Deciding what to splurge and save on for your home can be tough. Because we move fairly frequently, I’ve always focused on splurging on things we can take with us – furniture, mirrors, etc. but there are, of course, exceptions to this. Below I will share my thought process on various categories and why they can be a spurge OR steal depending on ...
interiors
Where to Buy Acrylic Frames
I LOVE acrylic frames. It’s such a fun and modern way to showcase your art and photographs. I recently ordered four 11 x 14 acrylic frames from Highland Hardware but wanted to share some other budget-friendly options as well. The nice thing about Highland Hardware is that they do offer custom sizes. I've seen people frame Hermes ...
Affordable Abstract Art
Last year, I wrote a post about where to find affordable art for your home. Since then, I'm asked frequently about my favorite artists. I think it's so important to invest in art for your home - it's so fun to build a collection of pieces that make you happy every time you see them. I've invested in art prints by Teil Duncan and Maren ...
The Best Interior Designers on Instagram
I'm obsessed with interior design and follow a ton of designers on Instagram. I often share these accounts at random but have been asked many times to put together a list of my favorite designers . Most of the designers I love fall within a certain aesthetic, but there are a few outliers too! I really love a mix of transitional, coastal, ...
Painting Our Interior Doors
We're on our fourth house in 12 years and I've never painted our interior doors. I've seen it become more popular in recent years and was intrigued - especially when homes with mostly white walls had doors in shades of blue and gray. We recently had our entryway wallpapered in this Serena & Lily Priano wallpaper and the moment it was ...
Lincoln’s Room in Our New Home
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 ...
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: All About Rugs with Oyster Creek Studios
Happy Monday! Today's post is a highly requested one for our Design at Home series: all about rugs! Aryn Guillory, interior designer and founder of her design firm, Oyster Creek Studios, is going to tell us all about how to pick the right rug for your space. I love rugs so much and now that our entire home is hardwood, we're ...
Design at Home: All About Draperies & Window Treatments with Oyster Creek Studios
Today, Aryn Guillory, interior designer and founder of her design firm, Oyster Creek Studios, is sharing all things window treatments as part of our Design at Home series.Window treatments are definitely something I had to do a lot of research about before I figured out what I love. In our last home, we did off white roman shades (which I ...