Today is the last day of the Friends & Family Event at Serena & Lily. Â I work a few days a week at the Westport, Connecticut store and would love to help you place an order and save 25%! Â (Sale ends October 16, 2017). Use code FAMILY-53 Â Below is my Serena & Lily Wish List and below that is what we already own and love! Fairmont Sconce // Barton Loveseat // Balboa Shelves // ...
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Create a Beautiful Fall Table Using What You Have
Create a beautiful fall table using what you have and try it before Thanksgiving. I think creating a table using what we already own is both meaningful and creative. Not to mention thrifty! Use old silver trays as chargers A few years ago, I started collecting old silver trays. Â You can find silver trays in thrift stores or Goodwill for just a few dollars. Each is a little different, but ...
5 fall tablescapes you can try before thanksgiving
I'm joining bloggers Mary Ann, Cindy, Janet, and Brooke with ideas for fall tablescapes you can try before Thanksgiving. Â What inspires you when you think about setting a pretty table for a gathering? Â For me it almost always starts with flowers. Â I prefer garden flowers (or even herbs from our kitchen garden like here) over store bought flowers. Â For one thing, they're free and always in season. ...
How to Remove Labels from Jars + Live Simply * Live Beautifully
You may have noticed that the blog has had a bit of a re-fresh. Â We are not done yet and we appreciate all the emails with your ideas, compliments as well as the things you don't like. Â I agree, the logo is not quite right. Â And along the way I kind of lost the tag line Live Simply * Live Beautifully. Â I'm not sure how that happened, but I'm happy that so many of you asked me about that. Â Because ...
Galvanized Outdoor Planters + Friday Favorites
Updating your outdoor planters is a sure way to observe the transition into fall. Â I've already noticed so many people on Instagram have changed out their front porch planters and pots filled with summer flowers and replaced them with mums. Â After a quick trip into town where I found Sugar Pumpkins for 59 cents and then a trip to Trader Joe's, you would think it was at least mid-October from the ...
A Modern Country Estate + Connecticut
A home tour of a modern country estate in Connecticut. Â I met Sarina while working at Serena & Lily, but we sort of "knew" each other through social media before meeting in real life. Â It's funny how that works. Â You meet people that you may have never met in real life circumstances, but oddly enough you have things in common way past living in the same New England town which may have been how ...