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Top 10 Favorite Posts + Projects of 2018 Happy Saturday friends! I know I don’t typically post on Saturdays but I’ve had some relaxing time at my parents #OIBHappy House to get some posts written so I thought, “Why not!”. I hope you all had wonderful Christmases and are looking forward to the New Year….
My Top 10 Favorite Holiday Entertaining + Decor Ideas Happy Wednesday friends! I hope you’re having a great week so far. I’ve found myself doing a little better with my blogging schedule and I’m trying out a Tues-Wed-Thurs routine. What do you think? Do you like 3 posts vs. 2 posts per week? Do you…
My Current Top 10 Whole 30 Recipes (Updated) Happy Wednesday friends! I’ve started another round of Whole 30 and I wanted to share an updated list of some favorite recipes that we’ve made (and love) over the last two weeks! Whether you’re attempting a round of Whole 30 or just want to change your food habits,…
Happy Tuesday friends! After a weekend at the beach with some great friends we are back to our regular scheduled programing! I thought it would be a fun idea to share with you my top 10 kitchen gadgets for the fall! Actually, all of these are really year-round essentials but some of them tend to…
Top 10 Favorites From The 2018 IKEA Catalog Happy Hump Day friends! I hope you are all having a great week! I hadn’t planned to post much while on vacation but I’ve had a little down time to scour a few magazines, including the 2018 IKEA catalog and I had to share some of my…
Top 10 One Room Challenge Blogger Room Makeover Reveals Happy Tuesday folks! Can you believe I’m back on my Tuesday posting schedule?!?! If you’ve been following for awhile now you probably know all about the One Room Challenge hosted by Linda of Calling It Home. But in case you don’t, it’s a room makeover challenge where designers…
The Great Outdoors: Top 10 Backyard Design Ideas Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I am interrupting an already scheduled post in celebration of the warm weather we’re having here NC! The state of North Carolina, Charlotte in particular, has been known to tease us around this time of year but I can’t help but get excited…
2016 In Review: Top 10 Favorite Posts + Projects Happy New Year friends!!! I hope your Christmas and New Year was really amazing! I love the fresh start of a new year and I’m knee deep in planning and organizing mode! I’ll be sharing some of my plans for 2017 in my Thursday post but…
{Photo: Laura Sumrak // Bed: Tarva} My Top 10 Favorite IKEA Products to Own I know there are lots of articles flowing around the Internet with top Ikea products but I want to share my top 10 favorite IKEA products to own with you in case there are some you haven’t seen. I’ll also show…
Top 5 Friday: My Favorite Slouchy Sweaters Under $100 Happy Top 5 Friday Friends! You should all know by now, especially if you saw last week’s T5F, that I’m all about the slouchy clothes and over tight-fitting everything except workout gear! Maybe it’s the ill-fitting 90’s boyfriend style (think Duck Heads and Tommy Hilfiger shirts…on…
Top 5 Friday: Favorite Gifts For Health Nuts Happy Friday friends! Clearly I’m not on my game since this is the first of the week but hey, what can I say? The holidays are kicking my butt and they’re aren’t enough hours in the day. Do you feel me?!?! For Top 5 Friday this week…
Top 5 Friday: 5 Favorite Original Christmas Gift Ideas Happy Friday Friends! I hope you’ve had a great week and are excited about the upcoming holiday! We’re definitely ready for a few days off to spend with family! For Top 5 Friday I’m sharing unique Christmas gift ideas to jumpstart your gift-giving juices. I’m…
