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Ring Video Doorbell 2 Review

I have been compensated by QVC for this post, but all thoughts and opinions are my own!

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Hey everyone, I’m excited to partner with QVC to share our latest digital home device with you.  As most of you know, I receive multiple packages a day even while I’m traveling and so I’m not always able to confirm deliveries and sign for packages. So when QVC approached me with a Ring Video Doorbell 2 project, I immediately jumped at the opportunity since it was something I was already looking into for our home. The Wi-Fi-enabled Ring Video Doorbell 2 allows you to speak with visitors or keep an eye on your home, whether you’re upstairs or across town or even on the other side of the country just by using the free app on your smartphone or tablet. The package I got also includes the Chime Pro that extends my home Wi-Fi signal from my router to all my Ring devices so that I’m less likely to miss any alerts.

We installed our Ring Doorbell 2 with Chime Pro a couple weeks ago and I’ve already gotten to test it out while I was traveling in Austin and Florida and I was able to communicate with our house maintenance crew and my assistant via the Live View that’s equipped with two-way audio with noise cancelation right from the Ring app on my phone. The app is great because it allows you to communicate with delivery men and women when they’re standing at your door and don’t know where to place your package. 

Additionally, the camera makes me feel safer because it gives me access to view my entire front yard all the way to the street and it comes with adjustable motion sensor zones. You can even see the video surveillance clearly at night from the Ring app on your phone because the camera has infrared night vision. I love how the Ring Doorbell 2 with Chime Pro makes me feel safer when I’m at home and just as secure while I’m traveling. If you’re looking into front door cameras for your home, I highly recommend ring and you can find all of their products with various package options available online at QVC.

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How to Style Your Bar Cart For Mardi Gras

Hey everyone, I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! Today I’m sharing how to style your bar cart for Mardi Gras with World Market. When it comes to Mardi Gras bar carts, I like to make sure I include essentials like vodka, Bloody Mary mix and all of the garnishes. I also like to add fun little masks and I always keep my pretty gold stemless glasses and printed bowls on display for added decor. I found all of my Mardi Gras essentials at World Market including this gold bar cart, which I’ve had in my home for three years now. It’s the perfect size to keep in your dining room or you can even use it as end table!

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Bar Cart Details: Gold Cole 3-Tier Rolling Bar Cart | Irish Coffee Mugs Set of 6 | Bloody Mary Mix, Olives & Okra c/o World Market | | Gold Stemless Glassware Collection | Black & white printed bowls 

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Furniture:  Wood Leona Farmhouse Extension Dining Table | Neutral Linen Paige Dining Bench  | Natural Linen Paige Round Back Dining Chairs  | Gold Light Fixture (also available here) | Mirrored Sideboard |

Decor: Light Grey Sheepskin | Faux Fiddle-Leaf Fig Plant | Tapered Ivory Planter With Gold Stand| Belen Rug, Gray |

On Mirrored Sideboard: Gold Box Wine Rack | Gold Stemless Glassware Collection |

You can find my white lace cami here and bracelets are by Julie Vos.

I used this gold fluted charger from World Market for to place my king cake on.

This post is in partnership with World Market, a brand I love. All opinions and selections here are my own. Thank you for supporting the affiliate posts who make this blog possible.

My Framed Photo Gallery Walls

Happy Friday everyone, today I’m finally sharing the home decor post you’ve all been waiting for…my framed photo gallery walls. It’s been about 10 months since my wedding so I knew it was time to bite the bullet and print some wedding photos to display in my home. I had been putting it off because it’s so hard to decide which photos to choose and what the gallery wall will look like. Fortunately, Framebridge makes it super easy to select and envision your gallery wall. Their website allows you to choose a gallery style that fits with your space and then upload all of your high resolution photos to arrange them until you come to a look you love. Once you arrange your gallery wall, you can preview what the wall will look like before ordering. The Framebridge custom frames your photos and ships everything (including a life-size hanging guide!) to your door. Scroll through this post to see how!

I’ve created my own gallery style walls with Framebridge before in my old house, but this time I wanted  a more formal look so I choose two of their standard layouts: the floor to ceiling grid for my entry way and “the line” gallery to hang above my bed. While I love the look of the full floor to ceiling grid, I needed three large frames in another part of my house so I decided to separate three photos from the gallery, but I think it still think it looks amazing.

I took a screenshot of my online process with Framebridge so you could see how I was able to easily arrange my photos into an order that flowed together and made me smile. Once I moved all of the photos around a couple times, I was able to “preview” what the gallery would look like. See screenshot below.

