White Elephant Exchange

Every year, my office gathers for a holiday lunch and white elephant gift exchange.

Since my thrifting habit has been insatiable, and I constantly seek excuses to be in the shops, I decided to create my first thrifted basket of the season for the holiday lunch.

We have several animal and nature lovers where I work, so I’m hoping someone enjoys the items I found — brand new and unopened (!!!) — at Goodwill.

I’m always snagging baskets when I find them, so it was easy to pull one from my growing collection in which to place all the white elephant items.

I think, ideally for a thrifted basket, I would arrange the items cutely and tie a ribbon on the basket handle — kind of like a typical fruit or gift basket.

But, the whole point of a white elephant exchange is that nobody can see what the gift is before selecting it from the pile.

So, I decided to tie up all the items in a thrifted scarf.

I don’t love the look, but it got the job done.

I found a fun dog puzzle and wild flower field guide — both great gifts for the animal and outdoor lovers.

Our white elephant gift spending limit is $25. This puzzle would’ve almost reached the limit, had I purchased it elsewhere.

I don’t imagine anyone is going to pull this field guide from their back pocket whilst traipsing Mounts Botanical Gardens, but I think it’s a fun thing to have on a table or bookshelf.

I added this beautiful glass ornament I found at the Nearly New Shop in West Palm Beach.

To decorate the basket, I tied on a bow of holiday ribbon (I found a collection of ribbon at Goodwill a few weeks ago), and another ornament found at Goodwill.

I’ll never tell you I’m good at wrapping gifts or tying bows. It’s a skill I have sadly not mastered, but I did my best and I think it looks kinda cute!

Happy holidays!

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits round-up:

>> Last week’s thrift haul video on my instagram page <<

Lord & Taylor gingham dress from Goodwill West Palm Beach, layered with a non thrifted sweater.
Baby girl’s top from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Top and GAP jeans from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Linen top and pants from Goodwill West Palm Beach
GAP oversized button up and jeans from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Comfy coastal dress and MANGO tote from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Baby girl’s dress from Goodwill West Palm Beach
I forgot to do a proper outfit selfie, but the top I wore to brunch with Santa is from Goodwill West Palm Beach!

A Thrifted Thanksgiving Table

I was thrilled to host Thanksgiving this year, not only because I love spending time with my family, but also because it gave me an excuse to create a holiday themed tablescape.

In recent years I’ve gotten more and more into tablescapes.

It’s another outlet for creativity, and I like pulling things from around my house to place down the middle of my dining table.

I’ve pulled framed photos, shells, and collected trinkets for my tables when hosting friends and family.

Lately, I’ve been feeling like almost anything goes for a tablescape.

You want bows? Butterflies? Bird houses? Tie and stick them onto candle holders or table runners and make it a thing!

(My husband was sure to tell me that placing miniature chairs down the middle is a little insane — I just love a miniature piece of furniture, okay?!)

This holiday, I’ve had a lot of fun thrifting specifically for my tablescapes.

Here, I’m sharing the details on where I sourced all the items for my Thanksgiving table.

  • Goblets – Goodwill West Palm Beach
  • Glasses – Home Goods (I store these separately / away from our daily use cabinets so nobody can break them, and only bring them out for guests)
  • Flatware – Passed down from my mother-in-law
  • Crystal candle holders – wedding gifts
  • Pink taper candles – Goodwill West Palm Beach
  • Beaded/wooden candle holder – Nearly New Thrift Shop West Palm Beach
  • Napkin rings – thrifted and gifted from a friend
  • Fall wreath – Goodwill West Palm Beach
  • Bronze candle holders – passed down from my mom
  • Dark blue dessert plates – Goodwill West Palm Beach
  • White & blue dessert plates – thrifted & gifted from my mother-in-law
  • Floral urn – Nearly New Shop West Palm Beach
  • Block print napkins – Etsy
  • White vessel thingy I used as a candle holder – thrifted & gifted from my mom
  • Glass cake stand I used as a candle holder – found at a garage sale years ago
  • Baby girl made this sweet centerpiece at school!
  • Teacup I used as a candle holder – thrifted & gifted from my mom
  • Dinner plates – fiestaware; I chose dark blue plates for our family’s everyday use because the color hides scratches and they look nicer longer!

It felt like a blessing to be able to make my table beautiful for friends and family to gather around — I hope your Thanksgiving was fab, too!