{Source} Top 5 Friday: Favorite Christmas Decorating Themes OH HEY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!! Raise your hand if you’re ready for the weekend! Well…October snuck up on us and we basically skipped Halloween as far as decorating goes. And since we’re not hosting Thanksgiving this year I’ve officially decided to jump right into Christmas. Mmmkay! Seeing as that…
Simple Holiday Tabletop Decor Inspiration Happy Holiday Season friends! As we enter into the holiday season (and way too fast for my liking) I get excited about hosting friends and family! I’m currently planning for a neighborhood progressive dinner so I pulled up some of my past tabletop decor to glean some inspiration. I love…
Top 5 Friday: Favorite Modern Fireplace Screens Under $300 Happy Friday friends! We’re in West Point, NY today exploring the campus of the United States Military Academy where Kevin’s son is in school. And we’re super pumped for the Army vs. Air Force football game tomorrow! Make sure to check out my Instagram stories for…
Top 5 Friday: Current Favorite Netflix Shows + Movies Happy Top 5 Friday everyone! I thought it would be fun to share the top five favorite shows and movies that I’m loving on Netflix in case you’re looking for something to start this weekend. Family friendly shows and FBI/CIA-type dramas are usually my preference. I…
{All photos via Serena & Lily} Top 5 Friday: Best of The Serena & Lily Catalog Happy Friday y’all!!! Hope you’ve had a great week! We’re ending the week with a little Darius Rucker and Lady Antebellum tonight and I can’t wait. I haven’t been to a concert in forever! One of my favorite decor…
Top 5 Friday: Favorite Girlfriend Jeans In My Shopping Cart Happy Hurricane Friday y’all! North & South Carolina are bracing for Hurricane Florence right now so I think that was an appropriate greeting! But in all seriousness, we feel pretty safe here in Charlotte but we’re really worried about the #OIBHappy house! She’s all boarded…
Happy Monday friends! I’m excited to finally share the simple tutorial for our recently refinished tabletop today! Now this is not rocket science, but in the event that someone (like me) gets that itch for decor change on a regular basis this is an easy DIY to make a quick change. Our dining table was…
Top 5 Friday: Nantucket (or any outdoor adventure) Travel Essentials Happy Top 5 Friday!!!!!!!!! As of right now we’re into our second full day in Nantucket so I thought it would be fitting to share my Top 5 Travel Essentials for exploring a New England beach town – particularly when you will be exploring via…
Thank goodness for Friday of the weirdest week ever! I’ve got to say, I don’t love holidays in the middle of the week because I feel totally out of whack with my days…but I guess I shouldn’t complain, right?! I do hope you all had a wonderful 4th! Today for Top 5 Friday I’m sharing…
Top 5 Friday: Must-Have Summer Outfit Staples Happy Top 5 Friday y’all! And TGIF too! Who’s ready for the 4th of July but wishing that it would fall on a Friday instead of a Wednesday??? Oh well, I’ll take it :) I haven’t had a chance to put together my summer capsule wardrobe post so…
Top 5 Friday: Favorite Jute Rugs With Fringe Under $300 TGIF friends!!! I hope you’ve all had a great week! Not too long ago I shared my favorite area rugs for Top 5 Friday Today I’m specifically shopping for a jute rug for our living room and I thought I would share my research with…
Top 5 Friday: Our Top 5 Favorite Beach Necessities! Happy Friday y’all! My grandmother is staying with us this week so her, my mom and little man headed down to the #OIBHappy house and I joined them yesterday. School is over and summer has begun so I’ve got major beach brain. And in case…
Top 5 Friday: Modern Ceiling Fans (with lights) Under $300 Y’all…how is it Friday already? I guess that’s a good thing but this short week sure did fly by! So I kind of fell into a little living room update over the long weekend and I’m on the hunt for a new modern ceiling fan….
