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Mackinaw Road: October Updates
Hi there! October flew by and I’m not quite sure what we did. We celebrated a birthday, watched our kids participate in various activities (and uber-ed them everywhere), and made some interior design decisions. Oh, and celebrated Halloween. And Diwali. In one day.
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Mackinaw Road Monday: Outdoor Living
Hi there! July 4th may unofficially mark the halfway point of summer, but there is still plenty of warm weather and outdoor living to be had here in Michigan. I will argue always that September is the best month. But, before I get ahead of myself, let’s talk about outdoor spaces, beach accessories, Barbados, and a fun summer drink.
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Mackinaw Road Monday: Mood Boards & Headboards
Hi all! Apparently, there is a thing call Mood Board Monday. And, since we’re all hunkering down, I thought it would be fun to jump on that bandwagon. Planning and dreaming sound like a great escape. And, really, it goes so well with all of the alliteration already happening in the Monday title. I had signed up for the One Room Challenge this spring. Thankfully, it has been postponed until May. A bonus is that it gave me time to really consider my choices. You know, since I haven’t waffled enough over the past year regarding the Beach Cabin.
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Modern Traditional Christmas Kitchen
Hello and Happy Holidays! This time of year is always a whirlwind with holiday gatherings, kids’ concerts, school parties, and all of the fun!!! I’m currently trying, trying, trying to keep it simple in our Modern Traditional Christmas Kitchen. Also, admittedly, I ran out of time with my refusal to decorate until after Thanksgiving and the shorter span of weeks between it and Christmas. Sometimes routines are good, sometimes not so much. Oh well!
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Elegant Dining Room Refresh- One Room Challenge (ORC), Week 3 Updates
Hi! It’s the 3rd week of the One Room Challenge for our Elegant Dining Room Refresh, and we keep getting delayed. If you missed last week, Gretchen and I attempted to stain and paint a console table. You can learn everything we learned not to do (haha!) in the post here. You can see how all of it will fit together into her Dining Room Refresh here.
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How to Paint a Console Table: Lessons Learned
Hello there and Happy Fall! I finally, begrudgingly, turned on the heat this week. I guess autumn is officially here! Apple picking and all the plaid blankets, here we come! This week, for the One Room Challenge, Gretchen and I semi-focused (it’s hard to stay on one topic and in one room!) on how to paint a console table that was recently gifted to her.
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Dining Room Design Board
Dining Room Design Board WELCOME Hi there! It’s been awhile. I’m hoping to get back into the blog swing now that it’s October. Fingers crossed. Gretchen and I have decided to enter the One Room Challenge (ORC- you can check out all of the entries and their progress on the One Room Challenge blog here) with a dining room design this fall and refresh her dining room. She has already incorporated so many lovely pieces since she moved in a few years ago.
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Beautiful Pendant Kitchen Lighting
Hi All! You may have guessed from the last post about Vancouver. Or the captions on Instagram. We have been on the hunt for pendant kitchen lighting. And finding inspiration everywhere. Just look at the lighting in these restaurants we visited. The Inspiration Beautiful Pendant Kitchen Lighting I have narrowed the list to nine pendants because even nine choices are too many for me to chose from! Just a little background… We have decided to paint our kitchen cabinets a deep green with aged brass hardware. This, paired with our old marble, is going to look very classic… which is exactly what R is going for. Me? I’m going for…
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A 2-to-4-day Vancouver Itinerary
Good morning! If you are looking for a 2-to-4 day Vancouver Itinerary, you have come to the right place! Our family headed out to Vancouver at the end of June. We loved it! The best part about coming from Eastern Standard Time is that we had the entire day despite being in the air for about 5 hours. Our hotel was in Coal Harbor. Instantly, we noticed all of the kid-friendly activities. Also immediately, we were asked approximately 100 gazillion times about checking out the outdoor swimming pool and renting bikes. But before I babble on, giving a play-by-play, here is a 4-day Itinerary (followed by a 2-day Itinerary, if…
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Ceiling Fans: Low-to-High Pricing
Welcome! Welcome to Mackinaw Road: Ceiling Fans Edition. After A LOT of searching, here are my Top 8 Ceiling Fans organized in low-to-high pricing. It All Started with a Nursery As you may know, I get to help with the nursery for my future niece and nephew (I’m so excited to meet these babies!!!) The nursery is coming along well, and it has been so much fun to get to visit with my sister-in-law every week! As part of the refresh, we decided to replace the current ceiling fan. Which sent me on a search for ceiling fans. And that is a bit of a rabbit hole, to be honest.…