I moved the bottom three photos somewhere else in my home, which I will show you later in my home tour post in January.

How did we hang the photos so perfectly you ask? It was an even easier than you can imagine. Framebridge ships your professionally framed photos to you along with a hanging tool kit, which comes with everything you need minus the hammer and tape measurer. It comes with all the correct nails and pieces for each frame along with a paper grid that you can hang on your wall wherever you want to hang the gallery. Then you hammer all of the nails into the X marks and rip the paper down once you’re ready to hang. It was the easiest hanging process I’ve ever experienced, which I was super grateful for because it was stress free and very rewarding at the end.

My exact frames are from the floor to ceiling grid  | You can find my bench available here!

The bedroom gallery wall was an even easier process because it was just a straight line , but we used still used the paper grid anyway to avoid making any of the photos too closer together or too far apart. Check out “The Line” gallery above my below.

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Home Decor Details:  Storage Settee Bench | Solana Shams | Solana Duvet Cover | Similar Upholstered Bed | Gold Arch Wall Mirror | Similar Nightstand | Oversized Blush Mongolian Faux Fur Lumbar Pillow | Prisha Rug | Faux Fur Throw | Curtains  | “The Line” gallery c/o Framebridge | Lamp c/o Lamps Plus

 Christmas Decor: Pre-lit Mini Christmas Tree | Mini Sweets Ornament Set | Mini Wine Ornament Set |Pencil Christmas tree found at Hobby Lobby | Fairy String Lights 

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outfit: Caslon® Ribbed Turtleneck Tunic Sweater (Regular & Petite) | UGG® Cable Knit Over the Knee Socks | Shearling Slipper (similar here)

5 Tips For Organizing Your Home

Hey everyone, I hope your first week of the new year is still going strong. I’ve been working on new daily routines and healthy eating habits as well trying to organize the house and my life. To help you out with your own life organization, I’ve partnered up with World Market to share 5 tips on how to better organize your home!

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Natural Rattan Chair with Cushion <—SALE Alert! | Faux Fur Pom Throw | Macrame Basket | Pink Faux Fur Blanket | Wood Ladder Decor | Macrame Pillow | Sheepskin Area Rug

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Outfit: Cozy Knit Joggers | Deep V Blush Tank | Barefoot Dreams Montecito Cardigan (also available here) | Exact Glitter Slippers (sold out) —I love this faux fur pair |

  1. First things first! Let’s get your priorities in order! Where do you keep your wine and are the bottles organized by year, color or price? We are working on building a wet bar with a winer cooler, but until then we love using these pine 44-bottle wine racks from World Market. Blake keeps the bottles organized by brand (aka fanciness).  It makes it easier when we have guests over because we know which section to pull from.

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Farmhouse Dining Table | Round Back Chairs | Belen Rug | Oyster Paintings by Christina Fontenot | Gold Light Fixture c/o Lamps Plus | Macrame Table Runner | See dinnerware info here

2. Convenient storage! Since I’m a blogger, I’m constantly getting new stuff to feature for you all. Sometimes my office can get a little messy and overwhelmed with products, but if I put everything away in closets and drawers, I’ll forget about the new items. So I use this gold rolling cart to hold all of the new items until they’ve been featured. I also use a second gold rolling rack to store beauty products in the bathroom. These gold carts are perfect for storing items that you need to have easy access to, but don’t have anywhere else to put them! They’re also great for keeping your offices supplies and papers.

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3) Speaking of office storage, I highly recommend these gold file storage to keep all of your tax documents, bills and other house paperwork. I also like this gold wire one!

4) Display storage! Put all of your pretty throw blankets where you can enjoy them in the living room like this wood ladder or macrame basket. Leave the closet space for all other messy items that you’d rather keep hidden instead on the kitchen counter or coffee table.

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Natural Rattan Chair with Cushion <—SALE Alert! | Faux Fur Pom Throw | Macrame Basket | Pink Faux Fur Blanket | Wood Ladder Decor | Macrame Pillow | Sheepskin Area Rug

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Outfit: Cozy Knit Joggers | Deep V Blush Tank | Barefoot Dreams Montecito Cardigan (also available here) | Exact Glitter Slippers (sold out) —I love this faux fur pair |

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5. If you don’t already own a bar cart it’s officially time to invest! It’s the perfect way to beautifully display your bar tools, glasses and mixers, liquor and wine. See my post on holiday bar carts here—>6 Holiday Bar Cart Essentials 

Photos by: M Preau Photo

This post is in partnership with World Market, a brand I love. All opinions and selections here are my own. Thank you for supporting the affiliate posts who make this blog possible.

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