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Category: Our Home
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Need an Idea for a Fun Friday Night Dinner? Go for a Peppermint Shake!
Shakes as a meal may rattle a nutritionist as a substantive choice unless made with a bushel of kale and chia but, after a challenging week, sometimes dessert for dinner is the best solution. Besides, it’s better than infusing yourself with your happy hour favorite. Our holiday Fun Friday go-to is a peppermint milk shake,…
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Say No to Christmas Consumption with Reusable Gift Wrap
This season celebrate a green Christmas, and we’re not talking about spruce trees or a holiday in Florida. As the holidays are about giving, being eco-aware is the natural thing to do.
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Start Decorating! Personalized Christmas with Collectibles
If you shop for Christmas in July, get a rush when sifting through thrift store merchandise, chances are you have a vintage Christmas home. Those who find excitement in beautiful things get emotional when discovering a distinguished piece, perhaps in an obscure color or size, which must be acquired. The home becomes a showcase for…
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Move Over xBox – STEAM Activities Bring Back the Timeless Appeal of Innovative Play
What can engage a child for hours, lights up in a prism of colors and does not involve a controller? KiWi Co’s Tinker Crate, which could be a home’s salvation from video games. In a straightforward box with easy to identify parts, this is not a 300+ piece puzzle where one missing item can turn…
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12 Shopping Resources for Kids in the School Year
If the architects of the calendar were to create a redesign, the year would begin in September. Households are whipped back into reality, shaped into discipline with school, activities and iPad-free weeks. To keep the structure manageable we created twelve editor-tested resources for kids that includes everything from school necessities to dependable party vendors.
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No-Fail Styling Tip: Add Art and Accessorize
Experiencing a decor crisis? A challenging space that craves more than a house plant and sweet picture of the seashore? Add art and accessorize, which is a dependable prescription to any design dilemma. Overlooked areas can bedevil the most accomplished designers, which is why enlisting dependable accents can guarantee a designed home.
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Simple Ways to Update a Dated Space
The Laguna Beach home I fell for was retro. Though not from the cool glimmer of a disco ball or vivid Pucci print, it was an artifact proving that mustard yellow and linoleum floors were once design darlings. The challenge in transforming a Brady Bunch beach house from its 70’s grooviness to the present began…
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10 Tips to Creating a Styled Vignette
An expertly styled vignette is not a daunting compilation of luxurious items only mastered by stylists in skinny pants. Walk through your home and details for a curated display abound. Use personal belongings as props for an artistic setting since they were sourced by you, acquired and kept because they convey your stylistic language. Pull…
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Picking Blueberries and What to Do with Them
Once mid summer hits beaches, firecrackers and anything involving a flotation device begins to lose its recreational appeal. Finding new ways to extend the season becomes more urgent as Back to School promotions infiltrate the shopping aisles. Connect with the outdoors and contribute to a healthy lifestyle by picking your own fruit as an alternative…
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50 Activities for a Kid’s Electronics-Free Summer
A few things need to be avoided in the summer: sunburn, bugs, crowded beaches, hearing the ice cream truck’s eery melody right before dinner and anything that can be plugged in. After a winter of bad weather, where escaping into computer worlds became a symptom of the season, make up for the lost time by…