Welcome to Holland Avenue! This blog is an invitation to thoughtful homemaking, and it is my goal to encourage resourcefulness and good stewardship in all areas of home life. I want to use my love for design as a way to serve others, and your support of this blog makes that possible. Thank you. If…
Your home has a recipe (whether you know it or not!) The way your home looks and functions is a representation of your unique home recipe, which is made up of your unique list of ingredients. When you're cooking a meal, it is important that you use the right ingredients. You wouldn't try to make banana bread without bananas, but you shouldn't try to put bananas in a pasta dish. It wouldn't turn out the way it should, and it wouldn't taste good. The way your home looks and functions is no different.
You walk in to Target for toilet paper and mascara. You spend an hour and $15 in the home section but you get to your car and realize you forgot the toilet paper and mascara. (again? crap. maybe next time.) You get home and realize that the thing you bought for your home doesn't really fit with your decor, but it was at Target so it must be trendy... right? Does this sound like you? I know I've been there way too many times. There has to be a better way. I'd like to suggest that a better way exists.
“The Trash Chair” (as we are now calling it) found a home in our kitchen nook today.
Yesterday, Ben and I took on a project we are now very familiar with. We removed the carpet from our large guest room! The process took about two hours from start to finish. (I've thought about writing a post with instructions and tips for removing carpet, but it is so simple and there are already…
If you've never put together a cheese board, and the idea of trying weird cheese is intimidating to you, this post is for you.
Today, I shared some photos on my Instagram story about the budget binder Ben and I made last week. We wanted a simple way to keep better track of our finances, and a visual aid to keep track of bills and paychecks. We decided to get a 3-ring binder and make our own thing instead…
If you have the desire to hit the reset button after a long winter, but you don't get excited about the idea of deep cleaning your house, I thought of a few things that could probably benefit from a good "scrub".
Today I'm sharing a few tips for styling a "Bar Cabinet", some curated pieces from Target, and the story behind this Mid-Century cabinet.
"A pretty room with poorly hung curtains is like a beautiful, pulled-together lady wearing way ‘too-small pants' " -Emily Henderson
