You will love this renovated traditional colonial home

This perfectly renovated traditional style colonial home, located just outside of Chicago, is the subject of today’s tour

I know you’re going to love this one.

outdoor elevation white house Renovated Traditional colonial homeLove the colonial architecture of the front of the home.

Renovated Traditional Colonial Architectural Style Home

How charming is this colonial-style home?

It belongs to designer Alex Kaehler of  Alexandra Kaehler Design.

Today’s home tour is a little extra special and fun for me.

Here’s why-

photos by Dustin Halleck for Luxe Magazine

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Black Designers and Creatives To Follow On Instagram

 

 

wallpapered bathroom by Shavonda Gardner follow her on Instagram image via Shavonda Gardner Style

 

 Black Designers and Creatives To Follow On Instagram

 

The past few weeks have been profoundly sad ones for our country.

There’s so much I’m still trying to process.

I know I don’t have the right words at this time – in fact, I may never have the right words – but I am determined to be a better ally.

Small steps toward greater change.

One tiny bright spot in all of this chaos has been finding new (to me) creatives to follow and be inspired by over on Instagram.

Today I’m sharing just a few of these accounts.

I’ll be sure to share more black designers, artists and creatives going forward.

I hope you’ll join me in this small step and follow these accounts, if you aren’t already!

 

 

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Weekend Wrap Up

Happy Friday! Who doesn’t love a short week?!

Although, what is time anymore at this point?

Some days it’s hard to tell!

On the bright side, this weekend is actually a busy one for us.

My middle child “graduates” highs school on Saturday.

The class of 2020, my heart goes out to all of you.

On Sunday, my youngest turns 14.

So I guess time is still marching on, regardless…

We’ll be navigating all of these milestones in a way we’d never anticipated just a few short months ago.

Bittersweet. Yet, trying to be still be as festive and postive as possible around here!

And grateful…

Anyway…on a much lighter note, here’s a few fun links to take you into the weekend…

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