It's crunch time! The last week in our home. We move on Thursday, so if you are reading this then you know I'm packing up the last bits and pieces of our life here and trying to make my kids eat some interesting concoction so I don't have to move ALL the food or worrying about the fact that we still need someone to rent our old home. Yikes! … [Read more...]
Best of Bow Blouse
I don't know quite what it is about a bow blouse but I just adore them. And I think adore is a great word for them. They can look timeless and are having a nice moment right now much like they did in the 1970's. Image from artfire.com (Jones New York 1970s pattern) I love them paired with wide-leg trousers just like someone may have worn on Charlie's Angels back in the day and I love them now. My favorite one right now is from Target, one of the last binge purchases I made there last year. … [Read more...]
Demo & Denim
While people are screeching about it being a polar vortex style cold when it's really only January we are in total "go" mode. The move is consuming us. Just when I thought I had purged everything I keep finding more stuff to trash or donate. It's a good feeling. We've been very lucky that the owners let us get into the house before we officially own it to do some mold remediation (read demo) and get some of the painting started. It's been a total blessing that the mold was actually insignificant and on the surface only. Every room needs to be painted and patched too. Half the basement needed the walls removed due to mold. All drywall ripped down, carpet removed and mold fogged and gone. Time to rip down the ugly border that plagued the rest of the basement. … [Read more...]
Burgundy & Leopard
I swear I almost took a picture of my closet remix using burgundy and leopard while standing in front of a mountain of boxes. The corners of every room in my home are becoming cardboard piles of the future. I'm that excited. THEY ARE BOXES OF THE FUTURE! I don't care that two weeks out I've packed us into a corner. You want a fork? Use a slotted spoon I left out. I'm so consumed with getting everything done and right that I forgot to take pictures this week. I think you can understand. Between having two houses carpeted, painted and looking for renters for our old home it has been non-stop. We still have to do demo, building of two new rooms and install a new hvac system. I'm like HGTV on steriods. Top that off with my latest obsession of wanting to paint my office in the new house … [Read more...]
Sunday Style
There's been a lot of packing going on in our home lately. My outfits consist of more of a Sunday style of boyfriend jeans and long sleeve tees and probably a pair of slippers. I'm just all huddled in my house sorting through stuff and packing it up for when we move at the end of the month with the help of a Greensboro moving company. You can also hire professional movers like Three Movers. To say that I'm excited every day to wake up and get this move on is a total understatement. We've been busting out of our little townhouse for years, no matter how hard we pare down. It just took us a really long time to find the right mix of flow, size and style that worked in our budget. Then again, securing a new build property can be a thrilling venture, yet it comes with its own set of … [Read more...]
A Casual New Year’s Eve
Every year we celebrate New Year's Eve the same way (13 years and counting!) with some of our old college friends. Over the years we have all gotten married and had kids. The group has grown, shrunk, changed and always been fun. Now, even our kids get excited about the annual get together that is both casual, runs almost all night and a total blast. It's a tradition that I hope keeps going until we are old and gray. This year I decided to mix in Pantone's Color of the Year, Marsala to help ring in 2015 with a bit of style. I found the red blush lip liner from Essence Cosmetics to be a great match and affordable. I like their true love shade of lip gloss too. If you want to play up your eyes they offer a berry merry eye liner that pops nicely. New Year's Eve by … [Read more...]
Orange Velvet
A cold and blustery November day had me pulling my orange-red velvet blazer out of the closet. I bought it a while back on a thrift shopping trip with E (how much fun is it to have a friend who loves to thrift just as much as me? I love it!). I kept meaning to wear it last fall and winter but it just never happened. I love the bright, cheery color and the gorgeous satin lining makes me smile. … [Read more...]
Gingham Shirt & Layers
It's finally felt like fall around here for at least a week now. I decided to layer up a gingham shirt I found in a thrift store a few years ago and pair some opaque tights with my freshly polished boots (thank you, H!) with a super comfortable t-shirt style dress I found at Target this summer. It's become one of my favorite fall pieces. It's lightweight and versatile making it fun to dress up or down. … [Read more...]
The Wooly Pully
We hit up the pumpkin patch on Sunday, bright and early. It was BLUSTERY. There is no other way to describe the low temps and winds whipping through the air. I was all set with a cute cableknit sweater when H said, "I think you need something more." Since the kids were already in the car I grabbed a sweater off the shelf that has seen a life very different from the one it keeps today. The Wooly Pully. … [Read more...]
Ladylike Moto
I will totally admit it was harder than I thought to give up the gray last week. And then not revert to black. I love my basics, what can I say? I was actually late meeting a friend for dinner on Thursday because I was trying to pry myself away from the black. I showed up in white. Sometimes I go to extremes. The pastels and gray post was more popular than I thought last week and I found more to love in Johanna's post Watercolor. Johanna and her blog, 101 Things I Love have co-hosted with me before on Whatcha Wearing Wednesday and her style is untouchable. I love seeing what killer heels she pairs with yet another gorgeous clutch. That's why I picked her as the Best of the Link Up! … [Read more...]