we went to tulum on our honeymoon (see post here!) we fell in love with the laidback hippie vibe immediately and knew we wanted to buy something to remember the trip. we found this art that a local family had made out of tree bark. we looked at dozens and dozens of these squares, and finally decided on five that we wanted to bring home. in the shop, the family had the squares displayed on a simple canvas, so we decided to recreate that look. i can't we've been back for almost eight months and ... View the Post
that’s how you fondue it.
hope you all had a good valentine's day! we celebrated by staying home this year. we went out so much for birthday related activities that both of us were like, let's just stay home. we got a fondue set for our wedding and have yet to use it (isn't that the story with so many wedding gifts!) we decided to put it to use and did cheese and chocolate fondue and omg it was delicious. so, valentine's day is kind of cheesy right? so in the spirit of the holiday, tony and i wore these matching ... View the Post
Tidying
I just finished the best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and it was life-changing. Not kidding. Mind blown. This book describes the "konmari" method of tidying your space, and the main takeaway for me is to only keep the items that bring you joy. If an item doesn't "spark joy" when you touch it, it has no business being in your home. Also, this whole "touching" part is very important. You should touch every single item when tidying, and ... View the Post
the farmhouse table.
right after we got back from our honeymoon, we started a farmhouse dining room table workshop with sawdust savvy. the owners, lindsay and annie, were amazing teachers and taught us how to build a farmhouse table from start to finish. once we finished the classes, we started building our table. as we do not have a garage or driveway, (gotta love city living), we built it right inside our condo! so exciting to think of all of the memories we will make around this table. kids eating and doing ... View the Post
the room and board outlet.
we've been on a hunt for a chair for the new condo for awhile now. something comfortable but also modern. multiple people have told me that i must go to the room and board outlet. i love room and board because it's modern, and also really well made, but the prices at the regular store just won't work for our budget. i was thrilled to find out that they also had an outlet. the outlet is is in golden valley and is only open saturday 10-4 and sunday 12-4. the building is a warehouse on a weird ... View the Post