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Christmas old + new

November 26, 2018 by Tanya 2 Comments

Sometimes sprinkling a few new treasures along with our favorites sure does refresh what we already have for the holidays.

The excitement of unpacking the boxes of ornaments, some Bing Crosby playing in the background, and the anticipation of the events unfolding in the weeks to come.

And could I just say that I hope it snows? Can’t you see those beautiful trees topped with snow?

Yes, that means my little car will be sliding around and I will probably regret my request if we get too much!

But there is something so magical about waking up to a snow covered wonderland outside.

I love Christmas, and while I have tried in our new house to keep our decor a bit more minimal, I kind of went all out this year.

More on the full living room and entry soon, I can’t wait to show you how pretty this tree farm is!

And a few of my favorite things…. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Christmas, Decorating, DIY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas, christmas gifts, DIY, twelveOeight, uncommon goods

Early winter style + Jord Wood Watches

November 19, 2018 by Tanya Leave a Comment

Hello friends!

Today I am sharing something a bit different and stepping on the other side of the camera for a bit. I work full time as well as try and capture as many of my DIY and home improvement projects as well.

This is a collaboration with Jord Wood Watches, I received the product shown below to review. As always, all opinions and thoughts are 100% my own.

Sometimes quickly finding something to wear and get myself + three kiddos ready and out the door can prove a bit challenging.

I have simplified my wardrobe this year when we moved and kept only things I truly love. And as I moved things around in our closet this Fall it brought a sense of excitement to think about dressing for my favorite time of year.

During the Fall and Winter I love to mix long sweaters, tunics, leggings, a few different types of boots, scarves, and of course, some fun jewelry.

Again, I don’t have baskets and racks of jewelry but have opted for about 6 earrings, 8 bracelets, and four necklaces that are interchangeable and seem to go with everything.

Recently, I had the opportunity to review a gorgeous new watch from Jord, and I was pretty excited for it to arrive.

Usually covered in paint and shooting a “new” dresser or table, sharing my personal style was a fun new thing for me!

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Filed Under: Boho Style, my style Tagged With: bloggerstyle, bohostyle, jordwatch, winterclothes

Our new home office + how to faux wallpaper your walls

September 10, 2018 by Tanya 12 Comments

Hello gorgeous, I have missed you!

We have spent every waking moment (when not at work) working around our new place painting and getting fix-its done before the rainy weather arrives.

I’m saving a few things for winter that are inside that desperately need a redo, like our kitchen that is getting a much-needed pantry.

Our circa 1978 main bathroom Farrah Fawcett may have feathered and sprayed her hair in.

And navy blue Corian kitchen counters that will either become butcher block or brushed concrete.

These are huge decisions and some of them are taking me a while to decide on.

So I keep pinning and sketching, and probably over-thinking (tell me I am not alone in this) and I have come to the point that I wonder if just going with my gut on each will be the winner.

I’m not usually one to err on the safe side when it comes to my home, I like to be a bit adventurous and try something new.

But since a bathroom remodel and kitchen counters are pretty big commitments I am ok with giving myself the time to figure out what I really want.

One decision that was SUPER easy to make was to try a beautiful new wall stencil for a quick spruce-up in our home office just off the kitchen.

I was provided some stencils to try out and share my experience with by Stencil Revolution and I couldn’t be happier with the results.

We are seeing wallpaper everywhere right now, and while I love the idea of creating an accent wall with wallpaper, the cost and difficulty of removal has always turned me off.

We had this desk at our last house, added a “new” $5 goodwill wood chair, and lots of plants with a few things we already had. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Decorating, DIY, How To Decorate

Modern Bohemian Master Bedroom progress

August 15, 2018 by Tanya 14 Comments

Have you found yourself smitten with a color immediately and you can think of nothing else than it being on your wall?

While we are barely making a dent on the to do list at our new place, I had to eek out some time to make the master bedroom feel relaxing.

I wasn’t going to do what I did last time, and that is decorate and re-decorate every room five times over and leave the master bedroom lackluster for so long.

Not this time.

