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One Room Challenge | Introducing the Hallway Refresh

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Hey Everyone! Most of you know that I took part in the One Room Challenge this past Spring in collaboration with Michelle Gage to design my living room. It was such a huge success and participating kept me motivated to finish the room within the six week timeframe. I’m happy to be doing the challenge again as a guest participant and to help speed along the process of me finishing the house. We’re in pretty good shape over here. I’ve been working on the kitchen and bedroom simultaneously and all they need to be completed is some final styling, wallpaper and art. I thought for the One Room Challenge this Fall I would focus on a part of the house that is much neglected. I’m happy to introduce you to the #HallwayRefresh.

Let’s take a look at the before photos!

For this project my main concern is the staircase. I would love to repaint it and make it more colorful. The skylight at the top of the stairs lets some really nice light in, but the bottom of the stairs in the hallway is pretty much the darkest place in the house.

My goal in the hallway is to create an accent wall that will brighten up the space. I would like to add wallpaper and an area to hang coats and keep things organized. This area gives me the most anxiety because it is always such a mess!

Here’s to another successful design challenge. I hope you will follow my progress for the next six weeks. You can check out my Pinterest board to see more inspiration and I will be using the hashtag #HallwayRefresh over on Instagram.

Sunday Kind of Love | Paris Edition

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Greetings from Paris, everyone! If you’ve been keeping up with my adventures over on Instagram you know that I’ve pretty much eaten/drank my way through Paris and Cognac. I’m going to write a separate post about some of my favorite bars and restaurants plus my trip to Maison Ferrand but just wanted to pop in and say bonjour. Sunday is my favorite day and I’m taking a bit of a rest. This week has been a whirlwind and I may have stayed out a tad bit too late last night (oops), so I slept in and got some room service. I sure don’t mind writing this blog post from the cutest hotel in Paris, with the windows open, enjoying some coffee and a few pastries. Life is magical sometimes and I’m very grateful to have had the chance to go on this trip.

I’m staying at the beautiful Hotel Henriette located on a small and quiet cobblestone street close to the Mouffetard district. Earlier in the week, I was at Hotel Bachaumont which was equally beautiful but it is exciting to get to explore a whole new neighborhood. For this Sunday post, I wanted to share some photos of the hotel and a few I’ve snapped on my Parisian adventures!

This is the view of the Eiffel Tower from the Trocadero. I’m so happy I finally got to see it in person and fulfill a lifelong dream. The only thing I wish is that there was someone else there to get a photo of me in front of it. Oh well, next time! How cute and charming is that carousel?

This is Rue Crémieux, a little cobblestone pedestrian street with private houses in the 12th arrondissement. I had so much fun photographing it, but it was admittedly hard because there were so many other people there also trying to snap some photos. I couldn’t check into my hotel yet so I dropped off my luggage and spent a few hours here and patiently snapped photos as people cleared out. It actually started to pour while I was there and I had to duck under a tree. That may sound crazy but I got all the photos I wanted and I think they will be the most important things I have to remember Paris by. I will definitely be framing some of these. I took so many I would need to dedicate a whole post to this street.

Hotel Henriette couldn’t be any more perfect for me. The design is such an elegant mix of antique/French with a very bohemian feel and blended with more modern furniture and lighting fixtures. My design style is very similar which is why I picked it and it’s even more beautiful in person. I wish I was staying a little longer because I feel very much at home here. Hotel Henriette is going to be my default hotel whenever I come back to Paris. Seriously, when can I come back to Paris?

I hope you’re all enjoying your Sunday. I fly back tomorrow evening and I’m hoping to get up bright and early to go to the flea market. Will they let me bring furniture on the flight? Au revoir! xo