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Save or Splurge Outdoor Furniture
Save or Splurge on these Outdoor Furniture Pieces The weather is warming up and summer is just about here! I’ve been pulling out all of my out door furniture pieces, and I have the urge to update some of my lounge pieces like the sofa and chairs. I updated the outdoor table and dining chairs...
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Memorial Day Sale
Best Sales for Home Furniture is Happening this Weekend If you have been eyeing a certain furniture piece, chances are that it is probably on sale this weekend. Most home furnishing companies participate in the Memorial Day Sale over the weekend and they are usually the best furniture sales the whole year. This is a...
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Coconut Body Cream
Coconut Body Cream that Helps Heal the Skin and Nails I thought I would post my Coconut Body Cream recipe over here on my website. I did a short Instagram story a few weeks ago sharing how to make the body cream and had so many people reach out about it. Some of them made...
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Favorite Dress Stores
Where I Buy my Dresses Especially for Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is right around the corner and here’s a little secret…I treat myself to a new mother’s day dress. I try and keep it on the down low in our house because I don’t want it to be my mother’s day gift every year. It’s...
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Pretty spring Flowers
After a cold winter, Connecticut becomes alive with pretty spring flowers, green grass, and chirping birds. The variety of bright colors and the beauty of all the blossoms brings a breath of life back to that area. When spring comes around I am definitely eager to get rid of my winter “dead” evergreens and fill...
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DIY Paper Napkin Easter EgGs
Get Creative Decorating Easter Eggs with Beautiful Paper Napkins My daughter reminded me just a few days before Easter that we forgot to decorate Easter eggs. My children are getting older and I really thought they had no interest. Well, I can assure you that my boys have no interest but my youngest daughter sure...
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Flowers in a Basket
Put your Cut Flowers in a Basket for a Spring Look Spring time has arrived, and I love all the cut flowers that are filling the entrance of grocery stores. So much beauty! I also have some amazing friends who have sent me flowers for the recent passing of my father. Flowers are so thoughtful,...
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Guest Bedroom Inspiration
Neutral but inviting Guest Bedroom Inspiration Board I probably should of shared my guest bedroom inspiration board in my previous post on guest bedroom update, but I thought I should do a separate post since there were so many items I was considering and wanted to share the multiple facet of what I was thinking....
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Guest Bedroom Update
New Bedding, Lamp and Artwork gives it an instant Guest Bedroom Update Our guest bedroom has been the bedroom with the leftover furniture or furniture we don’t use anymore. Any old furniture piece that we swap out, we usually throw it in our guest bedroom. Needless to say, our guest bedroom has been become a...
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Getting Your Home Ready to Sell During the Spring
Not Ready to Sell? Follow this Guide for Spring Cleaning Disclaimer: I am a Real Estate Agent with Houlihan Lawrence, and giving you my professional opinion. If you’d like to learn more, please visit me on my real estate website. In the real estate world, it is the Spring Market! Many of you may know that I...
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Pretty Valentine Tablescape
Hearts, Pink Roses and Love Written all Over this Pretty Valentine Tablescape I was asked to host a Valentine dinner, and I had so much fun putting this table together. If you’ve been following along, you probably know what that usually means to me. I will go all out with decorations! Valentine’s Day is a...
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Amazon Favorite Kitchen Finds
Take Your Kitchen Items Up a Level with These Amazon Favorite Kitchen Finds After the holidays it always feels so good to get back into the groove of things and assess items in your home–what you need and what you don’t need and what you want to replace. January is the perfect time to do...
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Vermont Skiing
Our Favorite Vermont Ski Resorts that has the best Skiing in the Northeast Growing up with Lake Tahoe in my backyard and spending my weekends skiing and snowboarding all through my childhood into teenage years, winter sports has been very much apart of my life. During college, I moved to Utah, which has “the greatest...
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Bookshelf Refresh
Giving my Built-Ins a Bookshelf Refresh with A New Styled Look After decorating my bookshelves for Christmas, once I took all the glitter and ornaments down I knew my bookshelf needed a good refresh. I didn’t want to style it back to the original way, which I did love. When we first got built ins,...
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Our Dining Room Before and After
From Muddy Brown to Moody Blues, Our Dining Room Before and After I can’t believe I have never shared the before pictures of our dining room. I’ve been sharing this space for many many years. Prior to us moving in, it was a very different dining room. Our house was built in 2006, and it...
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Sweater Work Outfits
Favorite Sweater work outfits that are under $50 and for the Cold weather I’ve been updating my sweater collection and the purging the ones I don’t wear any more. We’ve been having a mild winter season (knock on wood), so I’ve been wearing sweaters under wool coats. We will see how long this dry weather...
