How Skylights Transformed Our Home + Win Your Own Skylights!

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about skylights! Plus, you can enter to win skylights for your home.

Hands down, the best decision we have made for our home, as of yet, has been getting VELUX skylights installed. THE BEST DECISION!

If you followed along on my stories when everything was being installed, you already know my excitement and the drastic transformation. But for those that don’t, I will tell you (and show you). I also have a saved highlight of the whole skylight install if you wanna check that out on IG.

The amount of natural light that we now have, thanks to the ten skylights we installed, has completely transformed our home. And I would recommend it to ANYONE that is thinking of renovating some aspect of their home. In fact, after seeing all of our skylights completed, and using the VELUX app to envision the placement, my mom has decided to have skylights installed in her new home too.

Wanna see some behind the scenes from the installation process, before and after photos, AND enter to win free skylights for your home? Keep reading!

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The Easiest Smoothie Bowls (Only 2 Ingredients)

You’ve gotta try this easy smoothie bowl recipe! It’s only two ingredients.

A couple of years ago, I got really addicted to smoothie bowls. Mostly because they’re so easy…and well….Instagram worthy. Haha. And this recipe is both of those things – literally the easiest breakfast idea (only two ingredients for the base) and so pretty!

I asked my friend Alejandra from Hell Yeah Gluten Free to share her smoothie bowl secrets with you. She makes the prettiest / most delicious smoothie bowls I’ve had. And today I’m sharing her recipe base, along with TONS of additional flavor combos.

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11 Tips for Book Shelf Styling Like a Pro

Book shelf styling 101.

Three words. Book shelf styling.

Whether they’re built-in shelves you’re looking to fill, or the extra shelving you need for book storage, there are plenty of ways to go about filling and styling your book shelves.

I’ve been there before. It can feel a bit overwhelming staring at 6 rows of empty shelves just begging for books, plants, and pretty accessories, but I’ve put together a list of 11 helpful tips / ideas for styling shelving that fit the categories of form AND function.

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Before and After: Fireplace Makeover

My latest fireplace makeover! And it didn’t cost me a dime.

Today’s fireplace makeover is making me super happy because it not only brightened up this space, it also didn’t cost me any money whatsoever! Let me go back to the beginning for a second though…

So! The fireplace was probably the very first thing I noticed when we walked through our house for the first time (before we owned it, for a showing). It seemed gigantic, especially for the size of the room. But I loved that it made a statement. I didn’t, however, love the look of all the grey stone. Especially in combination with the grayish-toned flooring.

Fast forward past first impressions, to actually making an offer on the house and then buying it, and I knew I’d want to make some changes to this front room pretty quickly. And since the fireplace was one of the first things you see when you walk in the front door, it was even more important (to me) for it to feel more like something I would have chosen(ish).

In the future, we plan to actually resurface the fireplace, make it all very smooth, and bump out the mantle to accommodate big plants, stacked artwork, books, etc.

But for now, we were able to achieve almost everything I want in that future renovation with a gallon of paint and a full day of painting. AND (bonus) once all the painting was finished, I figured out a way to add a bunch of plants, books, and artwork anyway. Even without a deeper mantle. So, this before and after fireplace makeover feels like a big win for me.

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Where to Buy Art: My Favorite Sources for Artwork

If you’ve been searching online for where to buy art, this post is for you! I’ve rounded my favorite / best art sources for cool pieces (originals and prints).

Where to buy art? A question I love to answer! Artwork is one of my favorite subjects around here.

In the last couple years especially, I’ve been getting asked more and more about where I source the artwork we have in our home. Must have something to do with the huge stack of artwork I almost always have piled up on the floor somewhere. Haha.

So, today I’m sharing ten of my favorite places (online) to buy artwork, along with some of my favorite artists.

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Peach Cocktails Perfect for Summer (Recipe)

Peach cocktails that scream summer! An easy farm to table recipe…

It’s starting to feel like summer around here, so I thought I would revisit an old favorite peach cocktail recipe that involves fresh farm peaches, a color blocked puree, and (of course) alcohol. It’s like a beautiful looking alcoholic slushie. What’s not to love?!

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We Bought a House (Empty House Tour)

If you follow along on Instagram you already know this, but…We bought a house!

I have wanted to buy a house again for SOOOOO long! And it took us a long time to get here. But now, I can officially say, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! In this insane market (especially in Southern California), I feel like this is something to be pretty excited about. But also, even the market wasn’t insane right now, I’d be very excited because that means I’m about to have projects galore. And I’m so pumped about it.

That said, there’s a lot of work to be done in our new place, and changes have already started. So I figured it would be a good time to share all of the before photos of our new home.

Wanna see? Click through for all the photos.

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Paper and Stitch

How Skylights Transformed Our Home + Win Your Own Skylights!

The Easiest Smoothie Bowls (Only 2 Ingredients)

11 Tips for Book Shelf Styling Like a Pro

Before and After: Fireplace Makeover

Where to Buy Art: My Favorite Sources for Artwork

Peach Cocktails Perfect for Summer (Recipe)

We Bought a House (Empty House Tour)

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