Holiday Decor Inspiration

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I just love Christmas time!  Our elf Olivia has been busy keeping watch over the kids. They are definitely trying to be extra good now that she is watching their every move.  None of them want her to give Santa a bad report. :)  So with the extra help, I spent the weekend adding finishing touches to our home decorations for the holidays.   I just need some twinkly lights, soft glowing candlelight, and fresh balsam garland to make me holiday happy!  I also found a lot of inspiration on Pinterest.   I'd love to hear how you have been spending your days this December.

Shop some great items for your holiday home below:

BTW, I was at Trader Joe's the other day and they had fresh boxwood wreaths for $9.99 just like the one on the black door above.  What a steal-yippee!

Hostess With The Mostess

Happy Monday!  We had a very lazy weekend which doesn't happen very often.  It was really cold/windy around here so it was really nice to have that extra hour of cozy as well.  Now that  Halloween is ova it's time for me to pack up the decorations and get ready for the go, go, go of the next couple of months.  I start to freak out a little bit this time of year knowing that we have two birthdays in November, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and hubsy's birthday shortly after.  It's a whirlwind of crazy!  So I'm trying to get myself organized and with the holidays right around the corner it's important to have a few hostess gifts ready to give.  Parties are plentiful and it's so nice to have a gift in hand.  Here are some of my faves:

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I hope this guide gives you some ideas for the little something for the holiday hostess.

Here's a few pictures of the little monsters from last week.

Colorful Living Room With Chairish

Happy Monday!!!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  We were busy planning and getting our house in order for my mom who is here with us for the week.  And preparing for her arrival gets me thinking about our home. 
We have lived in our home for eleven years.  We have lived through many small renovations as well as a three story addition that we did 5 years ago.   We love that our home is technically in the city but driving through our neighborhood you would think that you were in the suburbs.  All of the kids in the neighborhood walk to school or ride bikes.  The kids play Ghost In The Graveyard and sell lemonade on the corner.  We love, love our home but that doesn't mean I don't like to change it up a bit. Especially with paint color and furniture.  

Eleven years ago we moved in and picked out new furniture for our living room.  I had a designer help with color and floor plan.  Now I'm ready for a change and bright colors and I've found that Chairish is a great site for buying as well as selling exceptional consignment furniture.  Chairish makes sure that nothing gets posted to their site without it bring superior quality and great looking.  It's easy to snap some photos of your furniture that you want to sell and upload for consideration.  They also have an unbeatable 48hour return policy and they will store your items until they sell.  So go ahead and upload the Chairish app for buying and selling all home decor and don't think twice about the bright zebra chairs.

These great vintage accent chairs and others can be found here. 

I would love to hear about what you think about these great finds.

Check out Chairish for more great items.