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits & highlights:

Easy breezy dress from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Sweater from Goodwill West Palm Beach
GAP shirt dress, linen pants, Target sandals from Goodwill West Palm Beach
I left this at Goodwill and kinda regret it!!!
Top from Goodwill West Palm Beach, Madewell jeans from Goodwill Boutique in Boca Raton
Cutie frog earrings from A Timeless Treasure West Palm Beach
Shells and rocks from Goodwill West Palm Beach styled in one of my plant pots
My dress from my swap brunch party!
Still screaming over this bag found at Goodwill West Palm Beach — the red and the bamboo handles!
Button up from my Denver Goodwill haul, MANGO bag from Goodwill West Palm Beach
I styled an area in my bedroom with shells, a basket, and design books from Goodwill West Palm Beach
This basket from Goodwill West Palm Beach is solving a clutter problem on my desk!

Christmas Tree Weekend

The weekend before Thanksgiving is “Christmas Tree Weekend” in our house.

Since our daughter was born, it has been magical to reinvigorate holiday traditions — naturally, the teenage boys are less interested these days.

We only truly began defining the elements of Christmas Tree Weekend a few years ago, really.

There aren’t many tree lots open this early, but we found one in Boynton Beach. So, the tradition is that we pile into the car and hit shuffle on our Christmas playlist for the first time.

It’s the official start of a nonstop loop of Christmas music from now ’til the new year.

Soooo excited!

Picking out the tree is always a battle between Vince and me. I want a smaller, more manageable tree, he wants a sky scraper. I think we met in the middle this year.

We take a family photo and Vince always requests the guys save a slice of tree trunk to turn into an ornament — he uses a wood burner to make them every year.

Elaine was 8 months old for her first Christmas, and picked out an ornament at the tree lot. So, we always have her pick out an ornament! These beautiful beaded ornaments support makers in a Guatemalan village.

After we lug the tree in, the Christmas music continues, we don our matching jammies, and start decorating.

As you know, I love to decorate my home, but for the holidays I don’t do much. The tree is the main event.

Pause for a quick design inspo sesh.

Elaine is three, and it’s the first time she’s truly aware of tree decorating, which made this extra special.

She was so thoughtful about each ornament she placed (and screamed for us to look each time 🤪).

Elaine loved seeing the ornaments her brothers made at her age, and I imagine she’ll love it even more as she gets older.

We added another layer to the tradition this weekend: we took a break from decorating to order Chinese food and eat it while watching a Christmas movie.

Elaine has to have ranch, even with Chinese food. 😆
Just missing the middle child this year – he’ll join for upcoming traditions!
Elaine comparing her hand print to her dad’s when he was her exact age.

I love that we can add layers to our traditions — they can evolve while staying the same. This is truly the best time of year.

Recent Thrift Haul Reels:

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits round up:

Draper James top thrifted from Goodwill during my Denver trip, J.Crew slacks thrifted and gifted from a friend ✨

Velvet sunnies thrifted from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Mom’s Cynthia Rowley dress and sandals from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Vintage top found at Goodwill in Denver, GAP jeans from Goodwill West Palm Beach 
J.Crew cardigan set found at my thrift brunch party!

Items I was sad to leave at Goodwill:

I don’t have any more space for lamps, but it was painful to leave this one behind! I have the perfect white shade for it too. I hope it goes to a good home!
You know I love collecting baskets but this picnic basket was too big – no place for it!
Great condition!
Always fun thrifting with this diva

The Brunch of My Dreams

I decided to switch up my holiday cocktail party/girly girl hang this season and throw a different kind of party.

Of course, I did not sacrifice the girly girlness (NEVER).

I wanted to host an event that served multiple purposes:

  • Foster connection with fabulous women
  • Honor my love of thrifting/buying secondhand
  • Help me clean out my closet (Things are severely out of hand — you see my thrift hauls! Gotta make way for more. 😏)
  • Offer food and drinks aplenty (obvi)

I decided to throw a ~Sip ~Shop ~Swap Brunch a serial thrifter’s closet clean out.

Over a series of weeks, in preparation for this extravaganza, I went through my drawers and racks and created a massive pile on the floor of my closet.

The pile was full of pieces that I still love, but don’t need to hold onto any longer.

Pieces that I wanted to go to a good home and get more quality use.

In my profession, I wear a lot of dresses to events and sometimes when I see photographs from those events, I feel like a major outfit repeater.

Several of my friends feel the same way, so I thought, why not bring all our outfits together and swap? We each get to leave with new (old) things.

Or, we might find something we’d like to gift to a loved one over the holidays (gifting secondhand is cool, let’s make it a thing!!).

Baby girl was truly in her element at this party! She loved pulling pieces and bringing them to the ladies to try on.

The whole idea was to offer a fun way to shop for free and sustainably while also hanging out with my favorite people.

