My Home

This year, I wasn't sure how I'd get to decorating a whole new house. With a new space, comes new needs and I have found that a lot of items we have brought with us have not always worked in our new space. Some of the christmas items have fallen into this category. Do you sense the bright, neutral, classic/preppy vibe I am going with here? I really thought we would just get a Christmas tree this year and a wreath on the front door. I set out for just those items. BUT when do we ever buy just what...

Below I will be sharing how I created this cascading ribbon effect on my Christmas tree. This year we used a fake tree for the very first time ever! We have always went out every year and bought a real tree and even throughout my entire childhood we also had real trees. Why did we make the switch this year? For one, we were tired of the mess with the needles. This year, with a little crawler on the ground, we figured it would be best to not have the needles all over. Our 10 month old daughter, puts everything...

Hi friends, I wanted to start by saying that my initial intentions in this kitchen project was actually not to share with everyone. But today, I am sharing because it truly is one of the greatest complements when someone comes up to me out of the blue at an event or in any given scenario and says, "Katie, I love following what you have been up to and your home is so beautiful." It is my friends who have inspired me to share our journey in our new home and so it is important to start with saying thank you for...

Getting our new home and kitchen to where it is today has not been an easy feat. We have spent endless time on this house after moving in, even though we built it! We knew this house would be a big "project," but we really could have never guessed how much more time and investment we would need to be put into this place to get it to where we wanted it to be. The kitchen is the perfect example. (Some of you may remember our kitchen renovation that we completed at our last house in 2016 here. I bring this...