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Our Exterior Paint Makeover with Sherwin Williams Alabaster & The Best White Exterior Paint Colors

Today we’re sharing our home’s exterior paint makeover in one of our very favorite white paint colors for exteriors, Sherwin Williams Alabaster and taking you through the best white paint colors for exteriors, with descriptions and examples of each!

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The Arcadia, Phoenix Holiday and Winter Neighborhood Tour is Here

It’s here! The Arcadia neighborhood holiday tour is here, and I hope it fills you guys with ALL of the cozy, festive holiday feels before you wind down and head off to spend time with family, friends and your fur babies for the holiday! There is so much charming cottage-farmhouse-ranch goodness to be had, with festive floral-lined paths, adorable front doors and holiday decorations in abundance! I absolutely love the way this little corner of Phoenix does the holidays and am so excited to share our little slice of holiday heaven with you guys. Come on in – it’s warm, cozy and full of cheer in here!

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DIY Winter Citrus Garland: How To Make Faux Garland Look Real

Today’s easy holiday decor DIY project is one that I’ve been dying to take for a spin for a few years now, and I’m excited to say that the execution was even easier and the result even more fun than I’d imagined it would be! The DIY project du jour? How to make your own DIY winter citrus garland using cute little kumquats! This same fool-proof approach works on real or faux greenery and garland or wreaths, so there’s plenty of room to get festive and play!

Arcadia Home Tour: a Dreamy, Cottage-Inspired Rafterhouse Home featured by top Phoenix blogger, Love and Specs

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A Dreamy, Cottage-Inspired Rafterhouse Home Tour

To say that today’s post is a treat would be the understatement of the century! The kind folks at Arcadia’s most beloved home design and build team, Rafterhouse have let us take you on a tour of their latest custom build here in Phoenix, a cottage-inspired stunner with jaw-dropping details around every corner!

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Unique Homes and Cute Corners in Arcadia Phoenix AZ: Round 2

We’re taking you on a second tour of some of Phoenix, Arizona’s most unique and charming real estate in one of our desert city’s best and most beloved neighborhoods, Arcadia! This time, every inch of the neighborhood is in full bloom, putting on one of the most spectacular spring shows around and perfectly complimenting all of the beautiful farmhouse, craftsman, cottage, ranch and other home design styles that make this place so special.

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Simple Winter DIY Home Decor Updates

This year we’re vowing to show you more of all of the small, simple, easy DIY home decor updates that happen so frequently around our house, so today we’re showing you two simple DIY decor projects tackled in our home over the holiday break that were as simple to execute as they were affordable, but served as major upgrades!

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Casual Spring Layers

The weather is warming up here in Phoenix, but the nights are still cool, so we’re throwing on our comfortable, casual layered spring outfits and getting out to enjoy the colorful flowers, beautiful sunsets and citrus scents that fill the air in the Arcadia neighborhood! 

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Warm Weather Winter Oasis

Spring has started to appear in Phoenix and we’re taking advantage by taking walks around the neighborhood in the warm, sunny weather and our layer-less spring getups.

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Love and Specs Turns 1!!!

We can’t believe that it’s really been one whole year since we started this wild and crazy blogging adventure! So much has happened in our world over the least year, […]

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Perfect Spring Sundays: Arcadia, Phoenix, Arizona

As much as we love to get out there and travel and explore, there’s really no place like home in the spring when your home is Phoenix, Arizona. April brings […]

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Our Big News + An Arcadia, Phoenix Stroll

We’re pretty sure that many of you know our big news by now, but for those who haven’t heard… we’re engaged! It’s been the most amazing few weeks spent celebrating […]

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Tiny Bathroom Remodel

Have a tiny bathroom and wondering how to maximize the space and make it beautiful on a budget? Look no further, friends! We’re telling all about our tiny bathroom remodel!

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I still can’t believe she’s here and she’s all ours @olcartier ! Theophilia “Tilly” James, may you have your mom’s spunk & your dad’s level head. That should keep you sticking to only the good kinda trouble 😉 Let this be your sign that the baby-in-a-bucket photos are absolutely equal parts ridiculous & adorable & 100% worth the effort it takes to drag everyone out of the house 1 week postpartum 🥰 @taq.photography.llc I love you to the moon for always filling these first months with so much joy! #newbornphotography #babygirl #babyphotography #momlife #cottagestyle
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I can’t even believe I’m writing this. I just can’t believe it. We’re still so shocked & sad & just plain, all around devastated. It still kind of doesn’t feel real, but the hard truth is, it is real. And it sucks. Our beloved pup Elvis, the guy who has brought so much love & joy & mischief & laughter into our home & our family for the last 2 years crossed the rainbow bridge this week after a shock cancer diagnoses and an all too quick decline. We never in a million years thought that the pup we brought home 2 years ago, the dog we envisioned growing up with our kids, being a central part of our family dynamic and our memories for years and years to come, would leave us this soon. It’s not fair. He didn’t deserve this. He was always so healthy & so loved & the helplessness, sadness & anger we’ve felt over these last few months as Elvis declined & we got his diagnosis was just beyond brutal. I haven’t really been able to find the meaning in it right now, but what I do know is that we loved him with our whole hearts, and so did everyone else. And I still believe that although loving something, anything this much can be hard & heartbreaking at times, it’s worth it every single time. I’d do it all over again for 2 years with Elvie by my side & so would Chris. He was truly a 1 in a million companion. 🌈
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All about this perfect neutral paint color on the blog! Link is in my bio. We gave this dresser in our bedroom a little paint facelift & tried the color “Shiitake” by @sherwinwilliams . And we’re LOVING it! It’s such a beautiful grey-beige & would be so good in so many different spaces. #sherwinwilliamsshiitake #swshiitake #neutralpaintcolor #bedroompaint #cottagestyle #shiitakepaintcolor
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On the blog now w/ links to decor sources! 👩‍🍼

We’ve made so many special memories in this nursery with Emmet and I can’t wait to reimagine the space for our sweet baby girl! The entire design plan w/ links to all of the decor sources are on the blog (link in my bio) & I’m so excited for everything to start coming to life in here 💕 #babygirl #nurserydecor #babyblog #nursery #nurserydesign
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Been cooking up something special for 2023! 💕@olcartier #baby #babygirl #babyblog
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Game. Changer. 🥰 This was my first request when we talked about the shower with our builder @hill.farm.design & now that we’re in here, I can confidently say that it was 100% worth it! #bathroomdesign #bathroomremodel #bathroomdecor #bathroomrenovation

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