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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 […]

Yesterday I was g-chatting with my pal Linds and she shared with an amazing find! This sweet little Elephant phone was for sale at Shop Goodwill I was so excited to pick him up for my office, but the bidding on it didn’t end till today. I always wait to the very last minute to […]

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Little Victories…

Just went onto Design Sponge and saw my ugly kitchen floors staring back at me! Don’t worry my new pretty painted floors were pictured right after, because it’s before & after day at Design Sponge! Here is what the floors looked like as of yesterday. So far so good. I have a little bit of […]

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Design Sponge Love!

One of my favorite parts of attending this years What’s In, What’s Next event was getting to catch Vicente Wolf. I had always admired his work, but getting to hear him talk just took my admiration to another level. He loves to tell it like is and doesn’t sugar coat anything. There were many bloggers […]

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Vicente Wolf speaks and we all listen…

Every time I post a picture of my kitchen the comments and emails start flooding in with people asking me where or where did I purchased those wire baskets. The wire baskets are actually vintage baskets that use to be used in gym lockers. I purchased mine on ebay and at the moment there are […]

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Vintage Gym Locker Baskets

I’ve gotten many comments/emails about the grasscloth in my home. I’ve used the same company twice now and loved it both times. Designer grasscloth can really get up there in price and while my clients may have it in their budget it so wasn’t in mine. I didn’t give up and just searched high and […]

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Decorator Grasscloth source

Window Treatments can take a big chunk of your room budget if you decide to go custom. I have some pretty great seamstresses that I work with whose rates are very budget friendly, but add to that loads of yardage that I would have needed for my bay window and I knew I had to […]

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DIY: Custom looking Window Treatments

Well I’ve already shared with you all a little sneak peek of the new look of the blog and the transition to switching over to Effortless Style. Today I have another little sneak peek you see the new blog is going to have a lot more resources for my lovely readers aka all of you. […]

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Sneak Peek #2: New Blog Look

Hi Loves, I hope you all had an amazing weekend. We had an action packed weekend here in NY. One day of fun and one day of work! On Saturday we had a fuzzin wedding to attend. Of course I had minor freak out over what I was going to wear. I had plans to […]

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Weekend Recap: Party & Progress

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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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