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…
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
Yesterday, I asked a question in an Instagram post. I asked, "What do you think is the number one question you should be asking before decorating your home?" I know what my answer is, but some of the responses are too good not to share before I get started. Some of the serious answers showed…
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Today, I'll share a few things that I've learned from styling our living room.
If you came over to my house today, we would probably sit here in the living room with some coffee. I would stop our conversation every few minutes to stick my fingers down Louie's throat because she found another contraband item to eat. (Usually a tiny thread of carpet she managed to pull up or…