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Holiday Decorated Bookshelves
Switch out a Few Items to Make Your Bookshelves More Festive for the Holidays This holiday season, I decided to decorate my bookshelves to style them with a festive look. Our bookshelves are located in our family room, which is right off the kitchen. Usually it’s an area I NEVER tackle or decorate for the...
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IT’S A GOLDEN CHRISTMAS
Our Christmas 2022 with Golden Yellow Accents We are almost to Christmas, and I was really hoping to get this post up last week but have been so busy. Our home has been official decorated for Christmas since Thanksgiving so I was hoping to inspire others in their Christmas decorations what what I did with...
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Fall Plaids for Thanksgiving
Pumpkin Gourd Flower Arrangements and Plaid Tablecloth for our Thanksgiving Tablescape I wanted to create a traditional autumn look for our Thanksgiving table this year. Fall plaids for Thanksgiving was the first thing that I thought of to create that look. So I pulled out one of my plaid scarves and used it as a...
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WOMEN GIFT GUIDE
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Teen Girl Gift Guide
Holiday Shopping gift ideas for Teen Girls Alright my friends, my 2022 teen girl gift guide is finally out. I had a few requests from readers to share a gift guide, since I have two teen girls (one college and one tween) plus all of their friends. My daughters actually sends me a powerpoint Santa...
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Teen Boy Gift Guide
Holiday Shopping for the Teen Boy that is Hard to Shop For Raise your hand if you have a teenager boy and you don’t know what to get them for the holidays?! That is me for sure and this list was not easy to gather. I interviewed my two boys along with their friends, and...
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Men’s Gift Guide
Holiday Shopping Ideas for Men in Your Life My holiday Men’s Gift Guide is out for your holiday shopping. I spoke to all the men in my life to come up with a list of what they want for Christmas or what they have received that they remember and love. This is a strong list,...
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Coffee Tables under $1000
Beautiful and Sturdy Well-Made Coffee Table Under $1000 Coffee table shopping is not easy especially when you have a budget to keep it under $1000. When I began my coffee table shopping research I was surprised at how expensive coffee tables can really be. Yes, there are some budget-friendly coffee tables. But I was looking...
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Halloween Porch and Home
As many of you know, I love to decorate for the holidays! I love creating traditions and nostalgic memories for my children. The holidays is a great time when those things can be accomplished. This year for our Halloween porch and home, we decide to do a bat theme. We didn’t get too crazy but...
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Fall to Halloween Console Table
Add a Few Decorative Items to Take Your Fall Console Table to Halloween Decorating from Fall to Halloween is much easier than decorating from Fall to Christmas. Adding a few skulls and bats here and there is perfectly paired with pumpkins and harvest decor. I had my front entryway console table in neutrals for Fall...
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DIY Apple Cider Bar
Bring the Smell of Fall to Your Harvest Party with this DIY Apple Cider Bar It’s Apple Cider Season and nothing says more than the season of Fall after a day at the farm, picking pumpkins and apples and then taking home fresh apple cider. We did just that this past weekend! I love the...
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Natural Fall Porch Decor
Muted Colors make For a Natural Fall Porch Decor It’s Fall Y’all! This was my porch last year, and I can’t believe I am finally sharing it. As I am currently in the process of switching out my summer plants to fall plants, I have been referencing how I decorated the porch last year. I...
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Travel to Oahu Hawaii
How to Spend 5 Days in Oahu–Where to go, eat and play Aloha! This past summer we travel to Oahu Hawaii for a quick getaway to celebrate the high school graduation of my daughter Stella. We were visiting family in Utah, and decided to jetset from there instead of the East Coast. Smart decision because...
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Graduation Party Tips
Simple Graduation Party Idea My oldest daughter graduated from high school this past summer! I can’t believe how quickly time flew by, especially during the high school years. Bittersweet moments. The month of graduation had so many end-of-year activities that our life was so crazy and busy. I felt like I could barely breathe! I...
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Summer in July + Nordstrom Anniversary Picks
Last Chance to Sign up $650 Nordstrom Sale Giveaway Summer is quickly passing along, but enjoying every minute of it! We live in a gorgeous area of Connecticut and I really feel like we don’t have to travel because it is so beautiful with blooming hydrangeas, nautical outdoor scenes and the ocean and New York...
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Summer Picnic Must Haves
Plus $650 Nordstrom Rafflecopter Giveaway! Summertime is here, which means summer picnics and bikes rides to those summer picnics. This seems to be our favorite Sunday evening activity in our family. We live in a Connecticut beach town, so watching the sunset over the water is a favorite way to end the weekend. Oftentimes we...
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Fourth of July Swimwear
Pull out your Patriotic Swimwear for Independence Day We love to celebrate with red, white and blue for Fourth of July, and swimming always seems to an activity that we participate in on the patriotic holiday. I love seeing all the Fourth of July swimwear available to purchase. Especially in children’s sizes they are so...
