The first few weeks of January always feel like setting out on a long walk early in the morning. The air is crisp, promises of sunlight hover at the edges, and the world feels wide and waiting. With your list of New Year’s resolutions in hand, you march forward, determined
Want to learn a secret that writers know that will make you a better decorator? A good story shows rather than tells. How does that apply to decorating? Well, if you’re like me and you live in a builder-basic house that started off with beige walls, oak cabinets and uninspired
I have tried really hard this year to simplify and lead a more, wait, LESS, lifestyle. I have rid myself of things that don’t spark joy, I have worked on saying no and I’ve surrendered my credit cards in an effort to get unburdened and debt free. I set out
I have bought a lot of rugs since I became a momma. Why? Because a well-loved home is a lived-in home and we are hard on rugs. I’d like to blame the kids entirely for the short life span of rugs in our home but I’ve been known to track
This time last year, I was sitting on the floor nursing a fussy newborn, hot gluing strips of drop cloth to the bottom of Ikea dishtowels to make my own cafe curtains for the kitchen. I was on empty in every sense of the word; no time, no sleep, no
I am always flirting with the idea of taking the ceiling fans down to swap them out for pretty lighting. Light fixtures are my weakness. Jewelry…meh. A pretty chandelier…swoooooon. But then, I’m far too Southern-at-heart practical to remove a ceiling fan and I’m fairly confident that would be the nail