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Work in progress: My living room!

Here’s a few pictures of how my living room is turning out! I think it’s pretty much done except for our new TV that we have yet to pick out and possibly a bookshelf, depending on if it works better...

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Your life in art

I recently came across a really cool way to decorate your home with photos, without looking like your grandma’s (read: my grandma’s) table overcrowded with picture frames. Modern Bird Studios takes an...

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How to: Store jewelry

I’ve been trying to come up with some good ideas on jewelry storage for a long time. Since I moved to college (ahem: too many years ago), I’ve been using one of those tiny little Rubbermaid drawer...

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How to: Travel with jewelry

As a follow-up to my recent post on how to store your jewelry, I wanted to do a post on how to travel with jewelry. When I a reader asked about this, I realized that I honestly had no clue. I’m guilty...

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In search of some curtains

Ever since we registered for our bedding months and months ago I’ve been looking for the perfect curtains. Our bedding features grays, blues and a hint of yellow. With these colors I really wanted...

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A little Christmas decor from the Powell house

Ever since we got our decorations put up on Saturday I haven’t wanted to do anything but sit on the couch in the dark and look at the light sparkle on our tree. Here are a few photos I snapped on my...

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DIY: How To Paint Wood Furniture

Today I’m going to share something not quite related to fashion. I just finished this little DIY project for my new St. Louis office and I just had to share it with you all! About 6+ months ago I saw...

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Onward and Upward

Friends, I have really exciting news! Tomorrow I’m starting a new day job as director of Social Media at Elasticity. This means new clients, new colleagues and much less travel! I’ll be in and around...

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We bought a house!

No, the title of this post is not some play on words. Bill and I actually bought a piece of land with a structure on top. We have moved about, living in more homes than total years we’ve been together....

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Home for the Holidays

Happy 2014, lovelies! It’s been quite the year and I’m still catching up from 2013. I’ll be recapping last year soon but first I wanted to share some photos from our recent holiday/housewarming party....

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Nursery Inspiration

(source) In the list of most superficial reasons the thought of producing offspring caused me stress, designing a nursery might be at the top. Much like when we bought our house, I couldn’t wait to...

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Mara’s Nursery

Well, you’ve seen the inspiration and now I can’t wait to show you the real deal! Mara’s nursery turned out better than I imagined and it’s such a clean, functional space. I thought about adding more...

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Goodbye, #PowellCasa

It’s hard to believe that just over three years ago I was sharing Bill and I’s first home purchase. So much has happened and changed in our lives since then, including how our home looks. For reasons...

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