The House of Valentina shop is almost here! We hope to fulfill your wildest dreams of whimsy, imagination, and wanderlust while stocking your house with all the things you have been asking for… busts, art, books, and so much more. We will have loads of limited editions, one-of-a-kinds… it’s going to be…
How Do We Truly Find Our Way Home?
“There’s no place like home” or so the saying goes, but sometimes home can feel like an elusive place. Generations and thousands of years worth of great philosophers, deep thinkers, poets and even a vast number of angsting country music stars have tried to figure it out. No matter how much we…
Get Collected, Not Cluttered
I’ve just spent the last few hours going through bins of old photos and memorabilia with my mom. It was one of the very tasks I had been looking forward to since moving back. Well, I might have snagged a few things that were out in the open when we first got…
Every Good After Starts With a Before
It’s not that I have a thing against stripes. In fact I think they are kind of cool and have untapped potential. But these stripes? Boooring. And completely dingy in a not so cool way. They need to go. The only problem is that I am kind of tapped out for a…
What I found When I Googled Best Hipster Shopping Miami
Times are changing for sure. Most of us rarely consult a guide book these days when we hit a new town. Instead we opt to Google “Best Shopping Miami” which unfortunately will lead you down a path towards South Beach, H&M, and Zara. Which, don’t get me wrong, I kind of like. But I…
DIY Plant Pots! 3 supplies you May Already Have!
3 Things. That’s really all you need to create these super simple DIY Plant Pots. And not one of those products is expensive! You may even have them on hand. What I love so much about this DIY is that it will add so much warmth and patina to your home and…
The Best Thing About Owning A Home
Without a doubt I think the best thing about owning a home is getting to DO whatever you want to it. Of course some of those choices could come back to bite you later. Maybe you don’t need to feather the walls or tie dye the carpet, but paint is such an…
Two DIY IKEA Hacks You Won’t BELIEVE!
With a before like that, it’s hard to imagine the after not being better, but o.m.g. The After is SOOO good! British Designer, Malcom Begg, has shown us two brilliant DIY IKEA Hacks that will literally blow your mind… but not your budget. To create this look you will need to first…
How to UnDecorate Your Home & Why You Should
It’s not every day that an award winning Creole Chef opens up his home, but Alon, and his wife, Emily, gave a tour of their home, which is award worthy as well. Their New Orleans home is packed with undecorating ideas that you can use no matter where you live. By undecorate, I mean…
This Affordable Linen Will Change Your Life
My mom said it wrinkled too much, my husband swore it was itchy, but neither one of them could argue with the linen I brought home from H&M. While I realize that if I really lived in the French Countryside I would probably have loads of REAL french linen, I have to…
Book Your Ticket! :: Best Southern France Hotel
You know a place is destined to be magical when the story begins in the garden. Owners, Annie and Colin Moore, who met on a train leaving paris in 1982, dreamt up what I can sum up as nothing short of the best Southern France Hotel I have ever stumbled upon. Knowing that…
The Most BRILLIANT & Cheap DIY Wainscoting
Do you ever see a DIY and wonder why on earth you didn’t think of that yourself? Dang it. That was my exact thought when I realized that IKEA had just blown my mind with their CHEAP DIY wainscoting. Ideas like this make ya want to kiss IKEA right on the mouth….
