Every year I have held firm to my belief that Christmas should give Thanksgiving the credit it deserves. I refrain from decorations until after all that tryptophan has been slept off. I affectionately call this the ‘Nordstrom Rule’, as they have always been very forthcoming about decoration expectations. And honestly, I think it’s great. We…
When I started brainstorming our wedding registry back in 2011, I didn’t spend too much time thinking about china and flatware. Obviously I knew these were things most brides added to their wedding registries, I just had no idea where to begin. I had never envisioned what sort of style or ‘table aesthetic’ I wanted….
Your entryway is the first impression guests receive of your home. What does it say about you and your style? In my opinion, it’s a breath of fresh air before transitioning into the rest of the house. Our last home was a smaller, bungalow style house. Basically the front door opened directly onto the Living…
I’m the first to admit that nothing beats the real thing. However, sometimes an area needs a plant but sunlight isn’t ideal. Or maybe, a client isn’t confident about their ability to keep something alive. Luckily, when that happens, there are a handful of faux alternatives that are the next best thing to the real…
This room used to be the most embarrassing room in our house. Plain walls, beat up cribs, a too-small changing table. We moved into our current house with two young children and a third on the way. We spent the following year to eighteen months playing musical rooms while we navigated sleep training, but knew…
If you can’t find it, I bet someone on Etsy is making it. Seriously. Etsy is truly the unspoken hero of the design world. At least of MY design world. I have always found pride in sourcing unique things for projects, even when I worked in hospitality design. At one point, we even found ourselves…
Kitchen styling is one of my favorite things to do. I really try to approach it from a place of function over form. The things you use may be purely decorative, but do they make sense styled in a place where function is so important? Could those wood bowls be pulled off the shelf and…
It’s been approximately 143 years since I’ve written a blog. Ok, not really that long, but it sure feels like it! I’ve done a majority of my broadcasting and project updates on Instagram, so ‘blogging’ felt redundant and tedious. However, I have recently been getting requests for furniture sources in my DMs. So, I have…
In honor of this family welcoming their second baby into the world last month, I thought I’d take the opportunity to give you a more detailed look at their kitchen renovation. These particular clients are friends and neighbors of ours, living just a few streets over in a similar craftsman style home built in the…
When my husband and I first moved in together, we were barely making ends meet and had to get pretty creative when it came to furnishing our first home – a 900 square foot condo near Love Field. We became Craigslist addicts and I pretty much made garage sale-ing my Saturday morning routine. The coffee…
Laura, a friend and client of mine, called me earlier this year with a question. She and her husband were expecting their first baby and per his family tradition, he wanted to keep the gender a surprise. Unfortunately, Laura had always envisioned a gender specific nursery and the surprise aspect made planning more difficult. So, Laura asked if…
Baby Butcher #2 has a name – Knox! It wasn’t that long ago that we were posting Nola’s nursery. If you can remember, we had every intention of our kids sharing their rooms. Oh how naive we were! When they’re older, yes – I would totally love to have them share a space. However, after…
