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Kitchen Spring Refresh with Williams Sonoma & Pottery Barn

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I love decorating my home. Ever since I was a kid I was always rearranging my room. Now that I have my own house to play around with…let’s just say I change things A LOT. In my defense, I have slowed down. As I begin to uncover the depths of interior decorating and narrow in/shuffle through to find my own taste, things are coming together. Making your house a home is a process they say. Takes time.

Over the last few years, the kitchen and dining room has peaked my interest more and more. I have come to learn about myself that I love a good dish or drinking glass. I have also uncovered that I am not alone in that via The Beautiful Table Settings of America Facebook group I am now in. (I am not sure if anything screams “I am a millennial” more…)

It all started with my grandmother’s china. A 2020 version of me, moving into my first home, swearing off china cabinets and anything in them until…she gifted me her china as a housewarming of course! It took a little while but eventually I came around.

My latest refresh this year was to some of our everyday dish ware. I fell in love with Williams Sonoma’s Famille Rose collection. The pattern has quite a bit of history behind it which is also very interesting. The colors are beautiful, and really bring some brightness to an early spring day. They have a lot of serve ware pieces and beautiful canisters to be displayed on a kitchen counter and it really makes things more lively and colorful.

I also fell in love with Pottery Barn’s Monique Lhuillier Juliana dinnerware collection. The pieces remind me of a flower which I thought would be the perfect white base for any mixing and matching on a table scape. My mom gifted me this set for my birthday last month. It is so classic & timeless and will last me forever. I love it! (Thanks Mom)

From there I decided I discovered Bordallo Pinherio. If you know anything about dishes and china, especially if you are from the south, you know this brand and what it is that they are known for. That’s right, you guessed it, I have started adding some cabbage pieces to these beautiful whites, florals, and colors. It is the perfect pop of green.

The last & best addition to this table-scape is actually something I stumbled upon in my grandmother’s china cabinet. It was the perfect finishing touch and so sentimental to have a piece of her at my spring table. These amber glass sunflower dessert bowls.

The way everything can be mixed, matched all throughout spring makes my heart so happy. I love all the patterns, colors, ode to florals, and vegetables. I know these pieces will remain with me throughout my life. It was the perfect kitchen, spring refresh from Williams Sonoma and Pottery Barn. Hope you think so too.

Happy Spring!

-A

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My Top 5 Amazon Home Favorites from August 2022

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Who doesn’t love Amazon? Today I am going to be sharing my top 5 Amazon home favorites from August. I am constantly coming across things on Amazon that will make my life easier and August was a particularly good month as far as amazon home finds were concerned. I have had some great success so I thought I’d take some time to share what I found in case you were looking for some things to improve your home as well.

Life-Like, Real Touch Hydrangeas- I am someone who loves a beautiful floral but I have 3 little animals running around and they like to get into things so I am always weary about using real flowers around my home. My little guy, Hudson, is very curious and any flowers will absolutely be chomped on LOL. A lot of flowers are toxic to animals so I opt for a faux flower in some cases. I like faux flowers to look real & life like and a lot of those options can come with a hefty price tag. This set of 3 from Amazon is a decent price point. For your money you get 3 beautiful, life-like flowers you can touch and not even know they are faux. After ordering these I am honestly tempted to order more in another color because they are that good. I am in the process of decorating my office and had this crystal bowl I wanted to style on my coffee table. These come with life like, detachable stems and leaves which was perfect as I just wanted to use the hydrangea heads. I used two sets and I LOVE how this turned out.

Ziplock Bag Storage Organizer– I have had my eye on this for so long. I couldn’t decide if this was worth it or not but let me tell you, this saves you SO much space. I didn’t even realize how much space it would save me before ordering. I can fit way more, everything looks much neater, & a tidy drawer is something I truly appreciate.

Spice Jars- Now I honestly thought my husband would think that this one was totally “un-necessary” as they already come in jars but to my surprise when the box arrived he thought it was going to look “so cool.” He was right! They are oddly calming and they come with like 500 stickers that contain every single spice under the sun along with some blanks so it makes things much easier. Setting it up was fun and it allowed me to go through and chuck what was expired. We have a custom spice cabinet in our kitchen and these fit perfectly on the shelving. This will allow us to buy our spices in bulk and refill as needed.

