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Just a regular room with a poorly made bed and lau

Just a regular room with a poorly made bed and laundry to be put away forever sitting on the floor. Where doorknobs are used for hanging empty bags and there’s 3-day old water sitting on the nightstand. Where there’s likely chocolate on the bedsheets and a pile of clothes on top of a chair just out of sight. Just a regular ol’ bedroom like a million others. And I have to say, it’s still my haven. Still the place I want to lay my head down in the most. Still reflective of the design I spent hours dwelling over - it’s simply lived in and unstaged.

Going to continue to challenge you to show your lived in spaces ON YOUR FEED. Because just like real bodies and real motherhood belong in the feed, so do our real homes.

Share it with me 👉🏼 #realhomesonthefeed

Last week I shared a photo of our dining room “a

Last week I shared a photo of our dining room “as is” when I had just shared a photo of it perfectly cleaned and styled. I don’t think it had a huge impact, by any means, on anyone but myself. I realized how long it had been since I shared a R.E.A.L photo of my house on my feed. It’s easier to share real life in stories where things disappear.

Please know this: there’s nothing wrong with the pretty photos. I love seeing them and follow accounts that share nothing but perfectly styled rooms. I just see a bit of a gap here with sharing the real on the feed.

So this week I’m going to do this: share one styled photo of a room and one “as is” photo taken at a random moment of the day so they can be seen side by side.

This is my room when I make the bed properly, clean the nightstands and clear all other surfaces. It looks like this about 4 times a year and tomorrow you can see it in its everyday state. Tomorrow I’ll share the same room.

Want to join me in sharing more real life? #realhomesonthefeed

Just gonna leave this right here, directly beside

Just gonna leave this right here, directly beside the perfectly clean photo of my dining room (in my feed) because THIS is real life and I was going to post it to stories, but real life is beautiful enough for the feed too. Multiple screens and all. Dirty tablecloth and all. Cold coffee in a “not pretty” mug and all. Unpatched wall and all.

The evolution of a dining room. This space started

The evolution of a dining room. This space started with all white walls, a flushmount fixture, way-too-long curtains and a second hand table I got for $5.

Then we partnered with Leons and I painted the green buffalo plaid wall - the table was a very dark brown with a matching hutch and the chair seats were black. We added a black chandelier. I eventually painted the table grey.

Earlier this year I added the mural, removed the hutch, made new legs for and painted the table and reupholstered the chairs. Oh and let’s not forget the chandelier that I absolutely adore! (@lemontree_interiors has the same one and I kind of love that. It was a happy accident that I got the same one as her.)

It’s amazing how much more we use the space now that the flow is better and it looks nicer. It’s even become the kids’ online learning hub. We use this room for a lot of things. Not to mention that at least 50% of my plants live here!

Do you find that your rooms evolve over time? Have you ever made over a room 4 times in 4 years like I did with this one?

Well, you beat me to it, which is just so typical.

Well, you beat me to it, which is just so typical. Like this photo - you serious, me laughing. Happy anniversary, @marquisamurray. I still really love your butt. And everything else about you!

Thanks for the photo @tjtindale

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Just a regular room with a poorly made bed and lau

Just a regular room with a poorly made bed and laundry to be put away forever sitting on the floor. Where doorknobs are used for hanging empty bags and there’s 3-day old water sitting on the nightstand. Where there’s likely chocolate on the bedsheets and a pile of clothes on top of a chair just out of sight. Just a regular ol’ bedroom like a million others. And I have to say, it’s still my haven. Still the place I want to lay my head down in the most. Still reflective of the design I spent hours dwelling over - it’s simply lived in and unstaged.

Going to continue to challenge you to show your lived in spaces ON YOUR FEED. Because just like real bodies and real motherhood belong in the feed, so do our real homes.

Share it with me 👉🏼 #realhomesonthefeed

Last week I shared a photo of our dining room “a

Last week I shared a photo of our dining room “as is” when I had just shared a photo of it perfectly cleaned and styled. I don’t think it had a huge impact, by any means, on anyone but myself. I realized how long it had been since I shared a R.E.A.L photo of my house on my feed. It’s easier to share real life in stories where things disappear.

Please know this: there’s nothing wrong with the pretty photos. I love seeing them and follow accounts that share nothing but perfectly styled rooms. I just see a bit of a gap here with sharing the real on the feed.

So this week I’m going to do this: share one styled photo of a room and one “as is” photo taken at a random moment of the day so they can be seen side by side.

This is my room when I make the bed properly, clean the nightstands and clear all other surfaces. It looks like this about 4 times a year and tomorrow you can see it in its everyday state. Tomorrow I’ll share the same room.

Want to join me in sharing more real life? #realhomesonthefeed

Just gonna leave this right here, directly beside

Just gonna leave this right here, directly beside the perfectly clean photo of my dining room (in my feed) because THIS is real life and I was going to post it to stories, but real life is beautiful enough for the feed too. Multiple screens and all. Dirty tablecloth and all. Cold coffee in a “not pretty” mug and all. Unpatched wall and all.

The evolution of a dining room. This space started

The evolution of a dining room. This space started with all white walls, a flushmount fixture, way-too-long curtains and a second hand table I got for $5.

Then we partnered with Leons and I painted the green buffalo plaid wall - the table was a very dark brown with a matching hutch and the chair seats were black. We added a black chandelier. I eventually painted the table grey.

Earlier this year I added the mural, removed the hutch, made new legs for and painted the table and reupholstered the chairs. Oh and let’s not forget the chandelier that I absolutely adore! (@lemontree_interiors has the same one and I kind of love that. It was a happy accident that I got the same one as her.)

It’s amazing how much more we use the space now that the flow is better and it looks nicer. It’s even become the kids’ online learning hub. We use this room for a lot of things. Not to mention that at least 50% of my plants live here!

Do you find that your rooms evolve over time? Have you ever made over a room 4 times in 4 years like I did with this one?

Well, you beat me to it, which is just so typical.

Well, you beat me to it, which is just so typical. Like this photo - you serious, me laughing. Happy anniversary, @marquisamurray. I still really love your butt. And everything else about you!

Thanks for the photo @tjtindale

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