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Updating Our Dining Room with Modern Lighting

February 24, 2021 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Update any room in your home with beautiful modern lighting and decor from Lights.com and check out the new lighting we added to our dining room!

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Over the past few years, we have been working one room at a time to update to our home. We’ve repainted, put new flooring down in the kitchen, and got new bedroom and dining room furniture. I’m looking forward to the spring because we plan on finishing up the dining room with a fresh coat of paint. In the meantime, we’ve been working on adding some new lighting and decor.

The dining room used to be one of my least favorite rooms in our house. Our dining furniture was old and outdated. So I wasn’t too sad to see any of it go! Now, we have brand new dining room furniture, hung a large piece of artwork in place of our old mirror, and added new lighting and decor.

Lighting Fixtures for Any Room in Your Home!

I was so happy when Lights.com reached out to me for a partnership. It was perfect timing! Lights.com offers a large selection of affordable, beautifully designed lighting fixtures that would work in any room.

Since our focus is going to be finishing the dining room this year, I was eager to shop for some new lighting. I am a huge fan of flameless candles. After I stopped burning candles, I missed the flicker and the cozy vibe they brought to a room at night.

One of the things I love about Lights.com is that along with hardwired lighting, they offer an entire collection of flameless candles and other battery operated lights. I chose three battery operated lighting options for our dining room.

Hurricane Glass Flameless Candle Wall Sconce with Remoted

I was immediately drawn to these flameless candle wall sconces. They have a modern black frame with a glass hurricane that holds a flameless candle inside. The candles are remote operated with different lighting settings (dim or bright) and can be set on a 4 or 8 hour timer.

The sconces were super easy to install! All it took was a single screw to hang them on each side of our large piece of framed artwork. Since the lights are set on a timer, we can now admire the candle flicker every evening without having to turn them on ourselves.

Geo Terrarium with Silver Fairy Lights

I wanted to add some accent pieces. So I found this mirrored glass terrarium with fairy lights inside. Just like the wall sconces, this lighted terrarium can be set on a timer. And its mirrored glass surface makes it a pretty decor piece when it’s not lit up during the day.

Ombre Smoke Glass Hurricanes with Fairy Lights

The last lighting option I got for our dining was ombre smoke glass hurricanes. I’m using them as a centerpiece for our dining room table. They also have fairy lights inside and can be set on a timer and look nice grouped together in the middle of our table.

With our new lighting in place, all we have to do is repaint in the spring! I can’t wait! And don’t worry, once the dining room is painted I’ll update with some new pictures!

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How to Create a Countertop Coffee Station

February 16, 2021 by Jessica Leave a Comment

If you’re short on space but have a big love for coffee, create a countertop coffee station with these coffee making essentials!

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One thing that I truly look forward to at night is having my evening cup of decaf coffee. Sometimes it’s just straight coffee with a splash of flavored syrup and some oat or almond milk. Sometimes it’s a full blown latte topped with some kind of sweet seasoning and a drizzle of chocolate syrup – if I’m feeling fancy! But it’s become a nightly ritual that’s as routine as skincare and brushing my teeth!

Since my morning cup of coffee has extended itself into a decaf evening cup of Joe, I decided to make a countertop coffee station. Our kitchen is small, but we have a decent amount of counter space. However, I like to keep it uncluttered as possible so I have a lot of space to work with while I’m cooking. So I got a small wire basket from the craft store and made that my coffee station.

How to Create a Countertop Coffee Station

Even if you’re short on space, you can still have a practical countertop coffee station that holds everything you need to make an amazing cup of coffee at home. I ditched my Keurig a few years ago and now use a stovetop percolator. It’s small enough to keep on a shelf in our kitchen, but makes a great cup of coffee!

I filled my basket with coffee making essentials like a handheld milk frother, Torani flavored syrups, and some sweet seasonings to sprinkle on top of my lattes. I’d eventually like to get some new sauces to drizzle over my lattes and coffee stencils to make fun designs on top of the latte foam!

Check out these coffee station essentials to create a dedicated space for all things coffee on your kitchen countertop!

Do you have a coffee station in your kitchen?

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How to Create a Calming Zen Bedroom

January 14, 2021 by Jessica 1 Comment

Create a calming zen bedroom with these 15 simple ideas that will turn your room into a peaceful and relaxing space with minimal effort.

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My post-birthday and holiday purchases the past few years have revolved around our home. I bought new table linens and shelves for our dining room after my birthday. Last year, I updated our lamps in the living room. And this year, I wanted to focus on the bedroom. I wanted to create a space that gave me total calming, zen vibes at night, but also made me happy to walk into during the day.

Over the past several months, we had a bed-in-a-bag set on our bed. I got it free to review and figured I could work the navy blue plaid print into our bedroom with fall and winter decor. But it didn’t make the room feel warm and cozy at all. It just felt “off.” It wasn’t exactly my style to begin with. And it didn’t match our furniture, wall color, or anything else in our bedroom.

How to Create a Calming Zen Bedroom

So once the holidays were over, I put some of my Christmas money towards a new comforter set for our bed. Then, I shopped our attic to pull everything together. I wanted to create a space with boho/zen vibes and I think I did a pretty good job!

Along with our new comforter set, I added a Buddha head planter with fake succulents, an amethyst stone (promotes calm), and put together a pretty bouquet of purples flowers, feathers, and eucalyptus sprigs in a frosted pink vase.

There are a couple other things I’d love to eventually add to our bedroom. But for now, our bedroom makes me happy when I walk into it and I can’t wait to relax in bed at night!

Everything up to #13 is currently in our bedroom (exact or similar items) and it’s made such a difference in the overall feel of our space. How do you create a calming environment in your bedroom?

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How to Give Your Home Cozy Cabin Vibes

December 30, 2020 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Get those outdoor adventure feels in any room of your home with these 15 items that will add instant cozy cabin vibes!

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We have been all about the home projects this year! Spending more time at home definitely lit a fire under our butts to get things done around the house! Last month, we talked about a few more updates we wanted to make to our home. The majority of the work will probably get done during the spring. But one thing’s for sure – we both decided that we want to give our home cozy cabin vibes!

In fact, I had told my husband that if he could make this place feel like a ski lodge, he could even hang his deer head mount (something I was so against bringing into the house) on the wall! I also told him that we could put in the wood burning stove he’s been itching to get for a few years now. When he said that I was scaring him and wondered why I had a change of heart, I simply said, “Pinterest.”

How to Give Your Home Cozy Cabin Vibes

Honestly, I’m pretty excited to give our home some cozy cabin vibes! Especially since I’ll be taking down the Christmas decorations soon and those always give me a warm and cozy feeling! If you want to give your home an all year round cozy feel, check out these items below! They’re simple additions that will definitely give your home some cozy cabin vibes!

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