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How to Purchase With Purpose to Create a Home You Love

I spoke a bit on Instagram stories about a week ago about creating a home you’re proud of and that is and for YOU. This requires knowing your wants, needs, preferences and values. But if we figure this out, it is a way to make sure we are purchasing with purpose and only bringing items into our home that bring us joy and aligns with our values. Why is this important? By having a home that works for us and is filled with pieces that are personal to us, we will truly find joy in our home. We won’t be constantly editing and growing tired of our decor. We won’t feel the need to follow trends and styles that aren’t authentic to who we are.

Below I’m sharing tips along with a free PDF printable for you to fill out to get to know yourself and your home style better, and to then keep somewhere that you can access before making purchases.

design_decorBrooke FiorilloAugust 14, 2020

Get the Look: Sophisticated Home Office

I haven’t done a “Get the Look” post in quite some time, and as I was doing it I realized how much I missed this! I love creating design boards and plans both for fun and for clients :) If you have a project you’d like to work with me on, please visit my services page. I’d love to hear from you!

Anyway, here are 3 sophisticated office design options. I do these both to hone my skills and hopefully give my readers inspiration for spaces in their own home. Take a look back at my other “Get the Look” posts for more inspo!

get the look, design_decorBrooke FiorilloJuly 14, 2020

My Favorite Houseplant Tools

Today I’m sharing some of my go-to houseplant tools! I’ve learned a lot about keeping houseplants happy and healthy through the years, and am learning more each day :) So I wanted to share some tools/tips with you guys! I’ve linked to the products I use below.

design_decorBrooke FiorilloMay 27, 2020

How to Love Your Home Right Now Without Spending a Dime

It can be a challenge to love your home 24/7. We all have projects we want to do, rooms that need organizing and furniture we’d love to buy. But reality is that most of us can’t do those things right away! At this time in our lives when most of us are spending time at home more than ever and aren’t shopping for non-essential items, this post may really resonate with you and hopefully be helpful! I have been getting a lot better about loving my home in every state it’s in and enjoying the process. So, today I’m going to share some of my tips that help me love my home and may help you!

design_decorBrooke FiorilloMay 14, 2020

Anchor's Bed Refresh With Garnet Hill

The bedding was given to me by Garnet Hill in exchange for my honest review.

We gave Anchor’s bed a little refresh! It’s no secret that I love linen bedding. It’s natural, breathable, soft, works year-round. Most of all, I love the lived-in, organic look of linen— it always makes me just want to jump right in! So naturally I had to choose this wonderful fabric for his updated bedding! Garnet Hill is definitely my go-to for linen bedding— I can trust that they’re free of harmful substances and I love that they’re garment-washed for extra softness! They also have beautiful color choices.

our home, design_decorBrooke FiorilloApril 28, 2020

Closet Organization: Jewelry

I finally got around to organizing my jewelry are in my closet! Huge thanks to dan for building me this beautiful shelf and necklace holder :) What got my momentum going was seeing Katie Bookster’s awesome DIY for this necklace hanger! How cute is it? She has the best DIYs—stuff that you will actually want to and be able to do! Definitely go check her youtube page out if you haven’t already :)

our home, projects, design_decorBrooke FiorilloMarch 27, 2020

Fabric Scraps as Art

Fabric scraps are a great option for unique artwork and a great way to refrain from wasting them. Today I’ve rounded up some inspiration for you guys! I’ve done this a couple times with some of my favorite fabric scraps I had leftover from making pillows. You can use frames you already have at home or search for unique frames at your local thrift store.

Make, design_decorBrooke FiorilloMarch 26, 2020

Playroom Renovation Design Plans

Since the library and playroom are not attached (thanks to the doorway we added between the two rooms!), we are renovating them pretty much simultaneously. You can take a look at our library design plans here and I’ll put together a progress blog post soon! In today’s post we’re sharing our playroom plans :)

our home, renovate, design_decorBrooke FiorilloMarch 11, 2020

Master Bedroom Updates

We made some updates to our master bedroom recently, the biggest being upgrading to a king bed! It was a long time coming as Anchor sleeps between us every night and it was getting way too crowded in a queen size bed haha We also got some new bedding and did a couple fun DIYs!

our home, design_decorBrooke FiorilloFebruary 27, 2020