The design plans for our deck that is getting rebuilt this week!

Kitchen Remodel Overall Plan
All the big decisions for our kitchen remodel, at very long last!

Navy & White Nursery
A nursery design for a special delivery!

A Blue & White Bathroom Refresh
A design plan for a quick and affordable bathroom refresh in blue and white.

Living Room Design In Cream & Teal
This week the Fall Into The Holidays series was all about living and family rooms, so today I bring you a cream and teal living room design with lots of saves and splurges that might strike your fancy for your own home before the holidays arrive! Rug | Woven Bar Cart | Coffee Table | Mirrored…

The Next Room Makeover – A Rugged & Refined Teen Boy’s Room
I’m back with another Paint Color Crush design! If you’re new here, just about every Friday I share a new design board incorporating a gorgeous paint color with some fun finds that I’ve come across as of late. Today’s PCC design serves two purposes – it’s all about the Fall Into The Holidays room of…

Freshening Up The Kitchen For The Holidays
With the kickoff of the Fall Into The Holidays series on Tuesday I thought it would be fun over these next few weeks to create Friday design boards to coordinate with the room of the week. This week was all about getting your kitchen holiday ready and with that in mind here are some finds…

Living Room Design With Cape Hatteras Sand
Hello lovelies! I’ve had a few emails over the last few months about the weekly Paint Color Crush design boards I was doing in the spring. I am so glad that a bunch of you are enjoying this series!! If you’re new to Paint Color Crush, every week I share a design around a great…

Hidden Magic | In The Foyer
PCC is back! Affiliate links are included in this post for your convenience. Read more about affiliate links here. One of the things I hear a lot from people about updating their home is that they just DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START. They know they want to update or change a space but have…

Nightfall | In A Teen Girl’s Room
Happy Friday lovelies!! On Monday I shared about how I’m finally finishing up my 16 year daughter’s room with a new duvet and shams from Crane & Canopy. We’re still waiting on a pretty lumbar pillow to arrive and then the room will be 100% DONE. After 2+ years. 🙂 We move slowly around here!…

Shamrock | On The Porch
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Are you Irish? Or Irish just for today? My parents are from the Emerald Isle and it’s a place so near and dear to my heart. Read more about my family and how we came to spend summers in Ireland when I was growing up here and here. I’ve been busy at work all…

Greenbelt | In the Sunroom
Welcome to Paint Color Crush, a weekly design incorporating a winning paint color with some great finds, and recommendations for ways to save, splurge, and DIY the look. Since it’s March and the month to celebrate the arrival of springtime, as well as St. Patrick’s Day and the Emerald Isle (near and dear to my heart!) I…

Gentleman’s Gray | In (Our) Powder Room
Hi friends!!!! I’ve been on blog hiatus this week while our three munchkins are on winter break. We visited my brother-in-law’s new lake house, skied a couple days, and ate and ate and ate. The weather has been amazing in New England and it’s been so nice to be outside!! Gunstock Mountain with gorgeous Lake…

Antoinette Pink | In A Little Girl’s Room
Happy Friday lovelies! We got 14-16″ of snow yesterday, and today it’s all blue skies and sun, making the world a winter wonderland! I just snapped this from the window with my phone and it doesn’t do justice to how pretty the glistening snow is in the sunlight. Pretty when you don’t have to shovel it! …

Classic Gray | In The Family Room
Benjamin Moore Classic Gray, a very light, soft gray works beautifully in many interiors and is the basis of this family room design.

Tricorn Black | In The Mudroom
Happy Friday friends! Are you enjoying the new weekly Paint Color Crush series? My hope is that it gives you ideas on how you could use various paint colors in your home and/or refresh your spaces with saves & splurges. This week I’ve been chatting with one of my favorite ladies about her little back…

Newburyport Blue | In The Study
Hello friends! Hope you’ve had a great week! It’s been quiet over here since my whole house got hit with a winter bug that wiped us all out. I have been dying to share a great little Ikea hack with you, so watch for that next week! Since this is a day for the history…

Dark Harbor | In The Kitchen
A gorgeous deep moody green with hints of teal is the basis of this kitchen design.

Paint Color Crush || CLASSIC GRAY
Exactly one year ago I posted about a paint color that I was in love with and claimed I was going to share more colors I have found through working with clients and DIYing our way through 4 houses through the years. Apparently what I meant by a regular basis was once a year! But…

Blue Cheese Stuffed Peppadews
Sometimes, simple is so good. Here’s an idea. Next time you’re at the grocery store, look for peppadews. They are sweet little hollowed out peppers I can usually find in the help-yourself olive bar of my local grocery stores. You might also spot them in the pickles-and-jarred peppers aisle. Then stuff those cute little peppadews…

My Go-To Appetizers
These are recipes I have made many times over the years and hope you will enjoy! Asparagus and Goat Cheese Tart @ Food & Wine Baked Onion Dip @ Food.com Barefoot Contessa’s Crab Cakes @ Food Network Beef Taquitos @ Family Fun Cheesy Zucchini and Red Onion Flatbread @ SYL Crispy Southwest Chicken Wraps @ Mel’s Kitchen Cafe…

Caprese Salad
While the fresh local veggies are still in abundance here in the Northeast, I’m taking advantage of the farmer’s market. Is there anything so delicious as a ripe, juicy tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil, and a balsamic dressing for a hint of zesty sweetness? So simple and fresh. Oh how I love this time…

White Bean Dip
Happy Monday my lovelies! Thanks for joining me for Mangia Mondays, the foodie blog hop I co-host with the talented Kristin of Delightfully Dowling! If you love to talk food, we’d love to hear from you! Link up food-related posts or share in the comments section, and be inspired by the many fabulous recipes that…

Peach and Apple Salsa
In our last house we had several peach trees and they produced the juiciest and tastiest fruit! We learned lots of different recipes for our peaches while we lived there – everything from appetizers to entrees, salads to desserts. Peach salsa is one of Hannah’s all-time favorite summer snacks, so much so that…

Creamy and Delicious Spinach Artichoke Dip
Welcome to week three of Mangia Mondays, a fun recipe blog hop I co-host with the fabulous Kristin of Delightfully Dowling! Thanks so much to those of you who linked up last week; I always love to see what everyone else has had success with in their kitchen and inevitably end up printing out hordes…
Mangia Mondays:: Virginia Crab Cakes
Good Monday morning and welcome to the second edition of the Mangia Mondays blog hop! {Forgive me for my tardiness but I’m experiencing major technical difficulties over here this morning. Errrr.} The recipes linked up to last week’s blog hop were fantastic and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for this week!…

Prosciutto-Wrapped Christmas Appetizers
Recipes, recipes, and more recipes…..I have Christmas food on the brain today! So many of my wonderful readers that also happen to be friends in real life ask to see more recipes on Shine Your Light. You know we’re foodies around here and I am more than happy to oblige, especially when we’re all looking…