This week for the #StyleItNow challenge I tackled styling our fireplace! I hadn't touched it since Christmas, when it looked beautiful... But since I had tucked away all the decorations (months ago), it had been sitting like this... Yikes! There are still some major changes I would like to make to it (such as tiling over the brown brick and ripping out the box molding above it), but for today I styled it out and wanted to share a few tips for you- especially those of you with

A few weeks ago I started on a mini-kitchen makeover and it has been very slowly coming together! First up was selecting a paint color for the kitchen, I tested out multiple colors- Farrow and Ball's Parma Gray, Benjamin Moore Water's Edge, Dusky Blue, and Blue Porcelain. I love the Water's Edge color, I originally saw it here and fell in love with it, but it was way too dark for the kitchen. My issue with the kitchen it that it's almost two separate rooms- we have the breakf

Everyone loved the #StyleItNow challenge so much I decided to bring it back! If you're unfamiliar with the challenge, here's the premise! Pick a neglected corner of your home and using only what you already have you're going to... #StyleItNow. I challenge you to get creative and improve your home in some way while spending $0. Tag me on instagram so I can see it and make sure to use the hashtag #StyleItNow. I can't wait to see what you come up with! This week I decided I want

Last night I sat at my kitchen table until 8pm designing my kitchen and breakfast nook makeover. We're not doing a full renovation just some easy phase one updates, but after totaling up everything that I need (ok fine, want) it still comes in at over 2k (and that's with the hope of finding several things on marketplace). These are all things I've planned and budgeted for, but it still stings (especially after Christmas). So as a palette cleanser while I'm in between projects