Drill Battery Adapter for Your Dyson Cordless Vacuum– This one is hands down my favorite of the month. It is an attachment that replaces the battery on your cordless Dyson with a drill battery so you can get more use-time out of it. I saw this on TikTok and immediately ordered. When I tell you this more than tripled the amount of time we were able to Vacuum in-between charges, I was so excited. My husband said he even saw a difference in the suction power which is a double win. They have different ones depending on which drill brand and vacuum series you have. We have the Dyson V8 linked here.

GreenPan Ceramic Treviso Non-Stick Pans– If you haven’t looked into the health benefits of switching out your traditional non-stick pots and pans I highly recommend doing so. There is a lot of information out there and the conclusion I came to for our family was I was ready to make the switch. I know that not all ceramic pans are made equal which is another thing to watch out for when you are looking to make this change. I looked into some different brands and felt I could trust GreenPan. They have a variety of different options, I opted for their new Treviso line which is crafted from stainless steel for more even heating when cooking and to match our pots & pans set for a more cohesive look.

Those were my top 5 Amazon home favorites this month. There are always more great Amazon finds so I may make this into a series. let me know your thoughts in the comments. I have linked everything talked about in today’s post below. Any questions please never hesitate to reach out. You can also find me on Tiktok & Instagram. Talk soon.

-A

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Blue and White Dining Room Design

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One of the big focuses of 2022 for me is to make all the spaces in my house my own. When we moved in, we had so many family and friends help us out with furniture they passed along among so many other things to help celebrate our engagement and wedding. There was a lot going on for a while so I wasn’t really able to give the room designs in my home the attention they deserved. I was also a first time home owner and never had a house to decorate before so I didn’t really know where to begin LOL. Now that the wedding is said and done, I have taken the time to figure out what it is when I walk into a room that makes me feel calm, peaceful, myself… (the list goes on). My goal for each space is to make it feel luxurious, beautiful, and a representation of me and my style. This blue and white dining room design did just that! I am so happy with how it turned out. It feels like out of a magazine. I will link the book that inspired the room below in this post. It’s called “Living With Blue & White.” I have it out on my coffee table in my living room and while flipping through I realized this is what I wanted my dining room to embody.

We have a 30-year-old dining room set from Thomasville which was a facebook marketplace find. I had Thomasville furniture in my bedroom growing up and my parents loved the brand as well and have a dining set from them still so I knew I was getting a quality set at an exceptional deal. The set was in beautiful, almost perfect condition, and it came with a table with two leaves, table pads, a china cabinet, server, and 6 chairs. One thing I knew off the bat I wanted to change were the upholstery on the chairs. I wanted something more neutral and bright to give the set new life. Turns out re-upholstering chairs is quite easy. My husband and I picked out some fabric from hobby lobby and turned it into a fun Friday night. The photos really speak for themselves with this one, it turned out perfect. I love the new life that simple touch gave this set with years of history behind it.

The next thing to tackle was the china cabinet. I never thought of myself as being someone who would have a china cabinet. There just isn’t a real use for it these days as most people don’t opt to have china anymore. I am taking advantage of it as a storage solution in my dining room. I used to have everything on display like my Grandma’s china among other things I got gifted for my bridal shower and such. I then decided that I wanted to be more intentional with what was displayed and decided that this would be my blue and white focal piece. I have my crystal and bar glasses mixed with blue and white pieces that I already had. it ties the room together so nicely and takes something more traditional and makes it more up-to-date and intentional. I love the way this came together!

The last big thing on the agenda was a fresh coat of paint. I have figured out through owning a home that white walls really are so timeless. You can make a space feel whichever way you want and you can keep things current more easily. Its so much easier, in my opinion, to change out a pillow cover then to repaint a room because you decided one day you no longer love the color green. It allows your home to grow with you throughout your life and that something that is very important to me. The color we chose was Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore.

We finished the room off with some blue and white touches like a rug under the table, some window treatments and a new centerpiece for the table. I am so happy with the end result and hope that maybe you’ll be able to pull some inspiration for your home in this post. I hope you enjoyed this blue and white dining room design. See you next time.

-A

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