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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 […]

This past weekend my sister, Ximena turned 26! So my weekend was full of client work during the daytime and then a little bit of celebration during the evening! Hit of the night was…. fingerstaches! (Thanks Danay!) You can imagine the pictures that ensued once everyone had their fingerstache on. Of course I didn’t take […]

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Weekend Recap: Celebration!

Totally in love with this reusable fabric gift wrap. It’s only $15 and the gift receiver could either keep reusing it or frame it up! I know that I would be making room for it on my gallery wall. My sissy’s birthday is this Saturday totally wish I had seen this earlier. Ah there is […]

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A little bit of luck

When I was a little girl my dad introduced me to classic movies. My favorites had to be the ones with Audrey Hepburn. To this day Audrey is still a constant source of inspiration. There are little peeks of her all throughout my home. Luckily for me Jon doesn’t seem to mind sharing his house […]

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Two for the Road

Can you spy what I’m obsessing about now: {Design by Kemble Interiors} {Design by Palmer Weiss} {Design by Ruthie Sommers} Of course it’s the borders on the seat backs and sometimes cushions. Love the crisp square trim on all of the cushions. What a custom look! So easy to recreate the look yourself if you […]

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Quick Slipcover Sofa Revamp

I love seeing readers projects pop up in my in-box. I especially love it when one of my projects inspired them to do a project of their own. For example Carmel of Our Fifth House recently send me her closet re-vamp. Check out the before: I must say my looks really similar and I don’t have […]

DIY, show and tell

Show & Tell: Chevron Closet

Matchbook Magazine is finally live! You must go and check it out while I deal with some technical difficulties. Sorry for all of the different background changes on the blog. Working on getting it fixed.

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Matchbook Girl

Months ago I picked up a neighbor’s cast away dresser and decided to give it a new life! Originally it was a dark walnut stain: We then tested out our paint compressor (totally love it!) and got this: I wasn’t in love with the ornate design on the doors of the dresser so I had […]

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DIY: No Sew skirted table

Lately my weekends have been filled with trips to art stores to pick up canvas & paint. Why you may ask? Well it turns out that Jon known to most of you as my lovely handy man husband has had an artist hiding inside of him all along. I think working with me on design […]

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Weekend Recap: The artist

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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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