BEFORE When we bought our home 7 years ago, the upstairs felt like it was mostly unfinished, other than one room – the guest room. Our first move was to finish the open attic room, dry walling it, and adding electric and flooring. We did that almost immediately when we moved in, and it then became Charlie’s bedroom. In the rush of day-to-day life we ended up leaving the rest of the upstairs mostly as-is, ignoring this large chunk of unused space at the top of our stairs. It became a dumping ground of toys, workout equipment we didn’t use enough, and clutter. Finally, at the end of 2023, I felt ..read more

With holiday decor almost around the corner, I wanted to share some quick and easy DIY and decorating tips for the Fall season that have brought my space to peak coziness. Sometimes really small things make a huge impact, and most of my decor is really cost effective as well! I applied all of these decorating tips into the Pumpkin Spice Suite that I partnered on with Great Wolf Lodge. It was such an honor to work together with Great Wolf Lodge to create spaces that felt cozy and like home – drawing inspiration from the warm tones of fall, and the feeling of a crisp autumn day. Please find some ..read more

Ohh boy, where do I even start! I had no plans of making a travel guide for this trip – it was simply a fun girls trip with my friend Alyssa – but so many of you have asked, and I figured documenting it would be fun! Alyssa asked me if I wanted to go to Paris randomly one day earlier in the year after we both watched Emily in Paris (cheesy, I know) and I spoke to Matt about it, and he was happy for me to go! We’ve been trying to be better about taking trips that we know one of us will love, and the other wouldn’t be that excited about, with friends. He has very little urge to go to Paris, picn ..read more

For my first DIY of the year, I’ve been working on transforming Hudson’s room into a big kid room! His room became very hodge-podge, with bits leftover from his nursery mixed with hoards of toys, baskets shoved in corners, and not much organization. The bed he’s been sleeping in since he is 2.5 (he’s now 6) was a teeny IKEA bed that we were ready to pass on to Charlie, so we began the planning process! His room is pretty small, and we wanted to have a small desk, and some hidden storage options to organize his coloring books and crayons, board games, etc. I kept seeing this IKEA hack, and thou ..read more

I cannot believe that November is almost over! I am in full gifting mode, and wanted to share a quick round up of some of my favorite sales going around this weekend! Happy shopping + Happy Thanksgiving! The post Black Friday Sales Round Up! appeared first on steffy's pros + cons ..read more

I was introduced to Saje last year when my cousin Sammy got me one of their diffusers as a Christmas gift. After that, I found myself continuing to visit their site – walking away with their mint halo (which is SO wonderful to relieve stress) and their hand soaps that smell so amazing! From the packaging, to the quality of their products, they truly make the best gifts – and they have something for everyone! Saje is best known for helping you connect to a stress-free and calm environment, and I love incorporating their products into the parts of my daily routine that set me up for success – th ..read more

Hello! Hi! It has been a while since I have updated this space, and there’ a lot of reasons behind it – one being that I am working on something super exciting behind the scenes that involves a lot of planning and writing, and has been taking up a lot of my time! But I want to get back and share details on a lot of projects that I have worked on over the past few months, so you can refer back to them if you need to! I love that about the blog – knowing that if you take the time to write it and publish it, it will live on forever. Basically the shortened version is that my brother Matt moved to ..read more

It has been a whirlwind of a week, and I wanted to sit down and type it all out before my memory begins to fail me! I’ve had so many of you that are interested in what we did during our stay at Grand Velas Los Cabos, as well as details on the resort itself, since it is such a perfect spot for a honeymoon, a getaway with your spouse or even with your kids! It is really just a slice of heaven, and I could not recommend it enough after this trip!! Here’s more on what we did, how we got here, etc! We booked this trip super last minute, and my amazing and kind in-laws flew in from Florida to watch ..read more

BEFORE: When we purchased our 1974 A-Frame in the Catskills back in March of 2021, our immediate thought was “how are we going to get more natural light into this space?” We’ve never had this issue before in any of our previous homes, because we have always been super specific about only purchasing or renting homes with nice natural light. I really believe that natural light has a huge impact on my moods, and I feel it is a necessity in my daily life. This home was a different story, because we were so dead-set on finding a home with an A-frame roofline, so we were willing to budge on this hug ..read more

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