Tag: seasonal

Hey guys, Happy New Year!  And long time no see.  😉

As it is for everyone, the holiday season was crazy for us.  I wish I would have had time to post about our Christmas decor, let alone take photos of it!  It was really pretty.  But alas, I was too busy enjoying the season and way too busy with work to worry about it.  Next year.  😉

The end of the year had me working so hard with the owner of the design firm that I work for on finishing a GIANT project that we are super proud of.  Essentially it is a very large house that we furnished entirely.  Next we are working on all of the accessories, so that should be exciting.  Then, unfortunately, two days before Christmas our sweet pup Kuma was attacked by a dog in our front yard and we spent the next ten days watching him really carefully while he healed.  Poor little guy — it was super traumatic for us all.  Kind of a crappy end to the Christmas season as we weren’t able to be fully present — too worried!  I was happy to take down the decorations, which we did on the 1st.  It felt good — cleansing.

Everything feels super fresh in our house right now and I’m looking forward to hunkering down, not spending any money on decor or anything for a while, organizing, cleaning, etc.  We got some new lighting for the house for Christmas, though!  Greyson was very busy around the house for a few days.  😉  Seen here is our new ceiling fan.  It’s really powerful, completely noiseless, and has an LED light kit that it runs off of that does not provide icky cold light.  I was really worried about it when I saw that it was going to be LED but the light is great.  It runs off of a remote, too — love that — no dumb chain!

See our new flush-mount light in the entry, too?  I was SO excited to get rid of the dreaded boob light that we have had there for the past year.

This little light is so pretty at night — the light is warm and inviting.  I opted for the round bulbs rather than the candelabra bulbs for a more modern look.

I love this room.  I do have some ideas up my sleeve of how to kind of refresh it, which I will share in the coming weeks.  It won’t start happening for some time, though.  We’re taking the next few months to not spend at all and save our money — we do have some trips coming up this Summer, after all!  😉  But essentially I have access to a bunch of trade furniture sites and I want to replace some things in our rooms with a bit nicer quality furnishings.  Really just the accent pieces.  All in good time.

This was the first time I got to style this table for everyday use since we purchased it last Summer.  We decked it out for Fall right away last year!

I was ready to simplify our coffee table for now, so this little arrangement came to live here.  I did switch out the lucite tray for one of my Gramma’s beautiful silver trays that I inherited.  And I got another fancy Diptyque candle for Christmas — smells so good!

One thing that I do make sure and budget for in the ‘Spring’ months (I know we’re kind of pre-Spring right now), is fresh flowers.  Tulips are my favorite — this bunch was callin’ my name!

Hi, there!  Happy Monday.  🙂

Our house is all decked out for Christmas and we finally got our lights up, too!  That was an adventure…  😉  It included a pretty late night and two separate trips to Walmart…not my favorite store but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!

I wanted to share a really simple wreath that Grey and I put together for our front door.  Last year when we moved in, we were already in the midst of Holiday season so I just purchased a fresh wreath from Trader Joe’s.  It obviously smelled amazing and I really liked having something alive on our door, so I thought I would do the same thing again this year.

The one thing we added was this little sled from the Target Dollar Spot…I think it was $3.  All we did was wire it in with some floral wire, and when I say ‘we’ I really mean my hubby because I lose my patience fast with these kinds of things.  😉

I thought about adding lights or some ornaments, but I actually really like how simple it is.  It’s just cute.  So far so good — we have hardly lost any needles and we’ve had this up for a few weeks now.  Grey spritzes it with water every morning or so and it’s doin’ well!

Do you have a wreath up on your door for the season?  What does it look like?

Hey there!  Get ready for picture overload because I am sharing our Halloween decor today…finally!  This post has been in the works for a while — the first batch of photos I took I wasn’t happy with, and then I moved some things around and zhushed some things anyway, so I’m glad I waited to share.  🙂

Welcome!  🙂

So, I really like how this vignette ended up turning out, but it took some time.  That web was more difficult to get “right” than I thought it would be!  It was tricky, but I think I learned some things for next time.  🙂  The spider is from Target, and I ended up gluing a small hair clip to the back of him so that I could clip him to the mirror and make it look like he was scurrying down.  I used E6000 — hot glue did not work, just FYI.  Much like my DIY Creepy Crawly Wreath.  The printable can be found here and I always like using a fun one in this frame.

This cloche is from Target, as well as the small skulls and the skeleton hand.  I added a bunch of moss and you should have seen me trying to get these skulls under here…  It was ridiculous, lol.

I hot glued the spider (also from Target) onto the candle votive.  I thought I could sacrifice one in my collection in the name of permanent Halloween decor.  😉

Of course I had to decorate our trays on our coffee table that are a constant staple.  I was just thinking the other day that I may be ready to do something a little bit different here.  Maybe after Christmas…  I do love it, but kind of craving something fresh.

This skull is from the Target Dollar Spot… I think it was $3?  It’s one of those easy little DIY paint projects, but I knew I wanted to keep it white.  I put black sand in the bottom so that it kind of looked like dirt, then layered the moss and placed the skull.  The spider is just an added creepy bonus.  😉

Cocktail napkins from HomeGoods, of course.  They have the best.

Fun skull candles from HomeGoods, too.  I added a little bit of moss for extra spookiness.

The orange-y pillows felt like Fall to me.  The fabric is soft and cozy, too — they are great napping pillows!

My hubby’s pipe station got a little bit decked out for the holiday, too.  He was happy about that — can’t forget him!

This is just a little display in our kitchen.  It takes up valuable counter space, but it’s cute!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a great rest of your week.