The sitting room off the kitchen now feels “complete,” and I love the cozy finished space. Most of these pieces came from our previous home, with the addition of this striped sofa and these swinging arm floor lamps from Ballard Designs.

Even though we don’t have a TV in this room and it’s attached to a much larger living space with a TV and fireplace… this is where we spend so much of our time. Christian really wanted it to feel more like a sitting room than a dining area, and he was right. When it’s not just our family of five, we eat in the dining room. But our nuclear family is typically eating at the kitchen island or Christian and I share our meal together at this small round table (a hand-me-down from my parents).

Credit goes to our designer, Maggie, who chose the furniture layout, striped fabric and floral pillows. As always, she was right!

striped sofa | floor lamps | dining chairs | rug | counter stools | love this round table | curtains | basket with lid, similar one here | courtly check planters | courtly check ruffle plate | console table | sage lumbar pillows | love this tall cabinet | tassel

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I took these photos in November and am excited to be sharing them finally! At last, we are starting to be at a “complete” enough place with the interiors of our home (we moved a full year ago). We have been painting, wallpapering, designing our first lady nursery and renovating her bathroom, combining the boys to twin beds and renovating the boys bathroom, adding a laundry closet upstairs, turning a home office into a large his/her closet, finishing the scullery and refinishing the backyard sport court.

We still plan to tweak the fireplace mantle, build some sort of patio, and come up with a landscaping and exterior plan. That will all be for 2025 and 2026… hopefully.

The dining room was shared recently here. 

A mini six months in preview was shared here.

Even though we’ve been steadily working on this house for a full year, we are still waiting for a few finishing touches for some of the above projects. Bit by bit I’m photographing and sharing these spaces as they are complete. It feels so good!

I love having our homes documented here because it brings so much nostalgia to see our prior spaces. I love seeing which pieces have gone with us from place to place (this headboard has been in six homes since 2012!). I highly recommend photographing your homes at some point just so you can remember the feel of the rooms. If you are an interiors lover, it’s a sweet keepsake to have.

Other than adding the chandelier and a little bit of paint, we didn’t alter the primary bedroom (which was lovely to start).

linen bedding | quilt | lumbar pillow | waffle bed blanket | rug | similar sconces | drapes – oat with fern velvet trim | similar foliage prints | pleated lamp shades | side tables – Port Eliot | chair | ottoman | bench and dresser – not available online | tassels | lucite lamps | bathroom chandelier – Sullivan & Phoenix | frame TV trim

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It has been so much fun photographing our home during the holiday season! I don’t take photos with my big fancy camera as often now that video content is queen, and I forget how much fun it can be. Last year I skipped taking photos and sending holiday cards because our impending move made the season little too hectic.

This year I knew I wanted to capture our first Christmas in this house. I didn’t go all out, knowing I have less time on my hands right now working from home with a three-month-old. But I still pulled out the essentials, and it feels really special and cozy.

A few photos from the holidays in our previous home…

2022 Christmas Decor | 2021 Christmas Decor

nutcracker mini rug

frame details linked here | gold ribbon

rug | sofa | lamps | swivel chair

Christmas train (makes train sounds and steam comes out!)

bauble stocking

mirror

pinecone stocking holders | similar stockings (original are no longer available) | similar nutcrackers

side tables | striped chair

Red and Lulu

nativity set | star figurine

Christmas tree tea towel | holiday tea towel | nutcracker platter | santa cookies plate

quilt | bedding | waffle bed blanket | lumbar pillow | drapes | floor mirror

dining room shared here

tree sculpture

courtly check ribbon

I heard someone ask once what their Christmas decor “theme” was. They said that most people pick a theme – snowmen, grinch, nativity, nutcrackers, Santa, candy canes, etc. Ours is definitely nativity and nutcrackers. Hudson, Christian, and I love The Nutcracker music and book. It wouldn’t feel like the season without these pieces!

One year we went somewhere tropical during Christmas and while beautiful, I really felt like I missed out on the traditional holiday season. I realized that I liked to be home in December. Hudson has really loved decorating with me this year. He loves the ornaments, the music, the trees, the stockings, Jerry the elf on the shelf… he has so much enthusiasm which is such a treat. Love that kid.

Merry Christmas season to you and yours. I hope you get lots of time logged by the sparkling tree in fuzzy socks sipping coffee. Thank you so much for reading – xo –

Our dining room in this house has felt “complete” for a while now, and I wanted to capture the space! Photographing the different rooms in our homes is so special to me. I love looking back on them, seeing my keepsakes and the efforts of the time and thought that is put into our home.

The irony here is that a few weeks after we took these photos, Christian brought back a large six-light chandelier home from Oxford that I’ve now purchased little sage striped shades for it. So that will go in here and this light will move to the sitting room. So I’ll be sure to share that switch-a-roo when it’s complete!

dress | chairs – Pottery Barn circa 2019, similar style here | table | palm shadow box | candlestick holders | tassels | wallpaper and paint sourced by interior designer | lamps – antique | wooden chair – antique | paintings – Frances Moreno | turtle shells – thrift market | rug – no longer available

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