Last year Jon’s parents sold their home and moved out east. For those of you not local to Long Island, out east is the east end of the island. Right before it forks into the North Fork and South Fork aka Hamptons and Montuck there is a town called Riverhead. It’s a bit of a […]

Last week my friend, Monica from Monica Wants It opened up a shop called, Monica Benavidez that is filled with beautiful budget friendly Chinoiserie inspired home decor pieces. Monica adores Chinoiserie designs. We are actually both hosts of a hashtag party on instagram called #chinoiseriechicstyle. Her favorite pattern in Chinoiserie design is called tobacco leaf. […]

I love a good fashion accessory, but I must admit I wasn’t always one to rock a headband. I have always loved the look of sunglasses perched on my head, but that’s not always ideal. So, when I found a knotted headband that gave me similar height to sunglasses I decided to test it out! […]

I have been in the planting mood. We set up a veggie garden a couple of weeks ago and then also spruced up the front of the house with flowers. At our old house I use to flank the door with planters and plant a magnolia tree. I loved the symmetry of the two planters. […]

The best part about the warmer weather is getting an extra room in your house! I love getting to use a deck or a patio for relaxing, playing and eating! Currently we are crashing at my parents house while we will house hunt. Fingers crossed I have something to share on that front very soon! […]

I have been blogging since 2008! That’s a whole lot of time and in that time I started off on blogspot with a blog header that I designed. It was short lived and quickly updated when I found an artist to help me with a sketch for the header. Isn’t it crazy that back in […]

We got a jumpstart on our weekend when I got a call on Thursday at 4am. It was go time for my sister! Her water broke and she was going to labor at home for a bit and then head into the hospital. I got the boys off to school and then headed into the […]

I love switching up the wreaths on my front door and for the most part I like to DIY them. For Easter I made the most adorable pom pom bunny wreath and it stayed on the door from late March till yesterday!!!! It was killing me to see that bunny mocking me in May! All […]