Today I’m thrilled to share the sophisticated yet cozy home of Annie Diamond, the talented lady behind the blog, Most Lovely Things.
Back when Annie and I first started our blogs, I lived in New York and Annie lived in California-crazily enough, we now both live in the same small town in Connecticut!
Annie has taken her California style and infused it into her classic New England home.
The pared down colors of black, white and neutral tones along with the pitch perfect mix of “modern meets country” make Annie’s home so warm and inviting.
The white painted stone hearth is beyond amazing!
Thanks for sharing your lovely home with us Annie.
He’s 12 weeks old and has now been a part of our family for almost four days.
The other day, I officially welcomed Cosmo into our home on Instagram – along with a request for any and all new puppy advice.
Even though my husband and I both grew up with dogs, we’re pretty clueless as to how to train a puppy (it’s just now dawning on us that our parents really handled that responsibility).
The response to my plea for help was great.
We received a lot of advice for new puppy parents like us.
New Puppy Tips
Some of the tips were suggested by multiple people- which really made me take notice.
Here’s a few of the ones that stood out – and by all means, please feel free to add your own to the list!
– Be consistent with taking him out for potty training.
– Keep a schedule and crate train him for sleeping.
This was the most popular piece of advice- having never heard of this before, I did some research and ended up getting this one.
If nothing else it looks pretty on the door- but honestly, so many people have raved about training their dogs this way that it makes me think we can do this too!
-It takes about two weeks for dogs to adjust to the new surroundings, be patient.
-Invest in some baby gates.
-Keep a ticking clock and a t-shirt that’s been worn next to the puppy when he sleeps. (we don’t have a ticking clock-but I found an old sound machine from our baby days, and might try this)
While I don’t have more dog content, I do have more posts about what’s going on with our home…
Wish us luck, hoping to be on a better sleep schedule soon, as I’m someone that really needs her sleep
Be sure to check these out by clicking on each title below:
While we were down in Florida over the holiday school break, we spent a day visiting the Wynwood Walls in Miami. If you’re not familiar with this hip street art destination (and before our trip I was only vaguely aware of it) it’s a Miami neighborhood that was (before 2010) mostly made up of warehouses. In order to revitalize this previously overlooked part of the city, a group of artists and community planners got together and transformed this area with vibrant street art.
The Wynwood Walls project has now brought the world’s greatest street and graffiti artists to the forefront by allowing the public to view their art in this collective and park like atmosphere- “a museum of the streets.” The warehouses seem like giant canvases for some of the most colorful and creative street art I’ve ever seen. You can read more about the whole projecthere.
My selfie loving daughters had a lot of fun posing in front of the beautiful walls. They weren’t alone, and part of the fun was seeing everyone around us take advantage of the stunning backdrops for their own Instagrams. Even my son and my husband enjoyed the day-although their lack of interest in the social media aspect had them ducking out early into a nearby juice bar (Jugo Fresh-which we all LOVED-please open in CT!). In short, this was a great day-it’s free and a lot of fun!
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