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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!

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).

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When we were building our house, we had a great debate over how many bedrooms to have and whether or not Isla and Emilia would share a room. We ultimately decided to have them in separate rooms, and to dedicate our playroom as a guest room, since it has a closet, bathroom and a comfy pullout bed. However, the girls have recently started asking to sleep in the same room more and more often at night, and therefore, we’ve had them together in Isla’s room. This has been convenient because it allows for us to have a room for any guests that come to stay with us – most recently, my mom has offered to come and help for one night during the week while Sasha is traveling for work. It’s so nice to have her to help with dinner in the evenings and shuffling girls to their schools in the morning. Also, my best friend lives in Chicago and stays with us for a few nights when she comes back home to Houston.

Given that we’re having more and more guests come to stay, we decided to upgrade Emilia’s playful Pillowfort bedding to a beautiful French blue set from Serena & Lily, which is where we bought our master bedding from last year. I adore the quality of the sheets and duvet – they are truly so soft and luxurious. Serena & Lily is known for their best-in-class bedding, and the products live up to the reputation. The Cambria Quilt that we have on the bed is so well made, and I love the beautiful, vibrant blue color. We kept some of the fun elements of Emi’s room, like her pink ceiling, blue pom pom drapes and colorful lamp – she isn’t often in this room any more at night, but still claims it as her own and loves the new look of the space.