** This post contains affiliate links. I make a small commision for purchases made through these links at no additional cost to you. Thanks for supporting Floradise! Making our house a home has been a slow but satisfying process so far. Graham and I love doing much of the work ourselves, which makes it all incredibly rewarding and saves money. We take our time selecting each item that we buy to ... Read more
Creating Wall Art With Stencils & Office/Guest Room Update
**This post is sponsored by Stencil Revolution. All images and opinions are my own. This post also contains affiliate links. I am compensated for purchases made through these links at no additional cost to you. Thanks for supporting Floradise. I have been slacking when it comes to decorating the office/guest room. I recently realized that is why I didn't feel inspired. I needed a brighter ... Read more
Girls Shared Animal Theme Bedroom Reveal & Ideas
** This post contains affiliate links. I am compensated for purchases made through these links at no additional cost to you. Thanks for supporting Floradise! It's taken us months, but we are finally almost done putting together our girls' shared bedroom. My almost 11-month-old and 4-year-old daughters will be in the same room to keep them next to our bedroom and hopefully build a ... Read more
Easy & Affordable Ways to Update Your Home
Graham and I have been slowly making updates around the house in our limited time over the last three months. We would love to be able to tackle the kitchen renovation, but it's not the right time for that yet. Instead we've been doing small upgrades wherever we can. Often these simple and cost-effective tasks completely transform a space. If you, too, are waiting on a major home renovation but ... Read more
Life Update: Our New Home
The past few months have been huge for us. In addition to welcoming Addi to our family, we also closed on our house last week! Our apartment lease runs through July, so we can take our time to move. That's nice because it's been difficult finding the time to pack. Slowly but surely we will get it done, though. We wanted a home that we could update to make our own. We need to do ... Read more
Non-Scary Movies to Watch in October | Fall Happenings
Raise your hand if you're too afraid to watch horror movies. I refuse to see them. If scary films aren't your idea of fun, either, try any of these fun options below during the month of October, or anytime! You have probably watched them all before, but sometimes you forget about films you watched as a kid. What would you add to this list? Mean Girls (On October 3rd) Hocus Pocus ... Read more
New Plants & Making Another Air Plant Garden
** This post contains affiliate links. I make a small commission for purchases made through these links. I flew back from Phoenix on Friday night and didn't hop into my own bed until 2 a.m., but somehow I was not completely wiped on Saturday. I took my time getting settled and then Graham proposed a trip to our favorite garden shop to buy a flower pot for our second bonsai ... Read more
Bedroom Tour
** This post contains affiliate links to products I have in my home. I make a small commission for purchases through these links. I don't think I will ever be done decorating our bedroom. It's constantly evolving. But in the spirit of being more open, I'm sharing just about as personal a space as it gets in all its imperfect glory.We have lived in an apartment, which has been an adjustment, ... Read more
Phoenix Travel: Camby Hotel
Last week was yet another whirlwind. In my life, weeks are either super slow or an avalanche — there is no in between. On Wednesday night Graham and I went to his work holiday party. At 4 a.m. the next morning I was on my way to Midway Airport to travel to Phoenix for work and for my holiday party. I landed in Phoenix about 9 a.m., changed into Phoenix-weather appropriate clothing and ... Read more
Family Traditions & Simple, Affordable Christmas Decor
** This post contains affiliate links. Now that there's a little one in our household it's time to form new traditions to go along with our established ones. (In case you missed it, Graham and I took in my niece Victoria and the adoption will go through in a few months.) So far our established traditions are these:Cookie Day. Graham initiated me into this tradition the second year we were ... Read more