Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to this past week.
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Home Projects & Updates
We wrapped up a few more projects at Hola Beaches over the weekend, including finally putting the bulbs and shades on on the dining room chandelier.
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Here’s a similarly angled photo from when we bought the home a little over a year ago. I actually have a new coffee table en route, as well, so I’ll be sure to share the updated look once it arrives!
We officially went under contract on a commercial space last week! It’s our first venture into the commercial rental space, but we’re excited to learn something new! It will also be our first time partnering with others on a more long-term basis. I’ll share more about the space once we actually close on the property, but in the interim we get to deal with fun things like the inspection, setting up a new LLC, working with attorneys on various documents, and all the joy that comes with financial underwriting 😉 I shared this view last week, but there is a public beach access across the street from the building, which is a little surreal. Such a unique property and I’ll share more soon! We may even add dedicated beach parking for Hola Beaches guests!
Not much has changed on the new build front, but we made our weekly trek over with our friends on Sunday. They’re supposed to start working on our electrical this week, and they said they’d call us over if we want to do a walk-through with the electrician to make any changes before they start. Our friends that are moving in three doors down from us are a few weeks ahead in the build process. But they already had their exterior painted last week, so I’m guessing we’ll start seeing some pretty big changes on ours soon!
Top Sellers Of The Week
Following are the top sellers from last week across all of my channels. Links to each item are below the graphic.
BEST SELLERS (each number is clickable): #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1
In Case You Missed It
Following are the posts I shared over the past week, in case you missed some days!
Following are the most read blog posts of last week (excluding any of the new posts already mentioned above). Many times this includes old posts that are popular on Google or Pinterest.
Around Town & For Fun
Last week, I did the five-day ProLon Fasting Nutrition Program after my friend Cassie over at Hi Sugarplum did it. It made for a bit of a boring week, considering all my meals fit in that little white box. But surprisingly, it wasn’t nearly as difficult as I expected it to be, nor was I starving the whole time like I thought I would be. I was really happy with the results, and will probably do it two more times over the coming months. Definitely do your research to see if it’s right for you before purchasing, but I did ask them for a discount code for any of you that have been considering it. I know it has become really popular after Chris Hemsworth’s “Limitless” series. If you use code LOVS1 it will take an additional 10% off the already discounted price on my link.
My first meal of choice after the five days was of course Mexican food and margaritas! Probably not the ideal choice but I was so ready to chew something crunchy (other than the kale and seed crackers)!
I ordered these photo organizers (on the left in the image below) after my friend Kris shared them in her Instagram Stories. I was basically able to condense five random photo boxes down to two of the totes. I used my label maker to label each of the interior cases. Feeling super organized now and I love how much easier they are to move around in the handled cases!
I came across this little gem in the stacks. This was the very first day Kurtis and I met each other (at a wedding) back on May 31, 2002. We were babies! Both with very bleached hair!
My “helper” fell asleep on the job.
Bailey has been loving her screened-in porch time on the “catio”. She’s claimed this ottoman as hers and she’ll go out even when it’s freezing outside! Side note: these swivel glider chairs we have loved for several years are available right now. As most of you know, they sell out pretty quickly once March rolls around.
We lost power for a few hours early Saturday morning, which meant the cats’ water fountain stopped working. So, we set out a bowl of water, and they all felt the need to drink from it at once. Even though they always have a bowl on the other side of the kitchen. Ha!
We’ve been buying a coconut yogurt recently, and Henley and Bailey are obsessed with it. Bailey hates nearly all human food (other than Easy Mac) but she goes crazy for this yogurt! Henley will eat just about anything so no surprise that she likes it 😉
Circling back to last week’s 400th Wednesday Watch List, I want to thank all of you that took the time to comment! It was so fun to read each and every one. I can’t believe how many of you have been around for 5+ years! The random winners of the giveaway are Linda G., Holly (no last initial provided), and Sharon P. I will email each of you to get your store preference for the gift card. I’ll plan to do more of these fun little giveaways in the future! I still prefer the blog over any social media, so I’d rather reward all of you than the casual followers on my other channels!
