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With the first day of fall last week, the New England-er in me is lovin’ the arrival of this season. It’s my favorite time of the year ~ the turning of the leaves, walking the trails of the Berkshire mountains covered in colorful autumn leaves, cozy sweaters, warm fall drinks, plaids and flannel an...

Build intentional list of Fall Rituals you would like to bring into your life as the season changes. Ask yourself ~ How can I appreciate nature in the fall and celebrate the season with intention, memories and traditions? Create Your Fall Feel Good List. Every season has its routines and rituals....

Love the Zimmermann Fall Collection. Every collection is just so beautiful. You can always count of them to bring femininity, lace, flowers and a little edge. Love that juxtaposition of their collections. Living in New England and bracing for those storms and cold weather soon to arrive, we ofte...

As Interior Photo Stylist, the job is to forecast trends and styles, research sources and be uniquely creative for clients. With everyone looking at the same inspiration ~ whether that be Pinterest and Google Trends ~ where many people go ~ you need to think “outside the box”. So, I expand out far...

With Fall arriving last week, I'm ready to bring on all the cozy and comforting fall cooking and baking! My absolute go is Jeanine Donofrio of Love and Lemons. Loved all her Summer recipes with beautiful vegetables from our local Farmers Market. Check out her Fall Recipes. I have my entire Fall ...

Grannycore, grannychic, grannyglam ~ however you describe it ~ it's a trend. We are seeing it chic designs and ways. We are seeing crochet styles, bandanas and granny quilts. Designers like Sezane are inspired by the trend in their fashion, like this patchwork Ballia Jacket. We are embracing gra...

It’s Summer farmers market time! I’m going to the Market at least 3 times a week to get all those beautiful fresh vegetables. Have Caprese Salad, Panzanella Salad and Santa Fe Salad with roasted corn on repeat every week! (Check out our make on repeat recipes with bread.) There is nothing like ...

Some of my favorite summer wardrobe pieces are white and cream colored neutrals. BUT, my black one-button tailored blazer is my seasonless (from summer to winter) always will be wearing piece. It's a classic piece for me ~ I wear it with white shorts or white jeans ~ always classic, always polish...

While I do believe in a “no rules” philosophy to styling ~ there are some guidelines I have when home styling ~ proportion, scale and balance. Before starting to style your bedroom, access the scale and size of your room to determine what size furniture to get (or use) Avoid getting too small or to...

Summer is coming! We tend to have (& go to) parties and entertain more in summer than in winter months. With entertaining comes stocking up on our entertaining pieces and with summertime cocktails ~ that means glassware. Keep in mind that your glassware serves double and sometimes triple duty. ...

Next week I'm going to Brimfield Antique Flea Market for four days. Think it's the Stylist in me ~ but where ever I'm going, I fully immerse into the style. First place I think of when I think about what I will wear is the beautiful, creative, artistic, romance of Magnolia Pearl. I've always bee...

Summer picnics, parties and gatherings are coming up! What better way to celebrate the sunshine than with a tabletop palette of yellow. Here are some of our favorite yellow tablescape pieces, how to style them, and multi-purpose pieces for your summertime parties (and really ~ your everyday meals...