One of my favorite rooms in our house in Germany is the home office. It's always so bright and filled with natural sunlight because it has huge picture windows overlooking the deck. Our dogs love to sit out on the deck while I get work done in the mornings. Since everyone seems to be working from home for the foreseeable future, I thought I'd share a little bit about this room. Maybe it will give READ MORE
Buying a Moroccan Rug
I was so excited to buy Moroccan rugs for our house! We had held off on buying a rug for our living room because we thought we *might* buy one in Marrakech. The wool rugs with geometric patterns or the bright colored, tribal patterned rugs have become a hit on social media and Pinterest. However, a lot of the 'Moroccan style' rugs found online are mass produced and are not actually made in Morocco READ MORE
Easy Christmas Table Decor
I'm feeling a little bittersweet about Christmas this year because it's mine and Timmer's first Christmas in Europe, but that also means it's our first Christmas away from family. I'm starting to feel a liiiittle homesick, and am really missing my friends and family. However, it's our first year with a big home (vs. our tiny Atlanta apartment), and it's the first year we'll have a formal dining READ MORE
German House Tour: Dining Room
Of all the places I've lived in on my own (college, post-college, etc.) I have never had a formal dining room. We've never really needed a dining room, though, because eating dinner on the coffee table while watching TV is pretty much the best. But I've always imagined what my dream dinner table looks like -- long, farmhouse-ish, a bench, comfy chairs. Now that we upgraded ourselves from a tiny READ MORE