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I’ve never been diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and honestly, I’ve always rejected the idea that I could even be affected by the change in seasons or the fact that, here in Seattle, the winters can be rough, not only because of the rain but because of the long, dark winter days…

It’s my birthday so we’re celebrating with some fun discounts for newsletter subbies and even more great finds in the shop this week and the coming days. Hold on to your horses, friends, cause it’s just gonna get better from here.

This week may be one of my most favorite since I opened the shop. With more than 50 new products and more on the way, . . .

We all know that even when we stop, life continues to rush in. Sometimes it rushes in in the best way possible and well, sometimes not…

It occured to me that I haven’t done much sharing of the coming together of this gallery wall of ours here on the blog and that is, well…unacceptable? With that in mind…

I have some real dreams when it comes to our backyard but there are some things that I am deciding to do to give it a bit of a refresh until I can make those dreams come true…

Well, 2020 brought us a handful of good things.

One of them was a bathroom that we added from extra space in our garage.

Some of you may recall that our home is currently split; with a main home and ADU connected by a deck in the middle. There is living space on the other side

We’ve been in the house now for almost two years this summer and most of the furniture that we have on the back patio we brought form our old place (where it lived on our front porch as we never used our back patio) and to be honest…

Image via Architectural Digest

If you’re popping over from Instagram thank you and if you just landed here from other places I’d love for you to have you join me and the rest of the community there as you’ll get daily interactions either in my feed or stories. I absolutely love connecting…

Last year sometime around the middle of quarantine, I painted our dining room. It went from a boring cream to the…

It’s no secret that I am big fan (read: huge) of antique and vintage pots and vessels.

With the opening of the shop a couple of weeks ago, I’m all stocked up on all sorts of fun pots and decided to elevate this spring table inspiration some of those found items and I love the way it all turned out.

I’ve been off social for a little under a month now and it’s felt glorious.

It hasn’t felt that way just because I’ve been able to have a bit a of a soul reset but also because it’s given me the time I’ve needed to knock some things off of my home project list.

I am absolutely thrilled to announce the release of my first digital guide and this one’s a heap of fun cause we’re talking explicitly about one of my favorite things in the whole-wide world: vintage and antique shopping…

Well, it’s no secret to any of us that this year has been, collectively, quite possibly one of the hardest most of us have come up against…

Today, I’m sharing something that I’ve really not talked about on the blog or really much of anywhere as far as my personal life and experiences are concerned. Race. It’s something we all think about these days and are likely faced more and more with confronting our own thoughts on it but how do we…

Sometimes the fear of failing or what we perceive as perfect can keep many of us from truly becoming our true selves and thriving in the way we were meant to. I’m sharing some of my journey through that process and how I…

A rug can make or break a space and we already know I’m a sucker for good ones. Chatting just a bit about why I love them and how Revival is helping me (and you) scratch our rug-lovin’ itches.

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I’m not sure about you but I am not the most organized these days. If you’re like me, moving into a new home definitely encourages you in new ways to get your life together but then that same life begins and organizing and getting things put into place seem to take a back burner…read more

So, as you all know, we moved into a place that we can call our own back in August and I could not be more happy to be in a space that I can finally plant my feet in and begin really making it a home that we all can love and enjoy as a family.

I met Grace Kim of Carpe Diem Collective a few years back and I am so excited to share her heart for community and connection and her passion for giving creatives and the like a space to express their gifts in a unique way…

I’m not sure about you but each season I look forward to the ORC reveals and the Spring 2019 reveals have left me salivating and wanting to see more and more of the beautiful creativity involved when you take some of the most thoughtful and gifted designers and tell them to create…

I’d like to begin sharing here a bit more of what I feel is just being “stuffed away in my brain”. I’d like to let you all: my friends, this community here, in on more of the everyday goings on. Light and airy things that reveal more and more of my personality and different sides of who I am…

Erin Francois of Francois et Moi shows us her home and inspires us all to discover new ways of not just embracing but celebrating the space we’re in…

I didn’t want to give you something that look like everyone else. I didn’t want to give you just another reason to compare your life to others’ around you or to strangers on the internet. I wanted you to somehow read what has happened in my life and find a connection point to your own…

It’s finally here and I am so excited to share this project with each of you…

I’ll do my best here to paint a picture as to why and how I know that to be true but I will honestly do absolutely no justice to what it was and has been like to walk out this truth and watch His hand move in ways I couldn’t even imagine not only in the process of writing this book and now launching it but in my life in its entirety.

Over the past five years this space has seen lots of transition and style changes and we’ve done our best to create spaces that feel like “home” even though it’s not our ideal…home.

It’s funny, because before moving to our current neighborhood, my husband and I would often drive to this area and go to Chili’s ( we’re super fancy). 

Unbeknownst to us at the time, we would be buying the house down the street. I never wanted to move outside of the city. I loved the convenience of being 25-30 min from Chicago. Plus, I had imagined getting a home that was move in ready.

Recently I partnered with Revival Rugs and decided to give the one rug that I chose a try in our bedroom.

First, I guess I should start with the beginning: I have seen Revival and others touting the brand for a while and I loved what I saw. They offer wide range of vintage rugs in an array of sizes, colorways, and styles.

Meet Jessica Mariano or Jess, for short. She’s a good friend of mine and I’ll do my best here today to unfold her story of home but I think Jess does it best…

It’s official, friends. My book Restoration House is available for pre-sale now! Whoo, hoo!

