The Fat Hydrangea

Sara Michelle - Columbus, Ohio

Saturday Shopping: New Balance for J.Crew

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I'M SO EXCITED! As I mentioned in my post about Tory Sport couple of weeks ago, I pretty much live in athletic clothes after work and on the weekends when I'm chasing around the boys. (Let's face it, chasing around two boys two and under IS my workout!) Comfort and function are always my number one priorities, but I also want to look nice.  I have been saying for SO LONG that I wish J.Crew would expand their athletic clothes selection and mimic what Tory Burch did with Tory Sport, and IT'S HERE! J.Crew paired with New Balance and the results could not be cuter. Here are my purchases and a few of my favorite items:

What do you think?

For Sale in Nantucket

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Although I've never been to Nantucket, I love it immensely. (It is seriously top of my list in terms of vacations I want to take!) The homes are just so right up my alley. I am often checking them out on Zillow, and here is one that took my breath away! This guest house is perfection! I love the painted white floors, layered with the soft gray walls, white woodwork, and painted ceiling. It is so fresh and bright, while still being cozy and inviting. I could totally live here!

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I'm also obsessed with these windows. I love the frames and the way that they open inward.

I need a little "she shed" (as opposed to man cave!) like this in my backyard!

The goodness doesn't stop there. I love this kitchen and the way it opens up for some al fresco dining. Yes please! Plus the marble, the blue café chairs, and white trim - so simple and fun, yet refined at the same time.

Just a cool $1.35 million price tag!

*All photos courtesy of Zillow and LINKNantucket.com.

Driving Around the Hamptons

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Ok, so I'm not REALLY driving around the Hamptons... but sometimes when I'm on a boring conference call or have a few minutes to kill, I find myself on google maps randomly "driving" through amazingly beautiful places. (I know, I'm a HUGE dork!) But seriously, I can't figure out why I don't just live in the Hamptons, Every street and every house is postcard perfect.

Here are some of my incredible screenshots of my "drive":

Finally Fall Home Tour 2016

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Hello friends! I'm SO excited to be a part of the Finally Fall Home Tour along with some amazing bloggers! This year I am really focused on Thanksgiving since we will be hosting both of our families for the holiday this year! Good food, good wine, crisp cool weather, football, and pie - I'm excited already!

In terms of design, I've been super inspired by navy buffalo plaid recently, so that is carried throughout my house at the moment.  I'm particularly in love with these placemats and napkins from Williams-Sonoma! I'm also really into white mums and white pumpkins. I think that is why I had to splurge on this beautiful Staub White Pumpkin Cocotte. I see lots of soups and stews on our fall menu!

One of my other favorite new additions are these "Thankful" plates from Williams-Sonoma. Perfect addition to the tabletop!

Another element of planning for Thanksgiving is the kids' table! Miles picked out the Turkey plates himself from Pottery Barn Kids yesterday. That is also where we got the table. We are a little rough on things, this one has seen better days! The chairs are from Restoration Hardware Baby & Child.

Unfortunately I can't show you our living room decorated for fall at the moment because our new couch doesn't arrive until Tuesday, so the room is bare at the moment! I can't wait to show you once it does come in though!

And a couple more pictures just for fun... First, is there anything more exciting than a car filled with mums and pumpkins?

Last but not least, I tried REALLY hard to get a cute picture of Miles and Leo to round out the tour, but they were not having it!