad we all made it to Friday. This has been an especially long week. Thankfully no snow and no school closings, yet the week still lasted forever. Our internet was out for 24 hours Wednesday...
View ArticleSaturday Shopping
Now that I admittedly live in yoga pants for the better part of the work week, I'm trying to make more of an effort to step it up on the weekends. Nothing overly fancy, just simple outfits I used to...
View ArticleSmathers & Branson Giveaway
I'm going to call it safe to assume that y'all have all heard of Smathers & Branson. Home of the classic and preppy needlepoint belts. They also have an array of other needlepoint items including...
View ArticleCute Affordable Kids Clothes | Old Navy
This is not a sponsored post by Old Navy, although I wish it were. Just consider it a public service announcement for cute affordable clothes for your kids. Truthfully, I find a lot of things at Old...
View ArticleSpring Sale
Now that I've helped you fill up your babes Spring wardrobes for under $100 I think it's time to go pick something up for ourselves. Shopbop's big Spend More Save More sale is in full effect today so...
View ArticleLet's Chat : Ashley | Meet Me in Philadelphia
I am really excited to welcome Ashley from Meet Me in Philadelphia here today. Ashley and I share a similar updated traditional aesthetic and design over time philosophy. If you're not already...
View ArticleOne Room Challenge Update #ORC
Well Linda the creator of the One Room Challenge has asked up to give everyone a big old update of our past #ORC rooms. I almost didn't post my updates today because there is honestly nothing to show....
View ArticleSIP & SHOP with Kayce Hughes Pears + Bears and Beaufort Bonnet Company
A friend of mine and I are co-hosting a little Sip & Shop this Sunday with Kayce Huges Pears + Bears and The Beaufort Bonnet Company. We are keeping the guest list rather small so we can all enjoy...
View ArticleFive Minute Make-up + Top Beauty Must-Haves
Since I didn't get a chance to post yesterday I thought I would treat y'all to a Saturday post. And a helpful one at that. I get a lot of compliments about my glowing skin and I feel like I should...
View ArticleLife Lately
Tagg had another horrible weekend of sleep. I'm really at a loss for how to fix this situation. He slept like a dream as an infant but somehow reverted to newborn status as soon as he hit one. He's...
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