In our last home (see our third home house tour here), we purchased a new 50-inch TV because our living room was smaller and we didn’t want a massive screen when the sofa was so close to the wall. We hung art around it to give the space more personality and add pops of color to our overall neutral space. Here are some photos from our previous ...
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Design at Home: How to Make + Style Your Bed with Oyster Creek Studios
I had the joy of hiring Aryn to help finish our master bedroom in our third home and I loved the design so much, I replicated the room when we moved (we did have to change the light fixture because the one in our previous home would have been too large for our current bedroom since we don't have a coffered ceiling). Here's a peek of our ...
Pros and Cons of Open Concept Homes
Ever since I moved to Houston over a decade ago, we’ve always lived in homes with an open-concept floor plan. Newer builds in particular tend to have floor plans where the kitchen, living room and dining room all share one open space. I recently saw that one of my favorite designers, Shea McGee of Studio McGee opted not to have a formal dining room ...
Design at Home: How to Style Your Coffee Table with Aryn Guillory of Oyster Creek Studios
It's week two of our Design at Home series and this week Aryn Guillory, interior designer and founder of her design firm, Oyster Creek Studios is sharing how to style your coffee table! Whether your table is round square or rectangular - she's got you covered. We didn't have a coffee table in the living room of our home ...
All About Our Shoe Closet & Entryway
Our shoe closet is probably the most functional thing I dreamed up for our new home and I get a ton of questions about it every time I share it on my stories, so I decided to put this blog post together!In our last home, we had a small "coat closet" at the bottom of the stairs that led to our garage, but for the first few years of living there, we ...
Design at Home: How to Style Built-Ins with Aryn Guillory of Oyster Creek Studios
I recently reached out to Aryn Guillory, interior designer and founder of her design firm, Oyster Creek Studios, to partner on some home-décor related content here on my blog. Aryn helped us design our master bedroom in our third home and I’m obsessed with her aesthetic and the spaces she designs (you can check out her beautiful home, here). ...
Studio McGee for Threshold at Target: My Picks
One of my favorite interior designers is Shea McGee of Studio McGee. I have followed her for a few years now and always admire the spaces she creates. I even had Harper's room painted the same shade of pink Shea used in one of her projects (Benjamin Moore Melted Ice Cream). The McGee's also recently completed the construction of their own custom ...
How I Purge & Organize My Closet
We've lived in our new home since last November and I hadn't quite gotten a handle on my closet until recently. It's a touch smaller than our last master closet, but we shared that one and my husband has his own closet now which is nice! My closet connects to our master bathroom and Kevin's is connected to the entryway of our bedroom. PLANNING ...
Breville Bambino Espresso Machine Review
I’ve raved about my Nespresso machine for years (and still love it!) but there’s a new love in our lives and it’s our Breville Bambino Plus Espresso machine (also on amazon, where we purchased ours, here). We purchased it before we moved into our new home last November and it’s our weekend latte go-to. (floating shelf sources ...
Spring Home Decor Finds
Being at home 24/7 has led me to scour the internet for items to enhance and complete our spaces. I put our entryway wallpaper install as well as some curtain installs on hold, so I'm trying to find small things to add a little cheer to our spaces before we can get to some of our larger projects. I recently purchased new pillows for some of our ...