In preparation for the party, I activated my network to source portable clothing racks, extra tables, and hangers. The girlies came through.

Can’t have brunch without donuts 🤤.

I picked up bags of clothes from friends in advance, and two sweet ladies helped me set up the whole first floor of my house like a boutique.

The party had This is My Hobby vibes from top to bottom: The disposable wine glasses, wine charms, silverware caddy, serving platters, decorative fall napkins, party garland, and accessory display trays were all sourced from Goodwill.

I found a small storage piece in the service entrance of my friend’s condo building that was being thrown out; it displayed shoes, hats, belts, bags, and scarves perfectly.

I met this cutie on the airplane on my way home from Denver. She recently moved to the area and left the party with bags full — a new Florida wardrobe! 
This girlie found the perfect holiday dress!
We don’t know where she’s wearing this, but it was made for her — stunning!
My mom flew in just in time for the party and racked up on cute finds
Didn’t snag all the ladies for this, but — look at these gorgeous friends! ❤️

The event came together better than I could have dreamed. I loved watching my friends connect — many meeting for the first time — and fill shopping bags with gorgeous finds.

*I’ll share an event recap reel on my instagram later this week!*

This was the best kick-off to the holiday season. I’m thinking I should make this an annual thing.

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits round-up:

Bag sourced from Goodwill, West Palm Beach 
Sam Edelman shoes sourced from Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Trina Turk dress sourced from Goodwill West Palm Beach
These are the pumps I found during my Goodwill excursion in Denver!
Baby girl’s ~ interesting~ outfit includes a Ruffle Butts swim top sourced from Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Baby picked this dress out herself from Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Express shirt sourced from Goodwill West Palm Beach, skirt secondhand/passed down from a friend
Cole Haan pumps sourced from Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Comfy, cotton guauze button up sourced from Goodwill, West Palm Beach 
My faves lately – huaraches sourced from Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Baby girl couldn’t keep her hands off the merch during party set up 

*Bonus:* This sweet girlie shared pics of her party haul — how gorge?!

I sourced this Reformation dress from Goodwill several years ago. It’s a classic cut that will never go out of style – doesn’t she look gorgeous in this?!
LOVE how she styled this dress – perfect for the holidays! 

Variegation Consternation

Like most people, I love natural light. It’s important for my home to have lots of windows and the blinds raised at all times of day.

I don’t like having indoor lights on when the sun is out.

I’m always going behind my housemates and flipping the lights off.

We have lots of plants in our house that benefit from all the windows and natural light, but as my husband propagates and collects more, he’s needing to hang and shelve them in darker areas; we’re running out of prime window real estate.

His solution is to install grow lights — special lighting that work just like the sun for plants.

The hanging grow light in our primary bedroom.

I know that my ideal design aesthetic can never be achieved whilst sharing space with an adult man, two teenage boys and a toddler. I know this.

But, the introduction of the grow lights was simply something I could not have foretold.

To me, they’re giving: science experiment. Nail tech lighting. Clinical.

I want soft sunlight that casts a gentle shadow as the day progresses.

A vintage lamp found at The Cozy Cottage in Lake Worth Beach transformed into a grow light set up.

The light these grow lights cast are literally disturbing to my eye. Am I being dramatic?

The lights are making a big difference for the plants they’re nourishing. One pothos in particular is growing orangey looking leaves now — I’m told this is called variegation.

This one kills me.
Variegation.

This is extremely exciting for my husband, prompting him to want to install more grow lights throughout the house.

Much to my consternation.

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits:

Baby girl and I scored clothes, stationery, and several items for my thrifted Christmas baskets at Goodwill last week:

>> Watch Video Thrift Haul HERE! <<

Dress – Max Studio, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Earrings from Community Thrift Store West Palm Beach
Dress – O.p.t., Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Dress – Universal Thread , Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Top – Milk Designs (handmade by local designer – formerly a vintage tablecloth!), Source: The Rust Market Lake Park
Rapunzel costume found at Goodwill West Palm Beach
Little Mermaid costume found at Goodwill West Palm Beach, Ruby slippers too!
Top – Max Studio London, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach, Earrings Source: The Church Mouse Palm Beach

Thrifting into the Holidays

It’s hard to believe the holidays are nearly upon us. After October it’s basically Christmas, so buckle up, folks.

One of the challenging things about being a mama is that holiday gifting for the kids, family friends and extended fam usually falls on your shoulders.

Baby girl and I stopped by A Timeless Treasure in Northwood to start our holiday gift hunting. This store has treasures in every nook and cranny and also sets up a booth at the Lake Park Rust Market!

