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How to Choose Artwork for Your Home, Collecting and Curating Original Artwork

Your home is a vessel for all the warmer ways to live. It’s a place to find a presence, plan an adventure, and gather with close ones. From your home, you can build comfort and nostalgia, and the way you choose to invest in your home is a reflection of your personal style. Picking artwork for your home can be a piece of your story. This guide is everything you need to know to find and choose art for your home.

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3 Easy Ways to Cozy Your House for Fall

Fall is a popular time of year. Many people enjoy the cool weather, quiet, cozy evenings, and ongoing hosting. I'm not overtly into Fall decor like pumpkins and gourds, but I am finding exciting ways to create a warm space for guests in my new home.

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Books to Ground You in Nature’s Poetic Musings

Over the Summer months, I encourage myself to move deep into creativity. This often looks like piles of books, long hours outside, moments of reflection, days next to my sketchbook, and fleeting thoughts frantically typed into lyrical meditations. Allowing myself time to be still in this season is one of the greatest gifts I can offer myself. It provides me with an abundance of inspiration that springboards my research as I continue to nourish my creative foundation.

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3 Unexpected Ways to Style Art

When you display art in just the right nook or cranny it can transform the entire mood of a space. Imagine bringing warmth into every corner of your home cherishing a well-lived space that feels cozy. It might be obvious to hang art above your sectional in the living room or above your nightstand in your bedroom, but your home holds a plethora of other spaces you can dress with artwork for your home for a more modern comfort home.

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The Easiest Guide to Home Color Palettes

Decorating a home is personal. You connect with the soul of a house and impart your own personal beauty to bring you joy. Home colors drastically change the look and feel of living space. With a little intention behind the color palettes you choose for you your home, you can bring warmth and comfort into all corners of your home.

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Ridiculously Simple Shortcuts to Rest

Rest can bring a busy mind a bit of peace in the midst of turmoil. It’s underrated and undervalued. Throughout your week, there are a couple easy ways you can slowly incorporate a little bit of rest into your daily routine. They are simple changes and can be incorporated daily, weekly, or even monthly.

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5 Evergreen Ideas for Creating an Intentional Living Space

Creating an intentional living space is all about building a place where you can feel warmth indefinitely. These spaces often excite all your senses as you find rest + relaxation. With a moment of reflection (and possibly a touch of rearranging) your can transform your home into a meaningful space. Below are 5 guidelines I love considering when creating an intentional living space in my own home.

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The Best Creative Books I Read in 2018 (and why you should add them to your 2019 reading list)

I read a lot of books in 2018 about personal development. A few of them really stood out to me as they related 100% to my creative lifestyle. They left me feeling inspired, refreshed, and motivated. As I moved into 2019, they sparked a lot of honest creative conversations with myself which in turn has helped me gain clarity and write killer goals for 2019. They are as follows:

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20 Affirmations to be Inspired By

It takes good time to have confidence to understand, write, and practice affirmations. They are complex, intimidating, and personal. Over the course of the year I have focussed a lot on personal development, learning to slow down, find routines, and celebrate the things that bring me closer to my dreams. It has taken all this time, but I am beginning to compile a list of affirmations that resonate with me. Below is a list of 20 of my favorite affirmations. Take them, adapt them, and find what moves you closer to your dreams daily.

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3 Books to Help You Grow Your Money Mindset

We all have specific beliefs about money that directly affects our financial reality. Whether it affects our mindset positively or negatively, our beliefs can be strengthen and formed into healthy thoughts. This past Summer I decided to read three highly recommended money mindset books to help encourage my goals towards personal development. Below is a list of my three favorite money mindset books that formed my beliefs and values and has me actively working towards financial success.

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8 Simple Steps to Plan the Best adventure

Taking time away from your everyday routine is a must when it comes to promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Vacations are the perfect way to find a little rest and relaxation, but it’s not always easy organizing a big stay away from home. In efforts to help make planning your vacation a breeze, we are sharing some simple steps to ensure your vacation is the best yet!

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Must Do Road Trips in the U.S.

Alongside rest + relaxation often comes a little bit of adventure. As we soak in each slow moment we have, sometimes we need to kick the routine and escape into the unknown, feeding our inner travel obsessed mind with wanderlust inspiration. It’s so easy to get on a plane and be in a completely different city within a matter of hours, but let’s be honest, sometimes we need a little unexpected venture, like hitting the road with no real plan. Today, we are sharing our top, must do road trips in the United States.

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Summer 2018 Reading List

As you settle into May, I want to share with you some of our favorites reads from the beginning of the year. Finding time for rest + relaxation in the evening is a priority of mine. As my oil diffuser is going, I love reading a good book that will fill my mind with positive thoughts before I rest. 

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