I often talk about buying secondhand items on Facebook Marketplace, but I rarely give advice on how to sell your items. Maybe you scooped up something from a stranger that’s not working in your home. You searched, conversed, drove, found,…
TIPS AND IDEAS FOR MIXING PATTERNS AND CREATING A COLOR SCHEME
Mixing patterns and creating color schemes is a loaded topic to write about because it depends on so many factors, and there’s *really* no right or wrong way to do it. What colors and patterns are you drawn to? Is…
FASHION ROUNDUP: COLD WEATHER CLOTHING
Earlier this year (and coincidentally right before Covid), I started a new job working from home full time. Having always had a job where I’d have to go into work, it took some getting used to, but I really enjoy…
DRAFT PLANS & INSPIRATION FOR OUR UPCOMING LIVING AND DINING ROOM MAKEOVER
What a weekend. I had scheduled to write & publish a post about mixing pattern and color in a room but we instead took our thick ball of fluff to our local animal hospital. Luckily she’s fine, but she scared…
BEST OF CLASSIC DESIGN: 3 LIVING ROOM CONCEPTS TO INSPIRE YOUR FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE SEARCH
This is sort of a follow-up post to last week’s post: How to Shop For Secondhand Furniture While Sticking to A Design Plan In the post, I outlined the importance of creating a plan to keep with you at all…
HOW TO THRIFT FURNITURE WHILE STICKING TO A DESIGN PLAN
What better way to kickoff a blog post than with a quote: “The currency in which you can design and furnish a room is with money or with time. Or maybe a mix of both.” – Me I know what you’re…
22 HOSTING TIPS & AN ETSY ROUNDUP FOR STYLISH ENTERTAINING
A few days ago, I asked the audience via IG stories about tips for entertaining/hosting a party and the responses did not disappoint. There were so many wonderful tips and ideas, and I thought I could roundup the ones that stood…
THE ONLY WHITE PAINT COLOR YOU’LL EVER NEED
About 2 years ago, I wrote my first and only blog post that ever went viral: Why this is the only gray paint color you’ll ever need It wasn’t anything special, but I suppose the amount of views the post…
FROM FARMHOUSE GLAM TO MODERN TRADITIONAL: A GRANDMILLENNIAL MANIFESTO
A few weeks ago, I worked up the courage to resurrect cringe-worthy photos of my past life as a farmhouse-obsessed, skull loving glamor-ista to share via my IG stories. The photos were abundant with design mistakes, lack of color, lack…
BEST OF CLASSIC DESIGN: AREA RUGS
A few weeks ago, I kicked off a new series called “Best of Classic Design” where I’ll be sharing roundups of my favorite items + details in traditional design (i.e. lighting, pillows, end tables, sofas, etc.) for those of you…
DIY: CUSTOM LUCITE CURTAIN OR TOWEL ROD
As a young girl (tomboy), I was an amateur geologist – I collected rocks. Not rocks from my backyard, I’m referring to *precious gemstones* that I would cash in my allowance for at Zainy Brainy. In hindsight, this may have…
4 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE BUYING SECONDHAND (& THE BIZARRE STORY BEHIND MY FAVORITE THRIFTED FIND)
I’m not proud to admit that on more than one occasion, a secondhand item popped up in my marketplace feed that caught my eye, and somehow convinced me that I needed it. Yet, deep down, at my core, I couldn’t tell…
