I jumped from “I’m never leaving this city” to “What floor stain should I use in our house?” but now that we’ve left our NYC apartment, I feel like I can finally focus more of my time on new things. The last month or so in our apartment hadn’t really felt like “ours” since the moment we started having showings nearly everyday to find a new tenant… not to mention having zero control over the price the landlord was asking.

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I’ve told myself “I’m never leaving this apartment” countless times yet here we are… moving week. Priorities can shift quickly and, while I believe we are about to be living in my favorite home yet, I will miss certain details about this apartment so dearly… the panoramic sunsets, the skyline views, the proximity to Central Park. We got so lucky finding this place at the right time. It’s a tough goodbye but I already have plenty of future city trips planned so it won’t be too long before I’m back!

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A few weeks ago we finally updated our Frame TV frame to something that matched the gallery wall a little better. When we first got our Frame TV 3 years ago we picked the standard white bevel that Samsung offered as an option. It worked well for the gallery wall we had at the time, but over the years my style has evolved a bit. The frame just didn’t match the look that we were going for anymore.

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We have tried EVERYTHING when it comes to putting up wallpaper in our apartment. Renting a space but still wanting to make it unique and your own is possible, especially with all the beautiful wallpaper that is out there right now. But the method in how to hang it is where we got stuck. We tried the peel and stick route, traditional pasting, and a couple different removable ways that don’t involve pasting. We finally found a way that (so far) seems to really work and leave no residue behind, making it potentially one of the best options for renters!

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We’ve been slowly transitioning our second bedroom to a nursery and, while we would have loved to have completed it before the baby arrived, shipping delays combined with my 3rd trimester lack of energy and just overall timing with the busy holiday season shifted our plans a tad. But the extra time also gave me some clarity on the color palette and overall feel I want the room to have.

Misty Blue Wallpaper | French Gray | Green Smoke

The room started off as a clean white canvas but I knew I wanted some calming colors to compliment a fun wallpaper print.

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With our recent kitchen space addition and the fact that we’re mid-cozy fall, we’ve been feeling extra inspired in the kitchen lately. We’ve been on the hunt for a new soup recipe to make each week to pair with the potato bread we pick up every Sunday morning at the Farmers Market and it got me thinking. We have a few kitchen staples that we’ve used for a while now that deserve their moment on the blog.

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Now that the days are getting more crisp and it’s truly beginning to feel like fall, we’ve been trying to spend as much time as possible outside. Despite the time we spend outdoors here exploring the park and everything the city has to offer this time of year, I like to keep our home a cozy retreat to come back to on a chilly day. After a trip to Pottery Barn, our bedroom is officially feeling equally as ready for the season now.

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Back when we toured our current home in December, I was very hesitant about one specific part of the space… the refrigerator was not actually in the kitchen. The actual kitchen itself is very tiny and narrow but right outside of that room is another room where the refrigerator was just sitting by itself. In a way, I’m extremely thankful for it’s weirdness because I know it helped keep it on the market a bit longer (long enough for us to find it without it being super competitive) but I knew there had to be ways to maximize the functionality of this space.

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With the start of the new year and the end of a rather long January, I felt like it was a good time to finally update our duvet cover and comforter in our bedroom. I had been using the same windowpane patterned duvet cover for years and it somehow worked well for every season but I had always been on the hunt for the perfect neutral linen duvet cover that could last years and become even more lived in/cozy with each wash.

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