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Our Wedding in Sonoma // Part 1: The Venue

Now that Dan and I have been married almost a year, I figured better late than never to share all of the planning and photos from our big day in wine country! Hah well the truth was I knew shortly after the wedding that The Knot was going to run a feature on our wedding in their May 1 issue (which was…

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Dressing for a Wedding in Paris

Assuming you’ve heard but my Everygirl cofounder and dear friend Danielle Moss is getting married in Paris this fall! It’s a super small wedding and I am so honored Dan and I get to partake in celebrating Danielle and her fiancé Conor (who I happened to know since middle school–Chicago is a crazy small city in that sense). It also happens to…

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How to Style a Bathroom

This week I finally shot my home tour with Chicago photographer Aimee Mazzenga! Hoorah!! Of course that means I spent all of last weekend cleaning, organizing and zhushing. Because no matter how “done” your place is, there are always a few last minute styling requirements to get it photo ready – dusting and ironing, picking up live plants and flowers, and getting…

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Our House Stair Runner Before & After

As you may recall from the before tour, the stair runner in our home was in really bad shape. As soon as we looked at it, I knew it would have to be replaced while we lived here and our landlord wasn’t going to do it. It was going to be one of the projects we had to tackle if…

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