At one point when I was younger, I considered following in my mom’s interior design footsteps but quickly realized I didn’t have the same eye that she does. I have developed my own sense of style (with her help of course!) and enjoy updating my home and finding great pieces to brighten up any room. Like all homeowners, we always have a home project going on. Follow along as I share our transformation and introduce some amazingly talented women who will inspire you to do the same.
If you are like my family, at the end of the week, you are often staring at 1-2 bananas who are passed their prime. While we sometimes can use them in protein shakes, I hate to waste them. Plus, I would rather try to find a way to get my kids to eat them in some form. About a year ago, I was searching for a simple, banana muffin recipe on Pinterest (I know, shocker!) and came across a healthy[Read more]
As I have mentioned before, I am definitely not any sort of chef or even a decent cook, however, with the right recipe, I am pretty good at following instructions. I have been in search of some new, simple recipes since our current rotation is experiencing some burnout. My sister-in-law suggested this simple meal from Hello Fresh that she found through one of our favorite bloggers, and of course, one of our favorite former Bachelorettes, Ali Fedotowsky. Since Ali is[Read more]
With the day of hearts less than a month away now, I thought it would be a fun time to share some of the more subtle decorating we do to commemorate the holiday. Valentine’s Day was never a holiday I used to decorate for. When my kids were younger, it was enough to manage the 30+ valentines they had to prep for their school parties. A few years ago, I started picking up a few pieces here and there and[Read more]
This past weekend, we had a few things going on but nothing too crazy so I suggested to my daughter that we attempt to make one of the desserts from my new Magnolia cookbook she gave me. Thankfully, she decided to start with a simpler one and we set out to make some chocolate chip cookies. Since we haven’t baked lately, we decided to refresh some of our ingredients and headed to Trader Joe’s to pick up what we needed. [Read more]
I am the first one to admit that I don’t cook. Don’t get me wrong. I get a meal on the table most weeknights and I do my best to try to keep it healthy but it is usually fairly simple and something that can be made with minimal prep due to limited time and busy schedules. That being said, when I do have free time (rarely), I do enjoy cooking a favorite recipe that takes a bit more time[Read more]
When we moved into our house, we were fortunate in that the owners had recently upgraded the granite in the kitchen but it still had the original oak whitewashed cabinets. About 3 years later, we had a major slab leak that pretty much destroyed the lower half of our kitchen. On the bright side, we got updated cabinets but on the negative side, we had to cover the costs to have the higher cabinets match, something we weren’t planning on. [Read more]