day 18 - small: reflecting YOU in your home [5 on Friday!]

 31 Days Index

Since we're talking about being intentional through the end of the month, I thought I'd show you some of my favorite things around our home that make it reflect me...us...that show my style as well as who we are as a family. I'm intentional about homemaking. :) So let's have a look around our little Houston home...!

[Side note: I had more trouble writing this post than I imagined...mostly because I realized that a lot of this post already encompassed several of my personal favorite things in our home! But don't you worry...because I still found 5 other reflections of me/us that I didn't share with y'all on Tuesday! ;)]

Cheers to the lovely lady creators of this 5 on Friday link-up (hiii Darci, April, Christina, and Natasha!)!!

LEOPARD PRINT

Well, this was an easy one. Anyone who knows me well recognizes my love for leopard print. Throughout our home, all up in my closet, the background of my iPhone, on Amelia's stuffed toy bone, on my Snuggie (ha!)...the list goes on. And on and on.

Chairs, and towels, and pillows...oh my!

(I appreciate cheesy. :))

Source

 I pinned this the other day...too perfect not to add! :)

NEUTRALS

Speaking of leopard print being my "neutral"...I also adore ALL neutral colors. Some would say our master bedroom is screaming for a pop of color. Nope. Not me. It's white, light, and peaceful. And that's just the way I like it. :)

WHITE FIREPLACES [+ CANDLES]

A white fireplace...is that a weird think to like?! Oh well...don't care. I love, love, love a good white fireplace. I think it looks so lovely and cozy!!

My interior decorator mama set up the little candle display on the left side of our fireplace. I never would have thought of doing that! (Thanks, Mommy!) The different glasses remind me of the hundreds of candles at our wedding reception. Speaking of Mom and weddings, she looked at me like I had 10 heads when I calmly told her, "CANDLES ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN FLOWERS!!!" during the beautiful chaos of wedding planning. ;)

[Fall bunting DIY found here.]

Also adding to the coziness ...a blanket in a basket. Thumbs up.

ODE TO THE HUBS: THE UNION JACK

I love to have little union jacks throughout our home to pay homage to the hubby's oh-so-far-away homeland. Whenever we have a son, it will be the theme of his room. (Too soon? Owning it. Yep, I've thought about that already.)

Did you notice the neutral union jack pillow a few pictures up? That's more my jam than the real colored one...though I do love these two framed flags below because they're the ones our friends used to wave us goodbye during our wedding exit! :)

Had to take them off the wall because of the glare...

...aaand a fancy camera is oh-so-quickly climbing to the #1 spot on my Christmas wish list. 

(Speaking of that...any camera suggestions/advice?! Give me a holler!!)

Photo by Elizabeth Scott Photography

 Couldn't resist after mentioning these flags. It's one of my favorite photos from my favorite day ever. Eeee!

COFFEE/TEA STATION!!

I love this sweet little nook so much! I'm obsessed with these Bristol canisters from Williams-Sonoma. There used to be a BISCUIT one too...but Mark broke it. While eating the enclosed biscuits. On the couch. Naturally. I'm gonna go ahead and confess to you that I'm still sad about it. Sigh. (That's pathetic of me. I know.)

My favorite thing about this nook is the little framed picture that sits on the corner. It's of our English family who we miss dearly! I start each morning looking at their smiling faces while I start up the Keurig. (If only I could make tea as perfectly as my mum-in-law makes it!!!)

Does anyone else have an electric kettle? When Mark and I were dating, he couldn't believe it when he realized I'd never seen one before (...given away by the fact that it took me 20 minutes to fix him a cup of tea because I didn't know how to turn it on)! My parents just always boiled the water in a kettle over the stove. Who knew!!

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So that's a little peek into our place! I just love it here. Love our home. Love Wilmington. Couldn't be happier. It's almost like it's too good to be true...but it's not. Thank you Jesus!!!

AND HAPPY FRIDAY!!! YAYAYAYAY!

Keep in touch, dolls!!

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