I finally put the finishing touches on Lincoln's room and can't wait to share the full reveal today! The only items I'm missing are a piece of art above his dresser and the bamboo woven shades that have not arrived yet.One of my favorite things about this room is how light and bright it is. I contemplated painting the walls a very light ...
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Our New Home: What I Wish I’d Changed, Six Months Later
I have been so thrilled with the level of customization we got to do in our new home. From the built-ins in our game room to the shoe closet, to making our kitchen island larger and bringing cabinets to the ceiling, we truly got to create a home we love.Now that we have lived in our home for six months (!!!), I thought it would be fun to ...
Our New Curtains
We had curtains installed in our bedrooms yesterday and I'm delighted with how they turned out!Our home has 9ft ceilings throughout the upstairs, so we went with 108 inch curtains and had the hardware hung as close to the ceiling as possible, which was easier to do since we don't have crown moulding. By the way, there is a blog post all about ...
Design At Home: How to Hang Mirrors & Art with Oyster Creek Studios
Mirrors and art are one of my favorite ways to enhance our home. I love adding color through art and mirrors can really anchor a piece of furniture and reflect light into your space.One thing I've learned via years of reading design blogs is that there are right and wrong ways to hang art and mirrors (and even TVs!) and that most people make ...
Samsung Frame TV Review
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Natural Seating at Home + Our Family Room/Playroom
This post is in partnership with Serena & Lily, one of my favorite home decor brands.Our game room/play room/family room has really come together over the last month! The space finally feels close to complete - and the timing couldn't be better with our family at home for the foreseeable future. This is a room we use for so many things: the ...
