The Rustic Life

10 Feb 2015
Recipes

Farmhouse Crab & Corn Chowder

Is it me or are we sooo ready to be in the thick of fall. It’s officially just started but I’m ready to be loving and embracing all things fall every day and in every way. When it comes to favorite fall foods, chowder has got to be pretty close to the top of my
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Decor + Home February 7, 2015

Designing A Rustic Farmhouse Living Room

Happy Friday loves. It’s been a heck of a week here in Connecticut, busy busy busy. My daughter is moving into her new space with her college roommates for her senior year, my spa is gearing up for back to school specials and finishing touches on the kitchen are being done. I get a lot
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Decor + Home February 5, 2015

Top 3 Tips for Organizing a Beautiful Bathroom

  Often times when decorating a home, well at least in my past, decorating my bathroom wasn’t really a priority compared to say the kitchen or the family room. I had the attitude where I thought “please it’s not like anyone lives in the bathroom” but today, I’ve grown up peeps. Now I feel as
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Beauty February 3, 2015

DIY: Valentine's Day Sugar Scrub

  Valentine’s Day is just around the corner loves and I thought how fun would it be to share a DIY sugar scrub recipe. The ingredients are simple and you would be able to whip this up real quick. Most of the ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. I think these would make
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Cocktails

Watermelon Cooler

  Hi loves! The 4th of July is this Saturday and what does that mean??? You guessed it… P-A-R-T-Y time! We will be having some family over and we can’t wait to enjoy some grilled food, fireworks and of course cocktails. I wanted to share my super duper easy recipe for a watermelon cooler I
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Decor + Home February 1, 2015

Statement Making Pendant Lights

  When you are working on designing a kitchen like I am, pendant lights over the kitchen island is an obvious decision that needs some attention. There are so many gorgeous lights out there and so many lighting companies to choose from. It can be overwhelming to make a decision. One thing I noted along
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