This gingerbread mansion took two days to make! I thought it would be a fun activity to do it with Chloe but she was NOT interested at all. So Shane stepped up (out of pity, I think) and helped me with it and we actually ended up staying up late last night and having so much fun while getting high in sugar. I say we make this mother & son tradition! What do you say kiddo? 

I don’t know what got to me last night, but after I prep the turkey and prepared the menus for the big turkey day, I had this crazy idea to make new table mats and napkins, so I started sewing at 10pm and finished 1am. I can’t help when something triggers my creative juice to start flowing. I just know I must obey it. ;P

Today’s temperature drop to 40s so we are using our brand new fireplace for the first time. 

Shane wanted to read by the fireplace this evening, so I cozied up next to him. This is nice…

I make vacation collages on canvases and display them on the hallway walls. Every now and then, we stand here looking at photos reminiscing on our family trips and dreaming about going to places in the future… 

Coffee table: another great find!

This past summer during quarentine, I spent a lot of time making different things for the house (before I had the surgery) and one of them was making roman shades for our master bedroom. I bought 2 drapes years ago from Serena & Lilly and I used that to make 4 roman shades. 
I also put together this faux orchid floral arrangement in a ceramic bowl I bought at an antique store and put it in my bathroom.
Other updates:
Ceiling lights: Kate spade new york bryce flower flush mount
Nightstands: Williams Sonoma Meade Nightstand
Botanical prints: 1880 botanical prints from Granny’s Attic