I have been dreaming about this home ever since I first saw it a few months back. How serene and relaxing is the white, tan, and cream color palette used throughout? It’s sophisticated and casual all at the same time. I wouldn’t change a thing. I’m getting major inspiration for Holiday House with the use of textures and layers and colors, and don’t even get me started on those raw wood doors!!
So dreamy.
All pictures via here.
I ask this question in some capacity every year because I’m genuinely so curious as to how others do the holidays.
Normally, for us, as soon as Halloween is over and November 1st rolls around, we put away all the spiders and witches and candy and trade them for wreaths and bows and old-timey Christmas lights. We love Christmas (our favorite holiday) and want to celebrate it for as long as we can, which in our case means two months!
I know this is probably not the norm for most, and a lot of people don’t start decorating until December. But this year seems different. I’ve seen more and more people put up their holiday decorations earlier than usual in an (much needed) attempt to spread more cheer. It seems everyone is looking forward to enjoying the most wonderful time of the year (and all the warm, cozy feelings it brings) for as long as possible this year. Honestly, after 2020 has kicked pretty much everyone’s ass, couldn’t we all use a little more cheer?
So when do you decorate for the holidays? Do you start early like us or wait until December? Are you starting earlier than usual this year? Let’s discuss!
I can’t stop staring at pictures of this stunning monochromatic apartment in Lyon. The use of various shades of whites and creams mixed with browns and black is my love language. It’s home to designers Pierre Emmanuel Martin & Stéphane Garotin of Maison Hand, and makes me want to pack us all up and move (even if it’s just for a few months) to France immediately.
But only if we can live in an apartment that looks like this one, even though it doesn’t look very kid-friendly, does it?
Swoon. You can see more photos over at Cool Chic Style Fashion.
While PJ was working on the cottage one day last week, I was home um…moving a few things around….
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Oh friends. We’re in the home stretch with our laundry room makeover and it feels SO GOOD. Remember how PJ has been working on it since we started quarantining back in March? Well all his hard work is thisclose to being complete. We are in the staging part of it now that the construction & painting phase is complete.
I can’t tell you how proud of PJ I am for how much work he’s put into this over the last few months. It’s a fun feeling to see your husband get so excited and passionate about a project, put in the hours it takes to complete it, and then sit back and enjoy all the hard work he’s done to make it happen. Watching PJ work day and night to finish this room that our family has so desperately needed the last 3 years has brought us all an immense amount of joy.
I can’t wait to show you the final product! Keep an eye out on Instagram Reels for short progress updates where you can follow the entire process from start to finish.
Happy Monday, friends!
A few weeks back we told you about the kiddos’ new playroom that we created by switching up the boys’ room and moving it to the front of the house. The reason for that was because we wanted a playroom for them to have all to themselves, where they could play and run around and make a mess and it would be okay because we could just close the doors and pretend we don’t see it. Just kidding about that last part. Kinda.
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We’ve seen the photo of this farmhouse’s warm and inviting living room on Pinterest a million times over the years, and chances are you have, too. But even after all these years, we’ve never been able to get this room and house out of our heads for a couple of reasons.
We love how they embrace warmer colors to create cozy, lived-in rooms, proving not every wall has to be white in order to look good.
With all the bookshelves and antique rugs, it looks like a familiar place where everyone is welcomed and encouraged to sit down and relax with a warm cup of coffee and a good book by the fire.
It appears the owners have updated the house for modern living while still maintaining the original charm that old houses are known for. A win-win!
You can see the full tour and all the photos on ThisOldHouse.com.
(photos by John Gruen)
And it definitely has us California dreaming.
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