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how to make your own city guide
you guys know i love to create travel guides, i find it super satisfying to explore new places and try to hunt down the cutest shops and restaurants while on vacation. gid’s not as into that challenge as i am, but he’s very patient.
you may also know i’m equally passionate about my own city, so i came up with a super fun idea to make a print version of my LA guide for out of town visitors. it’s a perfect little gift for special visitors, or perfect nightstand reading material for your own guest room (or even your airbnb).
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happy weekend
it’s a VERY HAPPY WEEKEND FOR US. it’s the first weekend we can actually hang out in the backyard! we’re not quite finished, a few more things to finish before it’s done done, but the furniture is out there and we’re going to setup our BBQ and we’re so stoked. can’t wait to show you guys.
and you may have seen we hung our hammock, it’s big enough for both of us and it’s like what dreams are made of. i’m so obsessed.
also, if you forgot, wanted to ask you again to please vote for me in the bloglovin’ awards. love you.
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an indoor picnic dinner party
there’s something so casual, cozy and romantic about sitting on the floor to eat — i’ve always loved sitting around the coffee table for a meal. maybe because we did it as kids and we got to watch tv while we ate chinese food, so it was awesome.
anyway — i thought it would be a fun idea for a themed dinner party to take that up a notch, and make it feel like a picnic. Read More
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12 modern paper napkin options
to continue on with the crazy person amount of research for purchasing one thing, i spent a lot of time searching for my favorite paper napkins for our upcoming party, and found lots of cute options. Read More
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happy weekend
another weekend! we have some family plans and we’re also going to pickle lots of things this weekend for our upcoming housewarming party. it’ll be action packed. lol. have you ever had pickled watermelon rind? it’s so dope, i had it once and i’m very excited to make it. we’re also going to do pickles and carrots and maybe some other things? if you have any ideas, i’m all ears!
hope you have a good one!
OH and i’m nominated for best DIY blog in the bloglovin’ awards — will you vote for me please?!
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how to make DIY modernized cabinet doors
while i love the storage the multiple built-in cabinets our house came with, i hated the cathedral cabinet doors. so i asked our carpenter right away about replacing them and he said that’s gonna be a lot of money. so i researched prefab and that proved challenging, and i googled and i got quotes and it looked like i was just going to have to live with them because i wasn’t about to spend thousands of dollars just to replace these stupid doors.
but we love flat modern everything so i wasn’t going to be happy with that.
and then, back when i posted the first built-in cabinet post, you lovely readers turned me onto another method to remedy them. Read More
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looking back — july
and now it’s august? daaamn summer is flying by. you’ve probably noticed posts have slowed down a little lately — i honestly don’t know how people handle remodels while working full time jobs, because it really is a full time job. i’m not even doing any labor, but between coordinating and planning and sourcing, along with my other jobs — it’s a lot. i’m super glad we’re almost done with it (and then onto the next… haha) Read More
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happy weekend
we’re heading out to palm springs today, for our first time together since our wedding! tomorrow is my birthday and gids is on tuesday, so we’re celebrating with a weekend away — it’ll be so nice to be away from the backyard project for a couple of days, even if we’re going to melt in 115 degree heat… shit. you can follow me on snapchat to see where we’re staying! ( almostmakesperf )
also have you started watching stranger things?! we just finished and we loved it SO much. you should for sure watch. hope you guys have a good weekend! Read More
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15 modern outdoor melamine plates
because i spent so long searching for the perfect acrylic glasses, i figured i might as well waste even more time finding cute melamine plates for summer entertaining too! so i rounded up my favorite 15 unbreakable outdoor plates for you guys. Read More
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12 modern acrylic outdoor glasses
ok so i don’t about you — but once i decide i need something, i can spend hours on hours researching all of my options so that i am absolutely positive i found the best one. and the other day i decided i needed some unbreakable plastic drinkware for this backyard of ours — and then spent the next couple of hours obsessing over it. Read More
