Good morning! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to over the past week or so.
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Home Projects & Updates
I’m trying to share more real-time updates over on my Instagram Stories. Last week I shared a handful of projects I’m considering in the near future.
First up, if anyone remembers my original design plans for this house I made well over a year ago before we moved in, I had originally thought of adding cane webbing behind the glass. I’ve lived with it with just the glass for a while, and still really love the warmth of some rattan. I ended up ordering this product and it arrived last night so I think I’m going to temporarily tape it in those upper cabinets to see if I like it. I’ll share more once I do!
In those same sets of original design plans, I had also mentioned I’d likely be wallpapering our dining room. Hence the reason everything in the space is currently all white. I’ll be talking more about this in tomorrow’s post, but I’ve been stalling on this one for a while (with good reason). I’ll expand on my thoughts tomorrow on this one! But let’s just say lots of paint samples were involved 😉 Please also note how cute my helper was on this project.
DINING ROOM SOURCES: Dining Chairs | Dining Table | Rug | Chandelier | Vase | Abstract Art
Where there’s a project and a ladder, magically Hawkeye appears to scale the ladder 😉
My cute little orange kumquat that I’ve been babying fell off the tree when I was watering last week. I only have one other that has started to change but hopefully I can keep them on the trees longer in the future! But this helps show the scale of just how small they are compared to limes.
Here’s a peek at my front porch planters. They’re growing quickly for how late into the season that I planted them! I’m using this footed bowl planter.
In Case You Missed It
Following are the posts I shared over the past week, in case you missed some days!
Around Town & For Fun
On Monday we celebrated our 19th anniversary. We went to Cuvee for dinner and really enjoyed it! I’m rarely a martini girl, but I’m a big fan of their pear flower martini! Ignore my chipped nail polish and hair tie in the pic below 😉
Tuesday night, the birthday celebrations continued for our friend Chris. The prior weekend he had the hibachi dinner and Tuesday was his actual birthday so we went to Amigos. Some of us go there more than he does and somehow he ends up with a free giant dessert platter every year and none of us ever have. Ha!
I’ve noticed my hair has gotten a lot more curly since moving to Florida. Not sure if it’s the humidity or my hair texture just changing as I age. I’ve always had a bit of wave but it definitely has more curl to it now. I’ve had a few people asking to let me air dry my hair so I did a day last week. Enjoy these makeup-free selfies of what ensued. It honestly just felt like a bad perm. Ha! Parts of my hair are definitely much curlier than the rest, and the top is just kind of a mess. I even used a curl cream but not sure I can handle what felt like a rat’s nest all day. Maybe some of you ladies with natural curls and waves can give me some tips!
Early Friday morning, Kurtis and I got up and rode our bikes to Raw & Juicy for breakfast. It was a great feeling to already have a few hours of work in, a 6 mile bike ride, breakfast, and to be back home all before 9 am!
Friday night, a bunch of guys got together and went to the new Deadpool movie. With about 10 minutes of planning, Rachel and Marissa (and baby H) planned on a pho dinner delivery and hung out for a few hours. Little H played with the dogs through the window. He was even trying to throw them tennis balls. So cute!
Sunday evening we went out for sushi and then took a long golf cart ride around the neighborhood. We spotted several sets of friends so it was fun to stop and chat for a bit!
It’s pretty crazy to me that we’ll be entering August this week (and that some kids are going back to school)! Where did this summer go?! We did both say last night how much we love summer and how much we loved that we moved somewhere we can enjoy the season for a much longer window!
Recent Buys & Sales
Following are some sales from the weekend that have carried over and are still going strong! You can see my top picks here.
- AMAZON has a number of deals today! You can shop their site here.
- ANN TAYLOR is offering 25% off your full-priced purchase and up to 60% off sale styles. You can shop their site here.
- ANTHROPOLOGIE has added new items to their sale section.You can shop their site here.
- BALLARD DESIGNS is offering 25% off indoor furniture and free standard shipping sitewide. I think these Buffalo Check Throw Pillow Covers are so great for late summer into fall! You can shop their sale here.
- BODEN is offering 10% off new womenswear styles E8P2. You can shop their site here.
- COLLEEN ROTHSCHILD is offering 25% off sitewide with code JULY25! I use this cream or this one twice daily!You can shop her site here.
- CRATE & BARREL is offering up to 60% off during their summer clearance sale. You can shop their site here.
- GAP is offering 50% off your entire purchase, including sale styles. You can shop their sale here.
- J CREW is offering weekend must-haves starting at $19.50 and up to 40% off cashmere. You can also get an extra 50% off sale styles plus an extra 15% off your entire purchase with code EXTRA. You can shop their site here.
- J CREW FACTORY is offering up to 60% off everything (including new arrivals) plus an additional 20% off $100+ with code ITSNEW and an extra 60% off clearance with code EXTRA60. You can shop their sale here.
- LOFT is offering 30% off new arrivals and an extra 30% off select sale styles. You can shop their sale here.
- LULULEMON has a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
- MARK & GRAHAM is offering up to 50% off select styles plus free shipping on orders $150+ with code SHIPFREE! 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.
- NORDSTROM is hosting their Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. You can see my top picks here and you can shop their site here.
- OLD NAVY is offering up to 50% off everything. You can shop their sale here.
- ONE KINGS LANE is hosting their Summer Tent Sale with items marked up to 60% off. You can shop their sale here.
- POTTERY BARN is offering up to 60% off in their sale section with 1000s of new items added. You can shop their sale here.
- REJUVENATION is offering up to 40% off furniture, lighting and more, as well as up to 70% off clearance styles. You can shop their site here.
- RUGS USA is offering an extra 20% off everything with code MIDSUMMER. You can shop their site here.
- SERENA & LILY is offering up to 50% off outdoor and 20% off upholstery items with code MAKEITYOURS. You can shop their sale here.
- TARGET has a number of home deals with up to 40% off rugs, bedding, mirrors and more! You can shop their site here.
- TJ MAXX has a number of deals sitewide 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 number of new items added to their sale section, as well as free shipping and free returns on everything. You can shop their site here.
- WALMART has further marked down our favorite budget chair to make it even more affordable! And this Serena & Lily look-for-less patio set is on MAJOR markdown! You can shop their site here.
- WEST ELM is offering up to 30% off outdoor and garden and up to 50% off items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
- WILLIAMS SONOMA is offering up to 75% off in their clearance section. You can shop their site here.
I hope you all have a great week!
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Those cats!!! Always so cute! Hawkeye on the ladder made me laugh!
OMG…that dessert platter- YUM!
Your office is beautiful… I’d love to see more photos.
The curls are adorable!
I let my similar curls air dry and then select a few small sections where more curl or volume is needed and wrap it around the 3/4″ barrel Bed Head Curlipops curling iron. Blake Lively’s curls at Super Bowl earlier this year are what inspired me.