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    Statement Blankets and Throws

    It's blanket ladder season which means it's also BLANKET SEASON. I am at my happiest cuddled under a blanket on the sofa, watching Schitt's Creek or maybe Castle Rock if I'm feeling brave. When…

    November 13, 2019
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    Cabin Tour: A Look at the Main Floor

    This is a post about the main floor of our cabin. It's the biggest square footage area in the house, is very open, and has that amazing view you may remember from our cabin…

    November 11, 2019
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    Friday Catch Up: Cabin Inspiration Edition

    I've had a different kind of cabin fever all summer and I started following some fantastic Instagram accounts that only made it worse. In today's Friday Catch Up post, I'm sharing my the best…

    October 25, 2019
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    DIY Stair Runner Install

    We did it! We DIY installed a stair runner on our stairs by ourselves in our home. We decided to add a runner to improve the safety of our stairs both for our aging…

    October 21, 2019
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    We Bought a Cabin!

    We bought a cabin! Wow. Well, it's not really a cabin, it's more of a chalet or a mountain house or an almost-a-frame. It's pointy and it's in the woods on a mountain by…

    October 14, 2019
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    Friday Catch Up: Fall Accents, House Updates, and More.

    Oh my goodness, where have I been, what has been going on? This post is chock-full of updates from projects we've bailed on, 1 thing I promise I'll actually do, fall goods I'm eyeing,…

    October 4, 2019
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    Old House Design The Scenery House

    Choosing Our Exterior Trim Color

    I love our brick home but I don't love the color of the trim. It matches the mortar almost exactly and that's just not the exterior element I want to emphasize the most. I…

