Chloe can be very shy outside of home so she’s super excited that she’s going to have her entire classmate of girls over. I know she really misses her friends from her previous school and had a rough time adjusting to a new environment so I’m hoping this would be a great way for her to open up and build closer friendships. Chloe said,”so, my friends will see my OTHER side today” with a big smile.

Andrew and I went back and forth about the idea of having the party at home or somewhere else, but in the end, I thought having it at home would be more special for everyone. Plus I love planning a girly party. 🙂

Nice to meet you my beautiful and sweet guests!

They are all equally so so so silly.

Thank goodness for my awesome helper/babysitter!

Does it look like an unicorn? I had some challenging requests by demanding customers…

Much needed beauty sleep…

This literally lasted a couple seconds.

Shane, eating candy canes by the fire and watching the girls.

Thank you so much for coming and celebrating Chloe’s birthday! ! !

I picked up my birthday girl early from school today and took her shopping.

Andrew surprised Chloe with this cake from the city!

Happy birthday my angel Chloe. I love you so much…

I’m slowly decorating the house and here’s some of the photos. I framed some of my photographs from Africa, Paris and Alaska along with some art works.

Found this credenza on a craigslist. It’s my first time buying something that was posted on craigslist and I’m not really sure if it’s a good buy or not… paid $300 including shipping. Love it.

This was a big splurge: The carpet from ABC Carpet. Andrew and I don’t agree on many things when it comes to decorating the house. But this carpet, when I picked it out to show him, he immediately was sold. This was a winner! I also got this gold ottoman from One Kings Lane. (Which He had no comments about . ;))

This art work is Shane’s drawing of our old house. So sweet. Now we have our old house in our new home.

Finally finished family photo gallery in our upstairs lounge area.

Two ottomans from vintage store in Nyack, NY. They are perfect sittings for enjoying the fall weather from the porch.

We have new visitors this week.

Hope these ducks stay for a while.

I’m hosting a dinner party and I’m so excited to use our dining room for the first time.

I found these awesome looking grey pumpkins at a farmer’s market called cinderella pumpkins (who knew?) and that’s how the color inspiration came for the table setting. I bought small white pumpkins and some regular pumpkins to go along with them and I painted in grey and metallic gold.

{ Candlesticks from Serena & Lily, • Dinner plates from Anthropologie, • Sterling silverware from hand-me-down from my mom, •Crystal wine glasses from vintage find in Nyack, NY, • Window blind used as a table runner from Ikea,  Placemats and napkins from west elm }

Ready to party~

We purchased a brand new piano yesterday!!

We bought it hoping Chloe and Shane will learn how to play. I haven’t played in years and I was actually never good at it even after 8 years of piano lessons when I was a kid. But I think I might pick it up again.

I custom ordered these handmade wool slippers for the whole family and they’re finally here! Aren’t they adorable?

After church we went to a local nursery to buy some plants for the house.

We got our new dinning table and chairs delivered yesterday! Booyah!

Breakfast

We bought some plants for the house at a local farmer’s market.

I also picked flowers from outside of our house.

I’m unpacking some of my art works from college which I haven’t seen in years… Maybe I’ll hang some…

Getting ready to leave for church!

I picked this wheel barrow up from Anthropologie a few weeks ago. My first happy purchase for the house! 🙂

Breakfast

After the service, I had a craving for Jajangmyeon, (black bean noodles) so here we are… feeding my junk food cravings…