Weekend Recap & Simple Winter Decor Updates

Good morning! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Ours was filled with a lot of snow and social time. Today I’ll be sharing a quick wrap-up and also some of the recent simple winter decor updates I made this past week. I was going to make a post just for the updates, but it really is super simple, I figured I’d add it in to today’s post!

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Now that 95% of the Christmas decor is put away, I tried to simplify things around the house until I bring out some spring decor. I kept everything pretty neutral basically just shopped around the house in most areas.

In our living room, I brought down our old euro shams from the master bedroom. We had used them for about eight years, and with our recent bedroom refresh, I figured I’d put the trellis print to use here! They’re a bit large for the sofa, but for now they work since everything else is so stripped down. I also love bringing out my recycled glass vase collection this time of year. I love them all grouped together for a clean yet interesting effect! And I’m still getting a kick out of changing the “art” on our TV frequently!

The dining room updates border a bit more on “spring” than winter, but I’m loving how refreshed the space feels! Here you can see the new rug and new art I mentioned in my post last week on coastal dining chairs. I’m so in love with both of them! I replaced our Christmas tree with the fiddle leaf fig tree I’ve had for ages. I’ve had a surprising number of requests recently for how I shape the leaves (a tutorial I shared on Instagram stories a while back), so I plan to do a post or another video on that again soon! I filled this vase with my favorite faux greenery stems and then re-used the striped pillows I’ve had in virtually every room in our home over the past year or so! Also, side note: I found an even more exact dupe of our dining room light over the weekend!

Here’s a close-up of the rug details. I can’t even describe just how beautiful it is in person. The texture is so good! And the rug is 40% off today!

The boys have been sunbathing on it a lot recently. They love it as much as I do!

In the office (the room it felt like I spent way too much time in last week), I made even simpler changes. Once the Christmas tree was gone, I brought down our little fiddle leaf fig tree, a paisley pillow I’ve had for a while, and then brought in this chunky knit throw. This room always seems to be the coldest in the house (it faces north and has two walls of windows/doors), so I always need extra blankets on hand!

And here’s a crazy cat moment for you. Last week, we found out that Costco now delivers in our area. So, I loaded up our digital cart, and as I was getting ready to check out, this little window cat bed popped up as a recommendation. It was around $15 so, as is always the case with Costco, I added it to my cart because you can’t ever leave the store without something you don’t need 😉 I set it up Friday morning. Bailey was loving it and decided to claim it as her perch.

Kurtis told me there was no way they would use it, so of course I was thrilled when I saw her curl up and fall asleep on it too! I might need to go back for more 😉

Friday night, we celebrated my sister-in-law’s 50th birthday. Originally she was planning to do a big party, but in the end, she requested a quiet dinner downtown with us at Flatiron Cafe. I had only been once before (about seven years ago with the same crew). It was so unusual for us to go downtown for the second week in a row! I always love seeing this building though!

The meal was honestly one of the best I’ve ever had and the company couldn’t be beat! We had such an amazing time, and got the best seat in the house, right at the point of the building.

After an amazing dinner, we headed back to Pat & Janine’s house. She had made us all cream puffs for dessert. We enjoyed them over coffee and cards. It was the perfect end to a perfect night!

Saturday it snowed most of the day. Jill and Nick invited us down to their house for a keto-friendly cheat dinner. They made jalapeño poppers that were killer! They simply cut jalapeños in half, filled them with cream cheese and then wrapped them in bacon. Nick cooked them at 400 degrees until the peppers were fully cooked. Jill made us little keto cheesecakes too that were also amazing! With Kurtis having been sick the past few weeks, we hadn’t seen them since Christmas so it was fun to catch up!

Sunday morning we headed downtown with Pat & Janine again (who are we?!) because we had tickets for the Creighton basketball game. It was such a beautiful morning with all the freshly fallen snow!

The game was a lot of fun, but sadly it was a loss.

After the game we all grabbed some lunch before heading home for they day. With an 11:00 tip off, it was fun to have a whole day’s worth of activities wrapped up by 3:00! Perhaps a sign we’re getting older, but it was perfect for us!

Following are some of the sales that have carried over from the weekend!

• ANTHROPOLOGIE is offering 25% off all furniture, decor and bedding! No code required (prices update at checkout). You can see all of their sale items here.
• BANANA REPUBLIC is offering 40% off full-priced styles and an extra 50% sale styles! Plus if you’re a cardholder, you can get an extra 10% off your entire purchase. Shop the sale here.
• J CREW is offering an extra 50% off sale items with code BIGGERSALE. This makes the popcorn sweater I shared in last week’s Wednesday Watch List only $39.99 instead of $98! I was going to order the olive color but ended up going with ivory. You can shop their sale here.
• J CREW FACTORY is offering an extra 50% off two clearance items, 60% off three clearance items, and 70% off 4+ clearance styles with code EVENMORE. You can shop their sale here.
• LOFT is offering 40% off all full-priced styles and an extra 50% off sale styles. You can shop their sale here.
• MADEWELL is offering an additional 20% off all sale styles with code REALDEAL. You can shop their sale here.
• NORDSTROM has some new sale markdowns. I’m loving this white-washed bowl and two-toned cable-knit throw! And my favorite winter boots are still stocked at 25% off (they also have the taller version available now too)! You can shop their sale items here.
• POTTERY BARN is offering 20% off your purchase plus free shipping with code NEWLOOK. And our new dining room rug is marked down 40%! You can shop their sale here.
• SERENA & LILY is offering 20% off beds and bedding with code SLEEPMORE. I’m still really loving this pillow cover too! You can shop their sale here.
• TARGET is offering up to 25% off home items online only – plus get an extra 10% off storage, bedding and bath with code HOME. Shop the sale here.
• TORY BURCH is offering an additional 25% off sale items (which are already marked up to 60% off) with code EXTRA. You can shop their sale here.
• WEST ELM is offering 20% off your purchase and free shipping with code GIVEM20. You can shop their sale here.

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