I know that styling can sometimes feel intimidating - especially when you’re faced with an empty shelf, table, or corner, and a house full of collected objects to select from, how do you know where to begin? In this post, I want to share with you how to throw together a quick vignette with just three objects. It’s an easy win that I like to think of as the stylist’s hat-trick!

Like you, I’ve been spending a lot more time in the kitchen lately. If I’m being completely honest, I’m sort of over it. There have been some hits and misses, and days where I have no idea what to make, nor care. How about you? I know that we’re all trying to make the best of things and keep busy, and during one of my many cooking/cleaning sprees, I had an idea to take note of my favorite kitchen items to share with you here. Over the years, these are the items that I love and use the most, and that make time spent in the kitchen easier, more enjoyable, and more efficient! Now, more than ever.

Welcome back to another installment in our series Styling Essentials, where we talk about the decor items I source most often for photoshoots to help make a space feel layered and beautifully styled. These styling essentials are the pieces I find many homeowners often don’t have enough of - or at all. In today’s lesson, we’ll discuss a fundamental building block when it comes to styling a kitchen or dining space; whiteware. There is something so classic, clean and uncomplicated about styling an all white display, but whiteware also helps to balance more colorful or patterned collections. There are a few elements I keep in mind when styling whiteware: Sculpture & Scale, Visual Height, and Form & Function. Now let’s dive in!

My weekend was spent trying to avoid the news with the same distractions I’m sure you’ve been practicing - reading, watching movies, and cleaning. Why does that last one feel so therapeutic? Is it because our minds are preoccupied with all the scrubbing and washing or that we leave the tasks with a sense of accomplishment? Because let’s face it, that feeling is rather hard to come by right now. So in an effort to feel more normal, I dove in headfirst into tidying up. Here are the things that made me feel better - and might do the same for you?

It’s easy to feel anxious when the immediate future seems uncertain, so I wanted to bring a little light into your life with this list of happy, helpful resources! I hope these will brighten your day as we spend time at home and that it helps make the social distancing feel a little less overwhelming. If you have other ideas, please share in the comments, we’re in this together.

Hey there. How are you doing? I’ve been thinking of you and wondering how others are handling our recent events and navigating this temporary way of life. It feels surreal. I hope that you and your loved ones are well. We’ve been spending our days at home reading, nesting, and cooking together. I picked up my camera to document a few things that have brought joy and comfort during this time of social distancing. It comes as no surprise that it’s the simple things that mean the most.