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While there are so many meaningful ways to love our friends and family, gift giving can be a fun way to celebrate the season. I've...

We moved in to our wonderful 1957 home in 2022. It was move-in ready and (mostly) perfect. The biggest needs for updating were our...

Below is this year's list of some of my favorite places to shop & ideas for gifts. I love collecting ideas throughout the year so that,...

I really enjoy giving gifts around the holidays, however I always try to gift things I'm certain someone would love, which can sometimes...

When we moved into our house a couple of months ago, I was so excited to finally have a hall closet to store items that we want to have...

We recently bought our first house, and one of the requirements was a space that could be used as a combined office-studio as I work...

Hosting get togethers with good friends is one of our very favorite things to do! Creating a warm, welcoming, beautiful space is...

We are so lucky to live in a beautiful, good-sized townhouse right outside of DC. While it has plenty of space for the two of us to live...

Cary and I have always known we wanted to have kids (definitely one, possibly two). And, I always thought that my early 30's would be the...

I am a sucker for beautiful dinnerware. I prefer things to be on the simple side - white, clean lines, and symmetrical. I also love...

I first want to say that we absolutely love our rental - it's a spacious townhouse with lots of natural light and space for being so...

I've gotten questions about the kitchen and dining linens we use, so I figured I would write a little post about them. We are all about...

Updated 12 Feb 2021 Since the spring, we've been cooking a lot at home and have gotten some use out of our cookbook collection, and I...

The holidays are here! I love seeing all of the trees and twinkle lights popping up around our neighborhood. There is something really...

For the second piece in the Mom Advice series, I wanted to focus on a topic that moms know a lot about: parenting. I kept this one pretty...

I, like most people, have been spending a lot more time around the house lately. I've found that having effective tools for daily chores,...

Fall is here! It's always such a refreshing time, with the crisp air, vibrant colors, and what feels like the start of a new year in a...

These are stressful times. They are full of feelings of loneliness and isolation, fears of going to the grocery store or just being...

Cary has really gotten into cocktails this summer. He's been doing a ton of research on different liquors, techniques, flavor...

Gear While there are a lot of fancy gadgets out there, you really don't need a lot of stuff to enjoy time at the beach, and if you invest...