So many goodies! You truly can't go wrong with a beautiful coffee table book, the world's best candle, or a set of Turkish hand towels. For the plant lover in your life, how perfect is this brass watering can or front door welcome mat? 

Black Friday has arrived early this year at many places..including at West Elm! We were in the market for a new sofa for the living room. If you've been following along on instagram, you may remember that our new sofa was shipped with only half the legs....long story short, the legs never arrived (after 5 months) so we returned the sofa altogether. The defective sofa got picked up today, so we had to order one quickly as we are couch-less! We were relieved to learn that West Elm started Black Friday early!

Finally, we're sharing all of the details from our bathroom renovation! This room got a COMPLETE gut! We removed the paneling, the tub, the subfloor, and even the ceiling! This bathroom is quite narrow, so we had to get creative to we add interest and make the space feel larger!

I've been a cooking machine in this house...I can't figure out if it's the sun-filled  kitchen, the new appliances, or simply the fact that we moved outside of the city. Since moving to Holland, we have been much less likely to go out for dinner or grab takeout. We have been embracing and loving this homebody life for the first time! 

We'd always heard the fall colors in the northeast were unparalleled; especially in Vermont. We added this trip to our bucket list a few years back, and when the opportunity came, we jumped at it! We didn't have an abundant amount of time, so we had to be strategic in our planning of this road trip. The fall colors exceeded both of our expectations and made for an incredible fall foliage excursion out east! 

Moving 5 times in 4 years, we've spent nearly half our marriage living in the midst of a renovation or couch surfing at the homes of family or friends. Prior to moving to the Lakehouse, we slept on a mattress on the floor of the unfinished tiny condo. The bedroom windows were covered with t-shirts by way of painter's tape, which believe it or not, didn't block much of the light coming from the street lamp just outside the window. Needless to say, we didn't sleep well for months on end. After years of not-so-ideal sleeping situations, we decided that we were going to make the lakehouse bedroom the most comfortable, sleep-inducing oasis of all time!