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Austin House Updates with Serena & Lily

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Serena & Lily. The opinions and text are all mine. Thank you for supporting the brands my family loves!

We are excited to be in Austin in one month – it feels like we’ve been talking about moving for years! In fact, we bought our lot two years ago this month, so it has been a long time coming. I shared details about our move here – but in short, we are rebuilding our Houston house with just a few changes, mainly to accommodate having a fourth kid (we only had one when we first drew up plans!). This means adding an extra bedroom, locker in our mudroom, and changing the layout of our kitchen island to allow for six barstools (instead of four). We spent a lot of time hanging out in the kitchen, and I always felt like it was sad to only have four barstools when we were a family of five. When Poppy was born, I told Sasha it was important to me to have six seats at the island, so we reconfigured it to make it work!

Poppy’s Feminine Blue and Green Nursery

Miss Poppy Alexandra Petrovic was born last Tuesday, and we are absolutely smitten with our littlest love. I am going to share her birth story in the next few days, but in the meantime, I am so excited to share photos of her nursery. It is unbelievable to me that I first posted Georgie’s nursery just over two years ago! Where has time gone?

Before sharing anything, I have to give credit where credit is due – and that is most definitely to my talented and dear friend, Megan Hermis. Her design help with this room was so invaluable – she took a very rough vision and made it come to life, while adding so many elements I could never have dreamed up on my own. I cannot sing Megan’s praises loudly enough! She is a real saint to put up with my 24/7 text messages with questions about our house decor. Thank you, Megan!

Home For Christmas

Happy Boxing Day! Yesterday was one of the best Christmases that I can remember. We celebrated at my parent’s house with my sisters – the girls love spending time with everyone and were spoiled rotten. We’re at home, having a quiet day today, and I realized I never published a long-time drafted holiday decor post! So alas, here it is – post-Christmas!

We setup our Christmas decorations over a month ago, and I have to say that time has truly flown by ever since! We had the help of my friend, Whitney – who owns Whitney Elaine Designs – and I wanted to document how everything looks so I can replicate next year in Austin! She decorated my dream tree in my office – inspired by one of my favorite designers, Caitlin Wilson. It is pink and blue and just as I had dreamed! I am also very grateful for one of my best friends, Monica – who owns Paper Flour Ink – who created gorgeous initial appliqués for my new stockings! She is amazing. I even setup baby girl’s stocking out of excitement (praying time continues to fly by for the next two months until her arrival!).

I was fortunate enough to borrow a lot of her decor for our dining room (except I bought the tree for a steal of a deal from a neighbor/client of mine!), since we are decorating that room very differently in the new house (no more black and white).

Holiday Gift Shopping With Walmart+

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Walmart. The opinions and text are all mine. Thank you for supporting the brands my family loves!

A few months ago, we began shopping using Walmart+, a different kind of membership with many amazing benefits, including free delivery from your store on orders $35+ (restrictions apply), member prices on fuel, and mobile scan & go in stores. And, Walmart+ just launched a new nation-wide benefit: Walmart+ free shipping, no order minimum on items from Walmart.com (excludes freight/oversized & Marketplace items)!  During the Christmas season, expenses and activities add up quickly, and I appreciate any time and money savings I can get! Using Walmart+ can save you up to 2.5 hours per week (savings based on 3 store trips per week and excludes time spent on shopping online – $35 minimum, restrictions apply) and $68 per month (savings based on 2 deliveries per week vs. non-member $7.95 fee – $35 minimum, restrictions apply) with their free delivery from your store benefit.

Serena & Lily’s Fall Design Event Sale

Goodness, it feels good to have our pregnancy news no longer be a secret! I cannot wait to share details about baby girl’s nursery – it’s in full motion right now, and I’m dying for things to start arriving. She is going to be “sharing a room with Emi” (as is being told to her at least), but really, baby will get Emi’s room, and her big sister will sleep with Isla until we move. In the new house in Austin, the girls will each have their own room.

One of my favorite places to shop for home decor and furniture is Serena & Lily, and they’re having an amazing 20% off sale right now (with code LOVEHOME). I ordered this Harbour Cane Daybed for the nursery – I love it so much! It should be arriving in the next two weeks – so excited. I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite pieces from Serena & Lily and included links below each photo. Happy shopping!