Over the last few years, we have been hosting Thanksgiving at our house. Not only is the pressure on to roast a killer turkey, but I've also never been big into decorating for the fall. So the last few years I've really started upping my fall decor game. Buying all the food for Thanksgiving can be an expensive fete, so the first year that we hosted, I didn't have a ton of money for decorations. So every year since, I've been building off of existing fall decorations. I've been adding ...
Home Decor
How To Create a Beautifully Designed Finished Basement
About five years ago, my husband and I bought a new construction house in an older, established town where new construction meant either an old house had been bull-dozed down or someone saw an opportunity and divided their parcel of land. While new construction is a luxury for many, we didn’t actually get to design our house. The house was built for someone else, the deal fell through and then the market tanked. So enter my husband and I, who were both in agreement that because we worked ...
Kitchen Cabinet Makeover
My husband and I bought our first house together in 2014. We were newly engaged and had found our forever home. It was a new construction house and had almost everything that we were looking for. One of the things that we fell in love with about this house is the location. It is only three blocks away from the Cooper River; which offers running trails, parks, ice skating and a great view of Center City. It is also only blocks away from the restaurants and shops on the main ...
Out With the Old…Tidying Up in 2019
I hate to admit that I hadn’t heard of Marie Kondo or her famous KonMari method of organization until this week. Her Netflix show, Tidying Up w/Marie Kondo dropped on Netflix last week and several of my girlfriends couldn’t stop talking about how excited they were to watch it. I was intrigued. I didn’t have the motivation to read her book, but I did have time to watch a few episodes of her new show, which discusses all of the same concepts that her book ...
