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Creating a stylish, simple & handmade home.

maya’s first easter egg hunt

I can remember Easter really clearly last year. I didn’t do much in the way of decorating, but I did put my baby girl into a little Easter outfit and did an impromptu photoshoot in our living room. #matleaveafternoons I can’t believe how much that little lady has grown up. If you follow me on instagram, you may have noticed that we are currently enjoying an adults-only vacay, and Maya is at ... View the Post

The Easiest DIY Paper Flower Tutorial

If you follow me on Pinterest, you might have noticed a recent trend toward pinning paper flowers - there are so many ways to do them, and they are just so pretty. With spring in the air, I finally got my act together and actually made some. I choose one of the simplest methods I could find, because let's be honest... simple is good. I might work my way up to watercolour painted flowers with ... View the Post

freezer meals: do you?

It's only been in the last several months that I have mostly taken over dinner-prep duty. Dan used to do ALL the cooking in our household (including pre-Maya days), but with our current work schedules I'm now the one that it falls to. With a hungry toddler at my feet, I often don't have much time to spend on cooking, so I have been trying to figure out ways that make it easier and more manageable. ... View the Post

Gluten-Free Chicken Parmesan Recipe

I'm always curious about what others "go to" dinner recipes are. Things that are going to be easy and relatively quick for a busy family. Here is one that I started making a little while ago, and it is firmly now a regular meal in our house: quick, easy gluten-free chicken parmesan (note: we aren't a gluten free household, but I try and cut down on the carbs where I can). There are tons of ... View the Post

How To Choose and Install Gold Hardware Pulls in your Kitchen

I'm all about the gold and brass and copper these days. Are you? I have migrated over to the warmer metal tones over the last decade, and especially during these last few years when all things gold have become on-trend again. So, it's probably no surprise that when I was choosing the finishes for our kitchen, I immediately gravitated toward gold hardware pulls.   Finding the ... View the Post

Black Wing Chair Review: The Structube Polo

We've been making progress on decorating our living room and I wanted to fill you in on two big moves we've made recently: 1) finding some fabulous wing chairs and 2) painting our door trim black. Let's back up a sec to what the room was looking like just a little while ago. The layout came pretty naturally once we had the built-in's done. We used to have two sofas in our old living room, ... View the Post