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Easy Summer Porch
Simply add a few items to make the Outdoors feel more like the Indoors Summer is that time where you can expand your area of living from the indoors to the outdoors. Breakfast out on the patio, afternoon nap on the porch swing or dinner under the string lights and stars, it is where we...
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4 Spring Work Outfits
Easy and comfortable spring workwear outfits With my babies quickly growing up, I have found that I have a little more time on my hand. So, if you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed that I have my real estate license and have been working in the field. It’s exciting to take this...
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6 Home Items on Sale
Spring Sale Happening on 6 of my Favorite Home Items Tis the season for spring sales! They are everywhere, but my ears perk up when they are spring sales on some of my favorite home items. The Serena and Lily spring sale event is happening and 6 home items on sale I have in my...
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6 Home Items on Sale
Spring Sale Happening on 6 of my Favorite Home Items Tis the season for spring sales! They are everywhere, but my ears perk up when they are spring sales on some of my favorite home items. The Serena and Lily spring sale event is happening and 6 home items on sale I have in my...
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Stage Your Home to Stay
How to Stage Your Home to Actually Stay to Love Have you ever walked through an open house that has been staged and been wow’d by how good it looks? It definitely helps to sell the home, and makes it easy for the buyer to envision themself in the home. Now imagine if all the...
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Beach Cover-ups
Favorite Shops for Beach Cover-Ups Yes we ESCAPEd to Hilton Head Island last week for our Spring Break. That’s why it’s been a little quiet over here. So nice for the break, and to be back to our old stomping ground. The weather was perfect, but with that eastern winds that brought a little chill....
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Easter Spring Coastal Table
Soft Pinks and Greens Spring Colors Combined with Rattan Textures Create an Easter Spring Coastal Table Celebrate the arrival of spring with colors of soft pinks, greens and whites flowers to decorate your Easter table. Adding rattan and woven home decor items are elements that remind me of our coast living. I love rattan and...
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Spring Planter Pots
Easy Spring Flowers to Update Your Planter Pots I repotted my porch pots right at the beginning of March because I was so sick of seeing my winter greens that had now turned brown and crispy. We had a few beautiful warm weekends the first part of March, and then the weather dropped back down...
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Home Decor Under $100
Favorite New Home Spring Decor under $100 There is definitely something about wanting to do home updating when the weather changes and goes from artic cold to spring weather. That is when I get the itch to want to renovate or change bits and pieces around my home. I love adding a few new items...
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Disney And Universal with Big Kids
Disney World and Universal Studios with Big Kids The last time we visited Disney World, my kids were five years younger. When it comes to the lifespan of a child, five years ago they were at that perfect Disney World age where princesses were everything, Toy Story was hilarious and Space Mountain was too scary...
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5 Top Small Business Tax Tips with Block Advisors
Thank you Block Advisors for sponsoring this post Tax season has arrived, and you may be scrambling to get all your ducks in a row, especially if you are a small business owner or self-employed. Every year you may say you are going to be more organized with receipts and paper trail, and then it...
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Favorite Natural Rugs
Neutral Natural Rugs to Use in Any Room Jute natural rugs are one of my favorite items to use for large spaces and rooms. These rugs are made of natural fiber and have that earthy, boho look. But they are surprisingly soft yet strong and look great with a variety of style. If you have...
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Valentine Candy Bar Cart
Decorate a Bar Cart with all the Yummy Valentine Candy Valentine candy might be my favorite seasonal candy. Red hot cinnamon gummies, heart-shaped jelly beans, and strawberry-flavored lips lollipops are just a few favorites. Colors and pink and red makes Valentine’s Day so festive. Let’s not forget all the fun chocolates like white chocolate raspberry....
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Favorite Kitchen Items
Must-Have Kitchen Items that are Recommended I tell my kids that mama’s toys are household items like my blender or frother or vacuum cleaner or washer and dryer. They always roll their eyes when I say that, but it’s true! Mamas love their household items, especially if it is good quality and helps make her...
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Walmart Finds For Dining Room
All the Best Finds from Walmart for the Dining Room I am definitely going through that urge of wanting to change all the furniture in my home and bring in a new style, especially my dining room. My dining room has a very traditional look. I love the dark blue grasscloth wallpaper. Still a favorite...
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teddy Coat winter Outfit
Winter Must-Have Teddy Coat Winter is here and gotta love a good teddy coat winter outfit. I love the oversize look of a teddy coat and also how you can wear it semi casual and then really dress it down to with workout leggings and sneakers. I have found that this is my favorite teddy...
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Amazon Winter Home
Winter Decor Finds for the Home from Amazon Come January and I always rethink my home decor and what I want to change, move or update. Must be the refresh motivation that comes with a new year. I like to make a home goal list of what I want to do with the home that...
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