This time, I saw the color. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Boho Style, Decorating, DIY

Watermelon Gorgonzola Salad

August 5, 2018 by Tanya 2 Comments

Watermelon is undeniably a summer staple.

I love to serve a bowl of diced watermelon with our weekend breakfasts that are less hurried and roll more into brunch.

Or with juicy beef ribs and a big green salad.

Or try something new like adding cheese and basil.

I have seen different variations on this, some with bacon, some without.

Some have grapes or dried pieces of fruit too.

I thought I would keep it as simple as possible and incorporate a couple sweet things, something a little tangy like the Gorgonzola. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Recipes, Salads, Summer

The perfect Paloma

July 31, 2018 by Tanya 2 Comments

We have had such a warm summer here in the Pacific North West this year.

Many days in the upper 90’s and the evenings don’t seem to cool down fast enough.

But, it’s the kind of weather that the big pots of petunia’s flourish in, and tomatoes take over, so we love it.

The perfect kind of weather for a perfectly refreshing drink.

I have to admit, until we had a get together recently and I was looking for a few new recipes to try, I had not heard of a Paloma.

I am typically not a big mixed drink person typically because they are too sweet and syrup-ey, and I feel like I just consumed a dessert.

Experimenting with a few different variations, I came up with a good balance of tequila, lime juice and ruby red grapefruit juice (I like ruby red as it does not have the tartness that regular grapefruit juice has.)

We have been painting the deck and covered patio on our new house all weekend, and the reward after a long day in the heat is blessed shade with your feet up and a hard days work behind you.

And, sometimes….a perfect Paloma. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertaining, Recipes, Summer

We bought a house + our living room reveal!

July 21, 2018 by Tanya 4 Comments

For the past ten years I have rented the home we lived in.

It was a lovely home with lots of memories, but we were ready to begin a new chapter.

So we looked a lot online first, and wanting to keep the kids in the same school limited our area.

The real estate market right now is pretty fierce here in the Pacific North West, and more than once we found something, scheduled a time to look at it, and it went pending before we could see it.

We realized that we would need to know exactly what we wanted and be ready to submit an offer quickly when we found “the one.”

Only actually walking thru two homes, the second we immediately knew was what we were looking for.

We found a mid-century modern home built in 1978 on 1/3 of an acre. A huge piece of land in our area, with all the space we need and lots of room to grow and add on if we want to someday. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Boho Style, Decorating, DIY

Boho vibe summer front porch

June 4, 2018 by Tanya 12 Comments

Hi friends!

I am super excited to share my recently refreshed outdoor space for our front porch. It’s kind of a wonky narrow area so you cant really lose your mind with big pieces.

But before I get into that, I want to thank Katrin from Kreativ K for putting together this fun Outdoor Space hop. If you are not following Katrin and her gorgeous boho-scandi blog, make sure you start, she so creative!

While there are some exciting changes happening behind the scenes while we house-hunt, I still have to have my porch ready for summer. Am I ready for summer? Not so much hah, but at least my porch is rocking a global vibe full of plants and pretty colors.

I find myself flip flopping every few years between a bolder, brighter color palate and a soft, light, neutral color palate.

Lately, everything mid century modern and indie/boho has been making me swoon, so I guess it’s good that I like a super eclectic home and I am not tied to one theme. I am fairly certain this began on an extremely tight budget many years ago, and since I still love to thrift, I have kept going and never questioned what I like.

So, onto the front porch space. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Boho Style, DIY, Thrifty Living

DIY Geometric Succulent Wreath and the worst quilt ever

May 29, 2018 by Tanya 47 Comments

Quilting has absolutely nothing to do with this project.

You like wreaths, I like wreaths, and I bet we both really like an easy DIY wreath that is cool, affordable and quick to make.

I bring the topics of quilts up because I love them, and I am absolutely the worst quilter that ever quilted.

I realized this after carefully shopping for just the right fabrics, planning and choosing the week of a snow storm in the early 90’s to try my hand an quilting.

AND MAKE A QUEEN SIZED QUILT.

Yep.

Queen sized, lots of snow, and the saddest attempt at quilting ever. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Boho Style, DIY, Wreaths