Author Archives: Meredith

36 Favorite Picture Books for Toddlers and Children

Are you looking for new books to read to your children or to give as baby shower or birthday gifts? You’ve come to the right place! When I shared the photos of Libby’s bedroom update, I mentioned that we are big … Continue reading

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Libby’s Big Girl Room | 3 Tips on Transitioning Out of the Crib

I’m back to share a tour of 3-year-old Libby’s updated bedroom! Earlier this week, I showed you the pennant banner I made to fill the big empty wall above her bed. Now you can see the full effect in the … Continue reading

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How to Make a Pennant Banner

Our Libby celebrated her third birthday a couple months ago and shortly beforehand was the proud recipient of a “big girl bed” from her Papa. Decorating above the side of a twin-sized bed is so different from decorating above a crib! All … Continue reading

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Target Area Rugs on Sale!

Hi friends! I wanted to pop in with quick heads up that Target is having a 48 hour rug sale, online only. That means our sitting room area rug is even more of a steal now! Target has really upped … Continue reading

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Our Sitting Room Reveal

Y’all, I’m so excited to share our sitting room with you today! This room and the adjoining playroom were so tricky – it took us the majority of our two years in this house to figure out how we should … Continue reading

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The Sitting Room: Before Photos and Progress

Today I want to share some of the updates we made to our formal dining room before we found a family-friendly solution for this space. When I shared the before photos of our playroom, I mentioned that we’d made some changes to the … Continue reading

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Our Playroom Reveal

You guys! I’m so excited to share our finished playroom with you!  If you recall, when we saw our house for the very first time, this room in the front was set up as a formal living room. We decided it was … Continue reading

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The Playroom: Before Photos and The Plan

It’s taken awhile, but we’re finally starting to find our groove with this house. We’ve moved around a lot of furniture in the two years we’ve been here, and one space that stumped us for a long time is what … Continue reading

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Our Favorite Whole30 Recipes

I thought I’d share something Stephen and I tried recently that was honestly pretty life-changing. Have you heard of Whole30? It’s a 30+ day limited ingredient diet you can read about here that basically eliminates major food types that can … Continue reading

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DIY Tassel Garland

Why is it that just when you’ve decided “not to spend money” Target releases a new line of ALL THE CUTE THINGS? I spotted this Threshold beauty at Target a few weeks ago, but we were in the middle of a … Continue reading

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