We have been working on converting our dining room into more of a ~sitting room situation~ for the past couple of months and the first purchase we made was a little upright piano off Facebook marketplace for about $100. The piano was clearly in storage for a while because it was dusty and smelled a bit like mothballs, but all…
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Viral TikTok Recipes: Firecracker Salmon in Rice Paper
Any of y’all who have TikTok know that there will be some pretty incredible recipes that pop up on the fyp frequently. And what do I do when this happens to me? I drool over it for 1 minute, save it to my favorites with the intention of making it soon, and then never looking at it again. So I…
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DIY Built-Ins with IKEA Bookshelves: A 2 Year Update
These DIY “built-ins” or entertainment center using IKEA Billy Bookcases remains one of my favorite DIY home projects I have done and also one of my most popular here on the blog! If you want the details of how I did this project, you can read the original post here: DIY Faux “Built-Ins” with IKEA Billy Bookcases It’s been almost…
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Crate and Barrel Lounge Petite Sectional Review
Y’all we FINALLY have the sectional of our dreams in our living room! We have been anxiously awaiting our Lounge Petite Sectional to be delivered from Crate and Barrel for almost 6 months now, and it is meant for exactly what it claims it is: lounging. Since we the moment that we bought into our house in mid-2019, we knew…
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8 Books I’ve Read So Far This Year
I have made it my goal to read more this year and I have been relatively successful so far! When I was younger, I used to LOVE to read, but when I went to college, I stopped reading for fun almost all together, and for the past 5 years or so I was only reading about 2-3 books per year….
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Easy Cast Iron Pizza
Happy Friday! In the Sutton household, if we are eating in, Friday nights are ~*~pizza nights~*~! While, sometimes that means we are feeling tired and lazy and we cook up a couple of frozen pizzas, sometimes we order from Pizza Hut, but sometimes we have pizza our favorite way {semi-homemade} cast iron pizza! It’s really not hard to make at all,…
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The Ultimate Packing Guide for Your Galapagos Adventure
I am currently having a hard time that it was about 3 months ago now that I was packing and leaving for the Galapagos with my mom. If you read my post about our trip, you might remember that we planned this trip for TWO YEARS, but despite all of that planning, there were still some things that I wish…
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How To Care For and Restore Cast Iron Pans
I LOVE cast iron pans. I see so many people turning to trendy non-stick pans like the Always Pan, or All-Clad Pans for everything lately. I think non-stick pans have a time and place for sure (like fried or scrambled eggs), but for things like meats and sauteed veggies, cast iron pans are the best. Sure they are heavy, but…
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Red Pepper and Gnocchi Soup
It’s been a little bit since we shared a recipe over here, so today I’m sharing an easy dinner soup recipe! This one is super easy and dare I say– healthy-ish?! I always say that there are two types of people in this world: people who hate leftovers, and people who love them. One of our favorite things– especially in…
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