Alongside Thanksgiving - and the chance to break the yummiest of breads with those you love - sometimes comes a wee bit of stress. Because family isn't always a walk in the park, amirite!? Thus, "Friendsgiving" was born. A day to relax entirely into the no-stress vibe of your friend-family and recharge your souls to gear up for the holiday season. Friendsgiving doesn't have to be on Thanksgiving. It doesn't even have to be in November. It just has to be about fun and food and laughing with the...

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We live out in the New England country, in a little town just outside of Boston. Where cars slow to let turkeys pass by (I actually did this today) and horses regularly trot down the side of the road with their owners. We are close enough to a city to experience all of the culinary goodness, but far enough to enjoy all of the farms and land and general loveliness. And around Thanksgiving that very combination gets oh so good. I should preface this recipe to say that I'm not so much of a...

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It is officially Fall in Boston. The leaves are starting to turn, the air is starting to cool and ALL the roadside farms are serving up hot apple cider and donuts which is basically the only reason I run errands every day. It also means that we're looking for small ways to transform our home to embrace this gorgeous, gorgeous season. So! Even if you don't have a complete arsenal of Fall decor at your finger tips, there are so many easy ways to give your home a great big Fall hug (cheeeeeesy)...

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We are all about holding on to outdoor entertaining for A. as long as covid lasts and B. until our fingers are frozen solid. And this little number? Well, it's about as good as Fall in New England gets. Together with Better Homes and Gardens, alongside a day that was drenched in gorgeous weather, amazing good cocktails and did we mention grilled cheese sandwiches as far as the eye could see...this is something that has officially...

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With Trick-Or-Treating being cancelled in neighborhoods everywhere...what is a mom to do with three children that have been wearing their costume daily since October 3rd!? And one of them actually sleeping in said costume!? Well. We do what mom's do best. Bribe, threaten and distract with candy and treats. Here are a handful of so easy (not Pinterest "easy" but ACTUAL easy) Halloween sweets that will preserve the spooky memories and appease even the most grumpy of costumed kids.

SPOOKY...

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So, I'm taking a different approach to home school. I'm kind of sucking at being an actual teacher so I'm focusing a lot on teaching my children to be better humans with a Life 101 class a few times a week. Today's agenda? Leftovers. Because we could feed a small country with the volume of food that my children leave on their plates. How to Make Leftovers Taste Like Magic. 1. Give the kids a list of leftovers you normally have: chicken, noodles, roasted veggies, mac and cheese, etc.

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Fun fact! The SMP team all works remotely across the world (yes, the world!) But if we DID have an office, you better believe we'd be taking some serious inspo from this office tour! We believe that it's important to work in a space where you're inspired, and this LA office is just dreamy! We've been in this office for about 7 years, and it's been through many iterations over that time! This modern meets beachy aesthetic definitely paints an accurate picture of where we're at now.

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You like how we threw that extra 3 minutes in? It's just a security blanket because come dinner time, we just know some little thing (usually a little person) is going to throw us and we'll need those 180 seconds to recover. But for all of you out there that are looking to up your dinner game but don't have the time or patience to slave over the stove? This is for you. Click here for all of our recipes! [dotted]...

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There is a little shop down the road from me that makes the absolute best scones. Well, at least I thought they did until I saw these little numbers from Lael Cakes with photography from Amber Gress. Spiked with seasonal spices, these gorgeous scones are even made gluten free so everyone in the family can enjoy them. I know what I'm doing this weekend!

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Sundays are made for baking. For taking that time that you might not have during the crazy week to find your ahhh in your kitchen, hands deep into butter and flour and sugar. Well, with Thanksgiving Day merely days away, we thought we'd share a few fun toppers to inspire your lazy Sunday pie making. Whether you tackle one or two, or craft the whole shebang for your Thanksgiving table showstopper, remember that pie is never about perfection. It's about deliciously flaky pastry perfection built to...

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I first spotted this adorable room on instagram, promptly saving it in my inspiration file to repost within a few days. Marie Flanigan has always been a favorite interior designer of ours (check out this gorg home and...

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I love a good tiny home renovation. But, when said tiny home also has meaningful details, thoughtful changes and style and style and style for days? Well, it just makes my blogger heart so very happy. This beach bungalow reno was a total labor of love for Magi Fisher - photographer behind Magdalena Studios - and her husband, who brought in...

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One step (actually... just go ahead and give us a giant leap) into this stunning Utah home and you know you've hit paradise. It's a perfect mash-up of modern meets tradition, traveled meets right at home, and with craveable details like matte black walls and serene white bedrooms, this is one of those spaces that will forever resurface time and time again on future Pinterest boards. Designed by the talented...

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Prepare yourself to be totally overwhelmed by the pure adorableness of this next little number. It has all of the ingredients for overwhelmed-by-pure-adorableness-syndrome, beginning and ending with the most preciously perfect kiddos dressed to the nines in the cutest Halloween costumes ever. If throwing a miniature Halloween party is floating around in the back of your mind, this sweet shindig - designed by Witty Bash with...

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Not many people have space for both a dedicated office and a dedicated playroom and yet achieving the perfect balance of two difference needs can be so hard! Right!? Because how do you achieve #girlboss status when there are toys all over the place!? Well, lucky for us, the fabulous Beth Aschenbach, co-founder of Palm Beach Lately, has it down to a science and has successfully designed one of the chicest, most well...

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I have three little kiddos. 2 Girls and a Boy. The two that get along like peas and carrots and that would do really well sharing a room are the boy, 8, and the girl, 5. But I couldn't ever figure out how to design a space that aesthetically suited both of them, that could capture their individual spirits, that they would both fall in love with. Enter: Erica Bryen Design. And this amazing boy/girl BUNK room. Yep, a...

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It's a big day on SMP! After literally a year of design + development, we are finally ready to share the official peak at our brand new Harvest by Style Me Pretty Collection! What is Harvest, you ask? Well, you Kings of Chic, you Princesses of Fabulous, let's settle in shall we? Harvest by Style Me Pretty is the thoughtful SMP style, the "simple is always better" motto to which we live by, the careful design and exquisite...

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First Birthdays. A chance to celebrate the little person that we've fallen so deeply in love with. A milestone where we recognize that our baby isn't such a baby anymore. But more than anything? A holy-cow-we-did-it-sleepless-nights-and-all party where we can (and should) celebrate that being a parent isn't for the faint of heart. That it truly does, take a village. Well, lucky for us, the creative and crazy talented village that surrounds floral designer...

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I first met the lovely Danielle Moss a million years ago when she and Alaina Kaczmarski were launching a little site called The Everygirl. You may have heard of it:) Fast forward nearly a decade and The Everygirl is now media mainstream and Danielle is mom to one of the cutest little one year olds on the planet. And today...we're celebrating her very first birthday! Fit for an Everygirl princess, read on to see the most...

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The problem with writing a blog that celebrates gorgeous homes and spaces is that I continually want to redecorate, rebuild, remodel, re-anything. And this kitchen, is really doing a number on my design stability. I've already called the contractor. Imagined and executed by Madison Nicole, every room in this Santa Barbara stunner just gets prettier and prettier. Come on in as Madison talks us through each space with...

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