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This Week’s Finds

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Happy Sunday, dear friends! I hope your weekend was a fun one. We’re ending a busy week, filled with activity on all fronts – copious amounts of work and play, sprinkled with some comfort food  and plenty of warm cider. I had hoped to have blogging things ready by now but such is life. Hoping you’re still around, here are this week’s finds, along with some highlights on the home front. Trick or treating was a huge success this year. We got enough candy to tide us over until Thanksgiving, for which I’ve started practicing some new bakes. I also spotted the most darling jack-o lantern I’ve ever seen, and I’m sharing the pic I snapped in case you need some inspiration for next year’s pumpkin designs. My neighbor turned her pumpkin sideways and, what do you know, the result was hilarious. I’m so stealing this carving idea.

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A Conversation with Interior Designer Katie Wolf

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Dear friends, today’s design story takes us to Atlanta, Georgia, for a visit with interior designer Katie Wolf, founder of Wolf Interiors. Through a series of photographs by Jeff Herr, we’ll get a detailed tour of Katie’s stunning home in the Brookwood Hills neighborhood of Atlanta, and we’ll get to hear all about the thoughtful design choices she and her husband, Tyler, made during the renovation of their 1920s house.

Wolf Interiors: brick georgian exterior with boxwood
Photography by Jeff Herr
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This Week’s Finds

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Happy weekend, dear friends! I hope you’re having a restful and fun couple of days, wherever you are.  It’s the end of a busy fall week here in Western Mass, with a million things happening on all fronts – at work, at school and at home. Playdates, birthday parties, doctor’s appointments, work deadlines – our calendar is packed with activities (some more fun than others) and downtime with a favorite book feels like a stolen luxury these days. After an initial burst of enthusiasm on my end, yard work has been abandoned in favor of more pressing projects inside. Our contractor’s schedule has opened up so we’re continuing our renovation with parts of our upstairs, including Sofia’s room, which is in need of a refresh. While the fallen leaves pile, I’m having a good time picking out new fabric and paint colors for my preteen girl. Daughters can be interesting clients, I find. Anyway, here are this week’s finds – the usual assortment of things either practical or pretty, sometimes both. 

Embroidered Floral Bedding

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Renovating a Cape Cod Style Cottage | Bamboo Shades for the Living Room

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Two things had to happen in order for today’s post to come together: the bamboo shades I ordered two weeks ago had to be delivered; and I had to figure out a way to install them myself, with only an antique drill and a puny screwdriver as helpers. But the stars aligned, the shades arrived, and I found my inner Bob Vila just in time so I can share my latest decorating tweaks with you. If you’re on the market for some new window treatments for a room in your home, and are considering bamboo shades, I highly recommend them. There are many different sources and price points available, and you’ll probably want to do your own research, but I’ve had the same shades in our family room and have been very pleased with them so far so I ordered a couple more for the living room. These bamboo shades are beautifully made, the width and length of the shade can be customized to fit any window and, more importantly, you can install them yourself, like I did 🙂

Bamboo Shades

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Last Week’s Finds

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Marking the end of a busy week, and the start of another, here are a few favorite finds that have made it to my wishlist, shopping cart or must-read list of books and design stories. I hope you see something that piques your interest! 

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