This month's Project Design with Mary Ann and Cindy is all about refreshing the living room for spring! It's still very much winter here in the northeast, although it has been a mild winter for sure. Still, everyone is ready for a little refresh after the holidays. For me, that means a few new plants and something I have been debating about since moving into this house a year ago. The stone ...
12 reasons why we love essential oils
We have been using essential oils for just about a year and what a life changing thing it has been. I never imagined that buying a Young Living starter kit would open my eyes to so much wellness. I have talked a lot about ditch & switch. What does that mean? It means I have switched out products that I thought were safe to use in my home and on my face and body that are toxic and have switched ...
a pantry in 24 square feet for less than $100
Cindy, Mary Ann, and I are doing another Project Design today, and this time it's all about the pantry! We have a big group of super-organized bloggers who are showing you how they've organized their pantries. Links at the bottom! The pantry. How big does a pantry need to be? What constitutes a pantry anyway? According to Dictionary.com: a pantry is a room or closet in which food, ...
Project Design: Collected Fashion
I'm joining Cindy, Mary Ann and a few of our friends for our monthly installment of Project Design and this month we are calling it Collected Fashion. I think there are probably many ways to interpret this project and that is one of the reasons I love these collaborations with fellow bloggers. We all take different approaches and make it our own. Wearing a vintage Burberry sweater ...
DIY Painted Canvas “ART” & Thank you Notes
Our new $15 wall hanging Remember a few weeks ago when I shared this fabulous store in Brooklyn? I walked away from that shop with so much inspiration. They have a gallery wall behind the cash wrap with all different kinds of art pieces in black and white and every shade of cream. The one thing that caught my eye was a simple piece of canvas with an even simpler design of painted stripes and ...
Scenes from around the house as we begin a new decade
Wow! Can you believe we have entered a new decade? Not only do we get to start a brand new year, but a brand new decade. I'm ready for the best year ever, but feeling incredibly thankful for the last one! Just a little over a year ago we moved into our new (old) house and have been working on making it feel like home ever since. Over the last year I've partnered with my favorite store, Serena ...