Happy New Year friends! I can’t believe it’s only been 5 days since New Years, feels like it was weeks ago. December was such a weird month for us this year that I don’t feel like we even had Christmas. We spent Christmas in Texas this year on the beach with some dear friends. A […]
Reviewing 2016
It’s that time of year again, when we reflect back on the past 12 months of memories and life lived. January – We rang in New Years at home as a family after spending Christmas in Michigan. A few days later was the 3rd Annual Downton Party, a bittersweet ending to my favorite tv show. […]
Looking Ahead
Hey friends, The end of the year and the beginning of the New year are always my favorite time to blog and reflect on how the year went in home as well as personally. This last year was pretty incredible. I started a business that has been quite busy these past few months and I […]
2016 Home Goals – what did we accomplish?
Last January I wrote my yearly blog post about our home goals. It’s always fun to see what we did and didn’t end up doing in our home over the past year. The Mudroom….. Well not much has changed besides the paint color and artwork. This was on our list for this fall but I […]
Details on the ORC Living Room
The ORC is done, I have left the coma of rushing to complete everything and now I’m back with the details. Two of the main reasons for starting this room were the sectional sofa we purchased and new carpeting was being installed. And then in the end, the sectional went in the fireplace room. […]
ORC week 7 Boho French Country meets hunting lodge Living Room
Welcome to the final week of the ORC! It’s the best week as everyone shows off all their hard work. I have had to restrain myself from showing you this room because I wanted it to be a fun reveal day. So here it is, the boho, french country meets hunting lodge living room! (With […]
ORC week 6 – Finishing up and the Domino Effect
Last week we made a ton of progress on the room! Lighting is all installed, artwork is finished and hung, I bought a giant fake tree and a pillow. Things are moving right along. All that is left is some putzy decor and finding some more pillows which is my least favorite part of doing […]
ORC Week 5 – Lighting & Art for the living room
Yes, we’re going to talk about lighting again! After last weeks Beauty & the Beast fail, I went to Menards of all places and found two choices. The lantern and the sputnik/globe light. I also ordered these brass wall lamps for behind the sofa. Like my screen shot? I was almost out of battery, […]
ORC Week 4 Living Room – Wood Beams & Lighting in the living room
This week we accomplished a few things! Yeah for us! I still don’t want to show a pic of the entire room yet because I love it and I want to be dramatic. Although I will say if you follow me on instagram, I may have shown a looksi the other day on my stories. […]
ORC Week 2 – Challenges with husbands and furniture
Hello friends. Time for an ORC check in for week deux or two if you’re not french. We had a lot of big changes happen last week, paint, accent wall. carpet and arguing over which furniture goes in which room. To recap, Angela sold a vision of the front room complete with the new sectional […]
