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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 […]

Today’s IN HER SHOES featured lady is leading a double life. She works a part job Mon-Thursday and then does interior decorating and blogging on her free time. I met Maggie from Maggie Rose a while back. I believe it was due to some sort of blogger gift exchange. I remember have loads of fun […]

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IN HER SHOES: Maggie Rose

Ah in just a couple of days I’ll get to be in the same room as this dreamy man: You know just me a hundred other blogger friends that I will get to meet that day! Super excited that the 9/21 taping of The Nate Show is going to be all design bloggers. Bloggers from […]

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Nate Show: 9/21

Now I know the whole blog community is probably a buzz this morning, because RUEgoes live today, but in my little world I’m jumping for joy, because my HGTV article is live! I hope you guys like it! I wrote about Mixing Design Styles and gave some great (at least I hope they are great) […]

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It’s Live!

I can hardly wait. The new blog look and official Effortless Style sites are in their final stages! Woo hoo! All designing has been done now we wait for programming. I’ve been busy finishing up my home for my portfolio shoot and working on some fun little surprise for launch week! I thought it would […]

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Sneak Peeks: Orange touches

A great tip for adding a little fun to your color combo’s in your home is to mix a cool color with a warm color. One current example that I’m loving is Coral & Gray. The vibrant hue that just radiates from coral(warm) is the perfect balance to a neutral calming gray(cool). I loved finding […]

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Coral plus Gray

Bailey from Peppermint Bliss is off enjoying a pre-wedding getaway and then her big day! While she is gone she asked a bunch of her friends to give her a little wedding day advice! It’s my turn today!!! Go check it out here. How cute is Bailey? Totally not saying that, because people think we […]

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Going to the Chapel

A couple of weeks ago I was waiting at a traffic light in Manhattan and saw a massive line of people waiting to get into a store. I had never heard anything about it and merely saw a sign that said gelato. It was hot that day in the city, but not hot enough to […]

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Shop Girl: Eataly NYC

There is so much design excitement going on this week. First off this morning I was happy to see the announcement of a new print magazine on the horizon! Enter Anthology: It’s a new quarterly shelter and lifestyle magazine! It looks like it’s only available for purchase online. You can either order a single issue […]

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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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