While plotting this reno, I've also been grappling on whether to call this a half bath or a powder room - which do you use by the way? - and I've landed on washroom: "a room with washing and toilet facilities" because that's all that's in there anyway lol.
Read MoreYou didn’t think 2022 wouldn’t have any Amazon favorites did you? Throwing myself completely into the Meridian Experience Weekend, I haven’t gotten a second to actually sit down and share my purchases with you… yet that hasn’t stopped me from making purchases lol
Read MoreI didn't set out to create a "conference"...at least not in the way traditionally seen in this industry. I set out to create an event... an experience that would speak to the modern day interior designer who creates content while also servicing clients, the home influencer who has been an aspirational figure to an audience of thousands, and the hungry designpreneur still carving their path in this industry. I set out to create a safe space for the marginalized who have often sat out events for fear of feeling out of place or undeserving. Lastly, I set out to create something that fills us with information as much as it celebrates the journey...that pours into our professional cup as much as it does our personal cup.
Read MoreOur home goals & projects for 2022 is comprised of projects - big and small - that can realistically be tackled this year... not to be confused with our wishlist, which I'm still undecided on writing about.
Read MoreAnd that’s a wrap peeps! Twelve month of Amazon favorites! What a year of shopping lol. In case you’re new here — WELCOME btw! — this “series” was never intended to be a chronological recap of all my Amazon purchases; it just shows my FAVS of those purchases. Believe me when I say, we bought a lot more than what you’ve ever seen… but let’s move on…
Read MoreSome women know they want to work full time & will hire a nanny or get some other kind of outside help. Some women know they want to be a stay at home mom & housewife & will homeschool until their babies are off to college. But then there are those of us who are somewhere in between — we want to work & have a thriving career, but we also want to be around for every single waking moment of our baby’s life; and we don’t want to have to choose.
Read Morewhether you were here for the whole wild ride or just caught the tail end of the adventure. Or maybe you're just now getting to know me in 2022, in which case, buckle up for a rollercoaster of cliff notes. Okay, now let's do this...
Read MoreDo you tend to end the year with a purge so that you can start fresh in the new year?
You do a deep clean of everything from the pantry to your wardrobe, donating, gifting, and/or tossing as needed, and when you're done you feel freer, lighter, and excited that you've made room for all new things.
As someone who's made a life out of always being home, I decided to share with you some of my productivity hacks and ways that I stay focused & keep myself accountable day to day.
Read MoreWith a new year always comes new year's resolutions -- all those personal things we want to accomplish over the next 365 days. But did you know that your home affects how you show up in the world? Think about it -- this is the place you eat, sleep, live...naturally how it looks & feels will carry over into how you look & feel.
This is why I've decided to come up with 7 easy resolutions (translation: resolutions that you can actually keep) for your home, to not only help you love your space but also design your life for 2018.
Read MoreHow is it it’s been 11 months of Amazon favorites already!? I feel like just yesterday I published my January 2021 favorites and in mere weeks it’ll already be January 2022!
Read MoreAttributed to the Danish, Hygge is finding happiness in the little things and finding moments throughout our day to embrace & create bliss. I grew increasingly fascinated with the concept & principles of Hygge, and the deeper I dove, the more I wanted to learn.
At the top of the year, I found myself binge rewatching old shows and/or movie series… with some new shows sprinkled in between. Reconciling how these shows/movies made me feel as a young adult when I first watched em with how they resonated with me now as a thirty something wife & mother… it was kind of a mind trip.
One show that I watched A LOT in my twenties, that I could not bring myself to binge watch again, though, was Sex & The City (SATC). I own the entire DVD box set - the collector's gift set - with all sorts of bonus DVDs, and yet it's been probably close to a decade since I last watched the show. Earlier this year I rewatched the movies - in the middle of my tv show binge - and by the end of em, it was painfully clear to me that I no longer connected with these characters & their stories... more so, it made me wonder if I ever did or if I was just too young, inexperienced, and naive to know any better.
Read MoreThere are two types of holiday shoppers —
the shopper who’s been planning since Labor Day and actually purchasing gifts since Halloween, so on Black Friday, they’re doing “last-minute” shopping
the shopper who only started thinking about holiday shopping after Thanksgiving & isn’t above giving holiday gifts in the new year
I am definitely the latter and I’m willing to bet you are too!
While everyone had their gift guides up and running since November, I decided to put together these last-minute holiday shopping gift guides for us last-minute holiday shoppers.
So what do you get people when you’re shopping at the 11th hour? Yeah, you could start handing out gift cards like they’re candy on Halloween, but I’ve got some better last-minute gift ideas!
Read MoreWhile setting up the kitchen cafe for the season, I stocked up on a bunch of favs for hot chocolate for the family; and now that I have more kitchen (and counter) space, I decided to try something fun this year when it came to what would normally just be a hot chocolate bar. I decided to create my first ever charcuterie board... specifically, a hot chocolate charcuterie board.
Read MoreGoing into this holiday season is the first time I am like geeked to decorate... like actually planning & designing a "holidayscape" versus just picking a color scheme and seeing where it leads me... which is exactly what I would do in the past. I knew the vibes I was looking for & I knew what colors would gimme that. From there, I would just go on a shopping spree of sorts & then figure it all out once everything is unpacked and in front of me. This year - after a year of home improvement projects, deep personal trauma, and just general exhaustion, I decided to reclaim this season. Even as a content creator, I was like I will not be rushed to create or feel forced to perform. I wanted to take my time with this. Who knew the end result would be not one... not two... but THREE holiday designs for the hygge ranch.
Read MoreI've put together a list of essentials that every guest bedroom/suite should have, but this isn't any ol' essentials list — no ma'am (or sir). Each of these items was hand-picked by yours truly to make the holiday guest experience comforting, special, and memorable. But before we start shopping, let's talk about some practical steps to pulling your guests' home away from home together.
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