This post was originally published on FTD By Design. This is not a sponsored post. What is Hygge? Hygge is a Danish word that can be best described as enjoying life’s simple pleasures. It was created as a concept and lifestyle by the Danish in the […]

Hello, my name is Emily and I am cleanaholic. I’m addicted to cleaning. Well, not the act of cleaning, per se, but cleanliness. Truth is, I hate to clean. But you want to know what I hate more? Crumbs on a table. Hair on the bathroom […]

A few weeks ago, I found myself scrolling through Facebook for what must have been the twentieth time that day. I stumbled across an article about Aziz Ansari and clicked on it. Within the interview, he admitted that he’d deleted all social media, news apps, […]

This post was originally published on FTD By Design. This is not a sponsored post. How you decorate your home is a unique way to express who you are as a person. To begin, we recommend taking the Myers-Briggs personality test if you haven’t already. It is […]

If you had asked me three years ago if I’d ever be a military spouse, I’d have shaken my head and laughed at the unlikelihood. I didn’t even know anyone close to me in the armed forces, and I lived in a city with no […]

So you’ve finally had enough. It seems like everyone you know has an adorable puppy or an adventure-loving dog to call their own. Scenes of tug-of-war and park playtime dominate your daydreams. You’re just dying for a sweet, fluffy companion and it’s totally time to […]

We’ve all been there: It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon on your day off—AKA, the day that you planned to get your whole life together (i.e., clean the apartment, catch up on your side hustle, organize the pile of mail that’s been growing on the kitchen counter, shop […]

Growing up in a Cajun family meant always having the yummiest foods at my fingertips: pork jambalaya, seafood gumbo, deer sauce piquante, fried frog legs—you name it, we ate it. But for as long as I can remember, my favorite dish, hands down, was my Pappy’s Crawfish Étouffée. Cooking is my […]

Morning has always been my favorite time of day. I love getting out of bed before sunrise, brewing some coffee (extra strong, please), sitting down with a book or my laptop, and savoring every quiet moment before the rest of the world wakes up. I know, I know. […]

The conversation began, like most good conversations do, over coffee. “We should start our own business one day. Just you and me, doing what we love to do.” This was two years ago, not long after Kristen and I had graduated from the University of […]