Top 5 Friday: My Favorite Graphic Gym Tees Happy TOP 5 FRIDAY!!!!!!!!! One thing I love about a regular gym routine (other than the health benefits) is that it’s the perfect opportunity to wear graphic tees and tanks! Let’s face it, an almost-40-year-old can’t really get away with walking around all day in fun graphic…
Top 5 Friday: Our Favorite Easy Outdoor Plants Happy Top 5 Friday friends! Today I’m sharing my top 5 favorite easy plants perfect for freshening up your outdoor spaces for spring and summer! 1. Hydrangea Hands down my favorite plant/flower. Like most, I love them for their beauty and vibrant color but they also make…
Top 5 Friday: Current Favorite Paint Colors (Our Home + More) It’s Top 5 Friday y’all and I’m sharing my current favorite paint colors! And really, who doesn’t love to talk paint? It’s probably my favorite design related subject, although I find the older I get the less I actually enjoy the act of painting!…
Top 5 Friday: Favorite Things To Do In The Spring Oh hey, it’s FRIDAY!!! And it’s Good Friday and the Friday of our spring break at that!!! Woot woot! In honor of trying to coax the spring weather out of it’s shell a little bit, I thought I would share my top 5 favorite things…
1. / 2. / 3. / 4. / 5. Top 5 Friday: My Five Favorite Flat Sandals For Spring TGIF and happy March Madness!!!!! I absolutely love this time of year and the games have already been exciting! I hated to see Davidson lose but what a fight they put up against Kentucky! And…
Top 5 Friday: Favorite Productivity + Personal Finance Podcasts Happy Friday guys! And since it’s Friday that means I’ve got a Top 5 Friday post for you and it’s all about my current favorite productivity / money podcasts. Let’s jump right in… 1. Journey to Launch This is one of the very first personal finance…
Top 5 Friday: Top 5 Current Favorite Books From All Genres Happy Friday y’all! Did everyone have a chance to enter the giveaway for the custom design board from Wednesday’s post? If not you can enter HERE or head over to this Instagram post. Today for Top 5 Friday I thought I’d share my current…
Top 5 Friday: Top 5 Favorite Area Rugs Under $500 Happy Friday you guys! I hope you had a great week and have some fun plans this weekend! It’s going to rain some here but we’ve hit temps above 70 the last two days and I think I’m going to call it – spring is…
Top 5 Friday: Five Favorite (Not Just) Style Bloggers Happy Friday folks and what a week it has been! Today for Top 5 Friday I want to share my five favorite style bloggers that share so much more than just their impeccable abilities to put together fabulous outfits day in and day out. These ladies…
Top 5 Friday: How To Get The Modern Farmhouse Look Happy Top 5 Friday friends! Today’s top five tips are all about creating the modern farmhouse style in your home! I’ve got some easy ideas for achieving the Fixer Upper-look that we all crave these days and it’s really not as hard as you think!…
Top 5 Friday: 5 Tips To Get Your Money Game On Track Oh heeeyyyy it’s Friday! Who’s excited??? Remember a couple weeks ago when I was talking about the awesome sauce coming at’cha in 2018 and a few new things that would be thrown in the mix? Well, today’s the day and I’m talking a…
Shop our kitchen: [show_shopthepost_widget id=”2995369″] Top 5 Friday: Tips For A Fresh Home In The New Year Happy Friday friends! Friday is pretty much my favorite day of the week and it just got a little bit better! As you heard me mention in my 2018 goals post I’m adding a new series to…
Year In Review: Top Posts + Projects Of 2017 Happy Monday friends! So my first full week post-holiday break is starting off on the right foot today! As I mentioned in my Awesome Sauce 2018 post last week, I’m shooting for a more consistent schedule this year. My goal is M-W-F posts instead of 2…
My Top 7 Favorite Big Boy Bedroom Inspirations Happy Tuesday friends! I hope you’re having a great week. I know a lot of Charlotte kiddos started school yesterday (traffic sure said as much!) so hopefully you’re all surviving! Lately I’ve been tossing around the idea of making some updates to my little man’s room and we’ve…
Nordstrom Anniversary Sale: Top Home Decor + Gift Ideas! Happy Tuesday friends, I hope you all survived Monday just fine! Today is another Nordstrom Anniversary Sale post but it’s one of my favorites! I’m sure just like many of you, I didn’t realize how much great home decor and gifts items that Nordstrom carries in…