    June 24, 2019
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Oh my goodness, Happy New Year! I've talked to mys Oh my goodness, Happy New Year! I've talked to myself a lot these last few months about the future of The Sweet Beast and now it's time to hear from you about it! My first ever reader survey is up on ✨The BLOG✨ (link in bio). My post explains why I made the survey and what I'll do with the info because I love transparency. I want to learn more about you, what you look for from me, what kinds of content you want more of, how much you think you'd spend on a sofa - that sort of thing! All responses are anonymous and it should take only a few minutes of your time. I really appreciate all of you and the support you've given me over the years, and I want to make sure I'm continuing to serve you in the right ways!⁠⠀
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Merry Christmas! We're having our simplest, smalle Merry Christmas! We're having our simplest, smallest Christmas at the cabin, hoping our internet is feeling strong enough to Zoom with family and friends, very ready to eat the pancakes Andy is making for breakfast (even though I forgot to bring syrup). Grateful for all of you and for the community, encouragement, and giggles every day.⁠⠀
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I braved Lowes on the 23rd to get us the crispiest little overlooked tree and we couldn't be happier with it.⁠⠀
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I may have been a little overzealous in my cabin s I may have been a little overzealous in my cabin snow photography this weekend but also, is there such a thing? All the thanks in the world to Andy's 2000 Discovery for getting us up the snowy mountain road.⁠⠀
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✨That cabin snow glow⁠✨ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠ ✨That cabin snow glow⁠✨
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❄️I couldn't help but run outside this morning ❄️I couldn't help but run outside this morning to see how all the snow looks in the daylight. This is that really good kind of snow that stays on the trees, where everything is so still and quiet. Happy 91st December, pretty house.⁠⠀
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If you've been here with me for a while, you'll notice we never did have the house trim painted. It's still on the list.⁠⠀
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#exteriorinspo #oldhouselove
My 🎄Christmas Spirit✨ and I hung garland on t My 🎄Christmas Spirit✨ and I hung garland on the bedroom mantel today. My dad and I built this fireplace surround more than 2 years ago and, now that I've seen it all dressed up with garland, I can't believe the poor dear has been garland-less for so long.⁠⠀
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Can't beat an asymmetrical garland with a good dangle. (Inspired, as always and in all things, by @francois_et_moi )⁠⠀
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We had a Zoom happy hour with friends last night a We had a Zoom happy hour with friends last night and we talked about the weekly rituals that have popped up while we've stayed home this year. Our friends have "Waffle Sunday" (which, if I heard correctly, evolved into "Waffy Sunday"). And that got me thinking about the weekly routines our little family has put in place to mark the passing of time. For us, Sundays look like this:⁠⠀
- Andy wakes up early at the cabin and moves around silently for hours, trying not to wake me.⁠⠀
- I finally crawl out of bed and we turn on our cabin morning music and make breakfast and coffee.⁠⠀
- We wrap up what we can on whatever project I've got us working on (installing flooring, for a very specific example).⁠⠀
- We drive back to Pittsburgh and listen to our friends Paul and Janie (not our actual friends) chat about the pandemic and life at home on the @stayfhomekins podcast.⁠⠀
- Andy makes cocktails and we catch up on Zoom with Andy's family.⁠⠀
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How are you marking the passing of time during these long months at home, what's giving you something to look forward to each week?⁠⠀
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🎄Our tree is up! Is it too early? Probably! Tod 🎄Our tree is up! Is it too early? Probably! Today I wrestled our Christmas tree out of our basement and into our living room. Then, my new-found Christmas spirit talked me into sprucing up the tree's plastic pot with @genevavanderzeil ‘s #trashtoterracotta baking powder + paint method. It was fun and easy, and I didn't mess it up even though I did it wrong --> watch the whole thing on my stories!⁠⠀
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Why am I excited about holiday decorating this year? If I'm honest with myself, my Christmas spirit is coming from my desperate need to look at something different in my house without actually redecorating. ⁠⠀
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✨GOLDEN HOUR✨ Almost all the leaves have falle ✨GOLDEN HOUR✨ Almost all the leaves have fallen on the mountain and I'm remembering that there's no such thing as a bad season at the cabin. Happy weekend. Stay safe.⁠⠀
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Today on ✨THE BLOG✨.We have dining chairs at t Today on ✨THE BLOG✨.We have dining chairs at the cabin! And, I've rounded up 18 black chair options that pair well with IKEA's #MOCKELBY, organized by style, with prices ranging from $23 to $299 per chair. The table is a bit of a style chameleon, whether you have a modern traditional home or a cabin in the woods or something in between, I think this table (and one of the pairings in my post) will work for you.⁠⠀
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Last Thursday and I dragged myself back into the world to buy ONE MORE ROLL of wallpaper for the en-suite (a 4th dye lot, if you're counting). I parked at the @anthro_homeoutlet and realized I was absolutely covered in splatters of wallpaper paste and considered just going back home. I braved the store, glad to hide behind my mask, and spotted 6 beautiful chairs. Some had damage but were solid, and the outlet pricing put them right at our budget. I'm gonna go ahead and say the en-suite planned this for me.⁠
🍂Right as the leaves started to change. Take me 🍂Right as the leaves started to change. Take me back to then, please.🍁
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The warm light of the golden hour and the warm woo The warm light of the golden hour and the warm wood tones in the cabin are ✨👯‍♀️. Slowly (very slowly) the cabin is starting to look more and more like the space I've envisioned. And although I awoke in the middle of the night to nothing but obsessive thoughts about wallpapering and perfecting the double cut, I'd like to say that mentally, I'm here.⁠⠀
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If you're curious about any sources for the cabin, I created an easy visual link page just for you! Link in bio.⁠⠀
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New on ✨THE BLOG.✨ The dining nook at the cabi New on ✨THE BLOG.✨ The dining nook at the cabin got a big upgrade this weekend with a new dining table and pendant light. I believe this is what the cool kids are calling Japandi (a hybrid of Japanese and Scandinavian design) and it's fun to have a word for something I've been into since always. Head over to the blog (link in bio) to read about our new dining table (and what kind of IKEA pieces I recommend) and how we put together this iconic paper lantern pendant from an eBay order and a $20 cord kit. ⁠⠀
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PS I think I look extremely tall in this picture and it's a very new experience for me. ⁠⠀
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Now that I've got all my sanding equipment upstair Now that I've got all my sanding equipment upstairs for the neverending ensuite project, I decided to take care of a task I've been putting off for 2 YEARS. After we had a new AC system installed, Andy and my dad removed the old ductwork and vents in the guest bedroom and patched the holes. And then those old holes remained patched and unsanded since September of 2018. But just this week, here in October of 2020, I sanded, I painted, and now it's done just in time to have guests never at all. ⁠⠀
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PS This is the extent of my fall decorating, Halloween is too scary for me.⁠⠀
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I know you know ALL about the blush bathroom, and I know you know ALL about the blush bathroom, and you may even remember the board and batten powder room, but did you know we have a third bathroom? Gasp. You didn't, because I never told you! Today on ✨THE BLOG✨, I'm sharing never-before-seen photos of our secret en-suite bathroom - a room we'd done absolutely nothing to... until now! And before you think this is going to be a beautiful reveal post or a well thought out and executed plan - I'll tell you right now it's been a mess of bad decisions, doing things in the wrong order, scope creep, and more! Head to the blog to read all about it (link in biooooo).⁠⠀
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Bits of sunshine, tiny corgi, chilly morning.⁠⠀
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VOTE. "Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time." - RBG⁠⠀
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🍹Our new bar cabinet is all dressed up with abs 🍹Our new bar cabinet is all dressed up with absolutely no one coming over. My husband's bartending (mixology?) hobby was competing with my vessel collecting hobby so we solved it with furniture. Swipe through to see all the chaos wrangled neatly on shelves.⁠⠀
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It has been months since I've gotten out my (non-iPhone) camera and taken pictures of our home. And even longer since I've shopped my yard for branches🌿. It felt really good.⁠⠀
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Here's to Friday and the fact that it's nearly Sat Here's to Friday and the fact that it's nearly Saturday. I look forward to weekend mornings at the cabin every single minute of every weekday. Today on ✨THE BLOG✨: a quick catch-up post including our own little monstera farm, my favorite slippers (and what I call my business lady slippers), and a source for so much shellac knowledge. May your Friday be swift and your weekend be long.⁠⠀
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I'm not one for tablescapes. A few branches in a v I'm not one for tablescapes. A few branches in a vase usually does it for me as far as dining table decor goes but this summer, we've got monstera clippings to do the job. We followed @carmeon.hamilton 's monstera propagation guide (you'll find a link inside the link in my bio) when our plant grew out of control and now we have this living centerpiece. ⁠⠀
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I have been quiet but I have not been idle. We are I have been quiet but I have not been idle. We are all going to make mistakes in this but we have to keep fighting racism in ways both visible and invisible to those around us. To sustain anti-racism work, we must make it part of our lives and reshape our routines to include continued education, continued amplification of Black voices, and continued monetary support (where possible) of those we are learning from. I am coming back to talk to you about houses and design, but I am also going to share anti-racist resources, Black voices, and Black-owned businesses to support wherever possible. This is what the new normal should look like and I hope you're here for it.⁠⠀
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I shared this on my stories but for those who missed it: one way to make anti-racist work a daily effort is by subscribing to @nicoleacardoza 's Anti-Racism Daily newsletter. It's a "daily reminder to dismantle white supremacy" with education and action to do the work with pace. I recommend subscribing and supporting with a one time or recurring donation if you are able. ⁠⠀
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