I recently went through a wardrobe cleanse. I decided that I hated nearly 90% of my current wardrobe, leaving behind what I felt was old, tired, and worn out. At least that’s how it felt. Now “hate” is a strong word — but you get the idea. I needed to hit the refresh button and
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Entertaining
3 Ideas for Hosting an Exciting SAG Awards Viewing Party
If you love the glamour of SAG Awards red carpet fashion, you’re going to love this twist on an at-home viewing party. Although Hollywood may have more glamour than your everyday events, there are still ways to bring a little bit of that A-list feel into your home. Champagne Taittinger and I have you covered
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Content Creation Tips
The 10 Best Tools for Content Creators & Influencers
For a long time, the content creation community has been dominated by blogs. Nowadays, it’s full of different types of creative enterprises- hello TikTok and Twitch. Whatever type of creative enterprise you have, it’s important you have the right tools at hand to help streamline your work and create beautiful content in an even more
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Our Home Reno
One Room Challenge Guest Bedroom Reveal
Supply chain issues!! My favorite reason for why this post is so beyond delayed from my other One Room Challenge posts – which due to my infrequent blogging updates I will also blame on supply chain issues… But in seriousness, as I stare down the sun-strewn guest bedroom from my office chair, I’m so proud
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Interiors & Exteriors
This 2 Minute Productivity Hack Will Change Your Life
It’s easy to let things pile up to the point of an overwhelming amount of dishes sitting in the sink, you have “the chair” that collects your laundry, and the house is in complete disarray. But what if I told you there is a two minute productivity hack that will change your life and keep
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Main Dishes
How to Get the Flakiest Salmon Ever with This Trick
If you’re buying salmon off the shelf instead of catching it straight out of the river, chances are it arrives to the grocery store frozen and you buy it thawed. This means, during the freezing and thawing process, the salmon loses a little bit of it’s firmness and retains more moisture causing a limp, mushy
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Atlanta
How to Know Atlanta: A Guide to the Atlanta History Center
History is Messy. But history is also vibrant, dynamic, and thanks to the many fantastic curators at Atlanta History Center, history is incredibly approachable. AHC is filled with plenty of exhibitions that appeal to all interests. You probably know about the History Center from Swan House, the iconic 1920s home that starred in the Hunger
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Entertaining
How to Host a Champagne Dinner Party At Home with Taittinger’s
This champagne dinner party was written in collaboration with Taittinger Champagne. While there is a sponsored element to this post, all opinions, photos, and words are my own. Our new tradition in #ThisRuffHouse is to host a fancy Friendsmas dinner party complete with overdressed guests, a beef wellington, and tons of champagne to wash it
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Holiday Decor
Low Mess Greenery Ideas to Add Natural Touch to Your Christmas Decor
Bringing the beauty of evergreen Christmas trees into your home for the Holidays doesn’t have to come with a mess. We love how real the look of our artificial Christmas tree from Balsam Hill looks decked for the Holidays and we love that there is no mess to clean up afterward. There is no reason
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Holiday Decor
5 Creative Places to Hang Christmas Wreaths
I love decorating with Christmas wreaths. If you read our post about traditional Christmas decor, you may recall that I don’t like cleaning up pine needles so I try to stay away from large Christmas trees that make a lot of mess- which makes the addition of Christmas wreaths a great way to add greenery around
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Holiday Decor
Traditional Christmas Decor
I love decorating the house for the Holidays. Christmas is such a fun time of year to bring in natural elements and heirloom pieces to relish in the end of a year well spent. I’m showing you how I decorate our home for the Holidays with traditional Christmas decor in hopes it helps you put