As florists, we’re so thankful for Valentine’s Day and also happy when it’s behind us. Will and I own seven flower shops (Williams Flower and Gift) here in the Puget Sound that were originally started up by his parents when he was just a little boy, so his idea of Valentine’s Day (and Mother’s Day,

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It may be obvious, but I think it’s worth mentioning that I don’t have any interior design qualifications. That’s what I love about this modern DIY internet age, though! I (you! we!) can learn anything! I’m a fresh student of this art, and I hope that all the love I pour into my home projects

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Do people even use filing cabinets anymore? Ours are currently looking as beautiful as ever, but I’ll admit we haven’t quite put them to use yet. But I do have plans to give each of my four kids a couple of drawers apiece for a place to save their artwork and special school projects from

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I’m surprised I’ve never come across a tutorial to make these beautiful, simple and inexpensive paper stars before, but am I ever glad I did! I knew the minute I saw them that I wanted to make them, and I wanted to do it before Christmas was over. In just the nick of time, on

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This post will be quick, but I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas from our family! Some of my favorite Christmas memories this year were hearing Liam and Juliette sing a song for us called Friendly Beasts. It’s about some of the animals that were there for the baby Jesus at His birth. It’s

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As some of you may have seen on my Instagram stories, we actually did it! We painted our yellow house black… or what I thought was black. Benjamin Moore’s Black Ink color actually has a blue tone to it. While we toyed with the idea of painting the house ourselves (some friends even loaned us

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Until we had our October baby, Charlie, I wasn’t over the moon about Halloween. We celebrated it, for sure, but it wasn’t my favorite, especially in the decorating department. I had a hard time getting behind an orange and black color scheme and didn’t like the idea of spooky decor.  Fast forward several years and

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I lived the latter half of my childhood in Germany where kitchens are generally small. As a girl who had little interest in cooking and baking to begin with, it didn’t bother me that there usually wasn’t room for me in there. When I got to college with minimal culinary skills (I could microwave a

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At the end of a productive “Girl Power” project day, my mom and I decided to wrap up time day together by hanging a piece of decorative art that my youngest sister Lissie helped me revive a few weeks ago. With a fresh coat of linen white chalk paint, it was ready for its new

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I remember the moment I wanted to become a photographer. I was just a girl and our family was enjoying a dinner get together with friends who had five sweet and darling daughters. The kids naturally headed upstairs to play where the bedrooms and toys were, and that’s when I saw the most gorgeous picture

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