The weather is supposed to be beautiful most of this week, so I’m looking forward to a few bike rides and enjoying Florida “winter”! I feel like I’m only a few weeks away from being able to buy some plants too, which has me really excited!
Recent Buys & Sales
Following are some sales from the weekend that have carried over and are still going strong!
- AMAZON has a number of daily deals happening now! You can shop their site here.
- ANN TAYLOR is offering 20% off full-priced suiting with code SUITS20. You can shop their site here.
- ANTHROPOLOGIE has added a number of new items in their sale section and are currently offering free white glove delivery on furniture and decor purchases of $1,000+. You can shop their site here.
- BALLARD DESIGNS is offering 20% off and free shipping on 100s of items sitewide! You can shop their sale here.
- DUDLEY STEPHENS has added a bunch of new items to their sale section, with items up to 60% off. You can shop their site here.
- GAP is offering an extra 30% off sale items with code MORE, and an extra 10% off regular-priced styles with code ADDIT. You can shop their sale here.
- HOMEGOODS has a number of new arrivals, as well as free shipping on orders $119+ with code SHIP119. You can shop their site here.
- J CREW is offering up to 50% off wear-now styles, as well as an extra 50% off select sale styles with code EXTRA. You can shop their site here.
- J CREW FACTORY is offering up to 50% off everything. You can shop their sale here.
- LOFT is offering up to 40% off full-priced styles and up to 70% off sale styles. You can shop their sale here.
- LULULEMON has a large sale section with some major markdowns. You can shop their site here.
- MARK & GRAHAM is offering up to 70% off in their winter clearance sale, as well as up to 30% off bags and accessories. You can shop their site here.
- MARSHALLS has a number of deals sitewide plus free shipping on orders of 89+ with code SHIP89. You can shop their site here.
- MICHAELS is offering 20% off regular priced purchases with code DAILY23US. You can shop their site here.
- NORDSTROM has dresses, boots, sweaters and more marked up to 60% off! You can shop their site here.
- OLD NAVY is offering 30% off your order – no code required, prices update at checkout. You can shop their sale here.
- OVERSTOCK is hosting their Winter Refresh Event, with up to 70% off 1000s of items! You can shop their sale here.
- POTTERY BARN is offering up to 50% off 100s of sale items. You can shop their sale here.
- REJUVENATION is offering an additional 20% off clearance items. You can shop their site here.
- RUGS USA is offering up to 75% off sitewide. You can shop their site here.
- SERENA & LILY is offering up to 30% off bedding and bath. You can shop their sale here.
- TARGET has a bunch of deals sitewide including up to 25% off furniture online only. Our favorite striped cube bench is 25% off! You can shop their site here.
- TJ MAXX has a number of deals sitewide, up to 75% off select items, and is offering free shipping on orders $89+ with code SHIP89! You can shop their site here.
- TORY BURCH has a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
- TUCKERNUCK has a lot of cute new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
- WEST ELM is offering up to 50% off all sale and bedding plus up to 20% off quick-ship sofas & sectionals! You can shop their site here.
- WILLIAMS SONOMA is offering up to 75% off in their clearance section. You can shop their site here.
- WILLIAMS SONOMA HOME is offering up to 50% off in their clearance section. You can shop their site here.
- WORLD MARKET is offering 10% off curbside and store pickups to members (it’s free to join)! You can shop their site here.
I hope you all have a great week!
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I missed the giveaway since I was traveling. Hope to get in on the next one! I guess I’m an old fart-I prefer blogs as well!
I’ll think of another fun one soon! I hope you were traveling somewhere fun!
Did I miss an announcement regarding the commercial space? Are you opening a store or a design firm?
Hi! Nothing missed and we’re still in the super early stages. But we just plan to rent it out after we do some renovations! There are actually business tenants in it already 🙂
What does the new ottoman look like for Hola Beaches?
It’s a round, light wood coffee table. I ordered it on major clearance at Serena & Lily but it’s no longer on their site!
What a fun TERRIFIC treat to be one of the gift card winners in your 400th Wednesday Watch List Giveaway!!!! You made my day!!
Thanks so, so much! 😁
Wow, retail space! And what a fun place to have that. I love how brave you guys are at adding different endeavors to your lives… excited to hear more about it.