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Gift Guides 2025: Our Favorite Ideas for Everyone
Every year we look forward to gathering the very best gift ideas for your home and the people you love. Our 2025 Gift Guides are filled with thoughtfully chosen favorites—some I own and enjoy myself, and others I think would make lovely gifts. We know our readers look forward to these guides each season, so we consider our time putting them together as a...
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A Home Isn’t A Showplace, It’s a Sanctuary
I have a passion for creating a home, not to be a showplace, but to be a sanctuary in every season.
Love Your Laundry Routine
My laundry closet and small space laundry cart + 4 simple daily housekeeping routines.
Standing Desk for Working from Home in a Small Space
Courtney's small apartment standing desk for working from home, as well as an exciting life update!
Simple & Lovely: Realistic Faux Peonies
Life can feel so overwhelming and complicated at times, so bringing loveliness to our home in SIMPLE ways speaks to me. I ordered these faux peonies and LOVE them! They look SO realistic (and I love that these won't wilt!).
Reveal: Kylee’s Primary Bedroom Refresh Part One
Kylee's primary bedroom refresh with cozy new bedding and new hardwood floors!
A Lovely Life Book Tour + Giveaways!
Welcome, friends! Today's the day all of our blog book tours and lovely GIVEAWAY GIFT BUNDLES are LIVE! You'll find links to the six tour participants and giveaways in this post!
Mixing & Matching Decor to Create Your Own Style (+ Mood Boards)
Create a signature look for your home without breaking the bank! Get inspired by the mood boards we created, and read my design tip for making your home your own.
How to Live A More Lovely Life
Lovely Life Book Tour + Giveaway Bundles! I've asked few blogging friends to join me in sharing a few things that make their own lives feel more lovely to them. Come get inspired and enter all the amazing giveaways!
Our New Beach House Tour with Before Photos I Haven’t Shared!
I know we've lived here in our "beach house" (we call it our new beach house but we only have...
Coastal Grandmother Decorating with Amazon Finds (Mood Boards)
Recently I shared about "Coastal Grandmother Style". No beach house or grandchildren required, ha! Coastal Grandmother was recently coined on TikTok as a style that is all about romanticizing your life. It embraces the easy breezy coastal decorating vibes of homes portrayed in the Nancy Meyers’ movies we all fell in love with for their sets. Today I'm sharing how to get the look with Amazon finds!
