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HOW-TO-MAKE-AN-EASY-DIY-OUTDOOR-MOVIE-SCREEN-WITH-STAND

Fall is the perfect season to host an outdoor movie night in your backyard! It’s that time of year when outdoor furniture is still outside and it gets dark earlier than the summer which means your little kiddos can enjoy the movie night as well. It’s so nice to transform your backyard with cozy blankets, […]

round up of budget friendly bar carts

Can you believe it’s already November? Before we know it Thanks No. 1 Modern bar cart with patterned sides that looks great as is, but would also look amazing painted a pop of color! Plus it’s only $157. No. 2 This lucite bar cart is a personal favorite of mine. Look at those chic lines! […]

For the longest time our backyard was mainly just grass and a little small area where we laid down some pavers so that we could set out a little plastic table/chairs during the summer. Not exactly ideal for entertaining. For the past couple of years we have wanted to build a deck and enjoy the […]

I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the weekend than with the chance of getting something for FREE! So when Chickdowntown.com contacted me with the opportunity of a give-away I jumped at the chance. My only requirement for them was that I needed to be able to give away a pair of […]

give-away, I want this, shopping

Gimme Gimme…

Ok so I know what you are probably thinking….. Who is Alyssa DiLoreto? Should I know her name? Well she isn’t my typical IN HER SHOES feature. She’s not in the interior design world and she’s not a blogger. But her work is somewhat related to blogs. Lately it seems like all of my favorite […]

In her shoes

IN HER SHOES: Alyssa DiLoreto

I was working until 10:30 last night so this morning I’m feeling a little drained and my brain feels like this: Image via Dot Loose Because I have many, many, many more things to get done today and I would really love to be done earlier than 10:30pm tonight. I’m leaving with some new to […]

blog crush

Brief Pause

I’ve had offices on the brain for the last couple of weeks. I’ve loved getting everything together for my little space, but what’s even more exciting is getting to see what others have done in their spaces. Just this morning I logged on to Haskell Harris’s blog for Garden & Gun to see what she […]

color, inspiration

Make it work…

One of my favorite parts of Sunday is getting my hands on the style section of the NY Times. I love reading up on all the wedding announcements, but my absolute favorite section has to be the On the Street and Evening Hours by Bill Cunningham. In, “On the Street” Mr. Cunningham photographs everyday New […]

color

Twist of Lime

Wow I woke up this morning and felt like I had gotten zero sleep and wondering where my weekend went? My weekend recap is pretty boring this week. Here are some highlights: -Found a bed (for the guest room…hint hint Marianne come to NY for market!) on craigslist so I went into Manhattan on Friday […]

weekend recap

Weekend Recap: Thrifty Treasures

Ok, so I’ve been a totally horrible blogger this week. I was so overwhelmed with my to-do lists and high-gloss trim paint that I wasn’t able to coordinate an IN HER SHOES feature for this week. I blame the paint fumes even though I just started painting yesterday. Ah!  Well this morning I was completely […]

design crush

Design Crush: Kristen Buckingham

Ok so I must fess up I haven’t had the time yet to start touring Manhattan shops and reporting back to you all. I’m really excited about starting this new feature, but things have been crazy here and will probably continue to be until the end of summer. So my start on it will have […]

i want to go to there, store review

Shop Girl: Interiéurs

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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.

Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.

On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.

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