I am both elated and terrified at the same time. This book coming available to the masses sends shivers down my spine and gives me all sorts of emotions about the weeks…

It has caused me to become very intentional about everything—from how I spend day to prioritizing goals to traveling. I actually wish that I had been this intentional with my life much sooner…

Rog and Bee Walker of Paper Monday via Tailored Heritage

I’ve expressed a bit more lately the gap that many of us (and you) are beginning to see (but not because it just began) in the blogger world where women of color are concerned and some of my thoughts on why…

photography | Carly Bish

I feel like I’ve been having babies for the entire last season of my life and either nursing or pregnant for the rest and while I realize that’s a complete exaggeration but also something that many of you mama’s out there will relate to, it’s nonetheless the way I feeeeeeelllll…

My husband and I scooped up our dream home near our hometown several years back. It’s got farmhouse vibes and was built in 1890. It sits on a few acres and we’re living the dream with some chickens and a rope swing..

We bought this home from the original owner and it was in original 1980s condition. It was sold as a “tear-down” house and didn’t even have listing photos! We bought it as-is because I knew it was well-built and I could see its potential.  We have never bought a “move-in-ready home” and sometimes I think we are crazy for that! But only sometimes. Because slowly transforming a home into an expression of your love for your family is what I’m all about.

PHOTOGRAPHY | TIARRA SORTE PHOTOGRAPHY

…I am so excited to share more home stories with each of you here on the blog as we dive into taking a more in-depth look into the homes of bloggers and friends from Instagram to the internet and beyond….

Over the 7-8 years that I’ve chosen to go the home decor, interior styling, DIY -route I’ve had countless people ask me what I do. Typically when they find out what I do, the response is usually always the same…

photography + design | The Vintage Rug Shop

OMG you guys. Why is choosing rugs so freaking hard. I mean, I know what I like. At least I think. Then, I start looking at all the rug selections online and

Welcome to 2019, friends!

As you surely know, this is the time of year that everyone’s making resolutions and setting all sorts of amazing goals. I’ve never been much of a goal setter…

PHOTOGRAPHY | TIARRA SORTE

About a month ago while perusing the internet, I stumbled upon a wonderful “new to me” brand called Territory…

I’m so excited to introduce Lexi and her crew to each of you today. She is a successful business owner who loves pretty (as you will see) as much as the rest of us but even more important and what I’d like you to focus on as she shares below…

I’m getting back into the swing of things in the world of DIY and I’m pretty sure next year’s gonna look completely different around here wehre that’s concerned. Come along as I share a few of my favorite…

Our home has evolved so much over the years. We've raised babies and toddlers here, now we have 3 teenagers and a first grader. The look and feel of our home has changed with every age and stage. When we moved in to this 100 year-old home there were so many things that needed updating, cosmetic and otherwise…

I think we’ve gone through a billion arrangements in trying to figure out how to make a small space feel large and I’ve settled for now on using our ottoman as a coffee table which isn’t a bad deal if you ask me but I’ve had some requests recently on Instagram

Okay, maybe I lied. Maybe these gifts won’t get you invited back to the party next year but since gift giving is less about you and more about the person you are giving it to, we can all agree that these are surely gifts that will make your hosts feel thought of and loved.

How many times have you scrolled through Instagram or Pinterest and struggled with the images you see believing that the life being portrayed in those images is a far cry from what yours may look like ?

Okay, so if you've followed me for a while you know that one of the reasons this little gig was even named RH was a tribute not only to God's restoring of my own life BUT to honor my love for vintage and antique findS…

I am so excited to share some specially curated items with you today that I know you guys are going to love not only taking a look at yourselves but sharing them with friends and family as we approach one of the busiest holiday seasons of the year.

If you’re a list maker who finds joy in checking things off or the order of the day, I admire you. Some days I want to be (like) you.

I’m all for decorating my home and setting the table with things that I already have in my own home. Now, don’t get me wrong, I LOVE buying new things but when I AM buying those things, I typically try to purchase items that are basics and that I can use beyond just one season…

I've always loved coming together and bringing new and old friends around the table. I really don't think I could have said it any better than Alice Waters. She truly, in the above quote, encapsulates why coming around the table with others means so much to me…  

I thought it was so cute, yesterday on my IG feed someone suggested I do OOTD posts. I don’t think I will be doing them consistently any time soon but there’s no doubt that I love creating not just in homes but on my own body with my clothing…

We live in a rental. We can't touch anything in the home we live in. No new flooring, no new cabinetry, no new wall colors-nothing. Now, if you're reading this and you're a creative like me who loves changing the aforementioned more than you change your unmentionables then you understand my plight. Couple that with an architectural design that isn't exactly my own and it COULD be a recipe for disaster…

Photography and Bathroom Design | Stacy K Allen

I've been on the search for the perfect sconces for our walls in our little cottage and since we are renters with definite restrictions, I’ll be needing a plug-in option vs. hardwire…

With all the busyness the fall season brings, I am always looking for ways to cut corners but not taste. This recipe from The Modern Proper 100% delivers in every way and I HAD to share it with you guys. It’s officially my new favorite…

So, yesterday I was driving along, minding my business when all of a sudden I realized that it was October 1. Now, I know that fall officially began a couple of weeks ago but for some reason, in my mind, it's really not fall until I see change in the seasons. The trees begin to fade into beautiful hues of red and golden browns and yellows and the temps truly begin. Around here, that's usually right around October…

I feel like that title is a little misleading. Mostly because when I say hard in the title it should actually read “really hard like can’t get outta the bed and you feel like you’re dying and you’ve lost it all…hard”. The past year was pretty rough for me. It's been a year since I've written anything not related to my book…

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