My husband is in charge of arranging with Santa the big gift each kid will get, but there’s still stockings to fill and smaller presents to find — all while attempting to maintain some semblance of a budget and keep the spending even among all kiddos.

There’s also sharing gift ideas with extended family — you have to keep straight what you’re getting the kids vs. what you recommend the family gets for them.

*Parents, take note:* Last year, my genius idea was creating a Pinterest board for each kid and sending out links! It worked great.

We scored several perfect, vintage gifts at this shop! And, naturally, a few things for ourselves as well. 😏

Lucky for this mama, I love gifting and shopping, so sourcing holiday gifts is mostly fun.

It’s going to be even more fun this year because I was inspired by an influencer I follow, Margo Roth, to gift thrifted baskets.

The Goodwill by my house always has a variety of cute baskets to choose from, so I’m collecting them and filling them with thrifted items that remind me of the people in my life.

Baby girl’s favorite thing about the shop.

I can’t emphasize how primo (often brand new) the items I find in the shops are. I’ve already started collecting and will eventually share the details on each basket I make.

Gifting this way gives me an excuse to be in the shops even more than usual (twist my arm), and also allows me to share about my obsession with thrifting and its benefits with my people.

It’s been so much fun searching for things that are personalized — can’t wait to share what I’ve found with you soon!

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits & treasures round-up:

>> VIDEO THRIFT HAUL HERE <<

Dress from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Sterling silver shell necklace from Jupiter Medical Thrift
Shorts and shoes from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Dress from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Dress from Goodwill West Palm Beach
BCBG heels – BRAND NEW, $9.99! – found at Goodwill West Palm Beach. Perfect for holiday outfits.
Goodies found at A Timeless Treasure in Northwood.
Can’t wait to layer this shell necklace with others.
Not thrifted, but a pretty poolside moment this weekend – love the light and how beautiful this thriving Crown of Thorns is!

Thrifting in Denver

I stayed in Denver for two nights last week for work and, though my schedule was packed, you know I had to squeeze in some thrifting time.

Maybe my new thing is visiting a Goodwill in every city I visit?

Thrifted conference attire – I got this jacket at the Rust Market in Lake Park, Brand – Love Sam
Close up of the embroidered detail

I was staying downtown, so I typed in Google maps “Thrift Store Near Me,” and a Goodwill popped up 2 miles away.

Conference sessions didn’t end til 6:30 pm but that wasn’t a problem – this Goodwill stayed open til 9!

I pulled on my sneakers and walked over to the largest and most organized Goodwill I’ve ever been in (the walk was also a great way to see the city at night — sorry, mom).

Threw on this sweater for my walk – The Drop, Source: thrifted and gifted from a friend.

First of all, look at this place.

All the clothes were organized by type, color, and size (!!!!) and the shoes had sticker sizes on each pair.

There were two levels and the first floor had a little bookstore section at the back!

Shook.

I only had about an hour to shop, but by now you know that ain’t a problem for me.

I’m like that classic story of The Princess and the Pea when it comes to sniffing out a cute top — I can just feel it in the piles of stuff.

I spent $55 and came away with a pretty good haul:

Almost left the picture frame but decided I could safely transport it in my backpack.

I only brought a backpack and a small carry on, so I had to be judicious in my selections.

Here are items I was sad to leave behind:

I wanted this so badly for baby girl! Imagine collecting thrifted minis for this.
Love a tiny chair! So sad to leave this!! There was also a pine chest I didn’t snag a photo of that would be perfect as a coffee table – they were selling it for $29!

Several Denver natives told me the truly good thrifting is in Boulder.

I’ll be back, Colorado!

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits:

Baby girl and I both wearing dresses thrifted from Goodwill West Palm Beach. Mine is Universal Threads.
Baby’s Goodwill outfit
Clearly was having a moment with this belt last week. 😜 Dress thrifted and gifted from a friend.
Ring from West Palm Beach Antiques Festival
Sterling silver shell necklace from Jupiter Medical Thrift
Baby girl’s shorts and shoes from Goodwill West Palm Beach
Janie & Jack Swimsuit from Goodwill West Palm Beach

Cat Toys Be Gone

A special thing about my home and decor is that I have a lot of items that friends have gifted to me.

One of those items is a gorgeous pine cabinet that sits in our dining area. For years, it has held my boys’ library books and…cat toys.

Yes, all those drawers had cat stuff in them. Why? Because until recently, our cat Gloria was the most spoiled girl in the house.

One of my husband Vince’s love languages is gift giving, and all the girlies in his life benefit from it, the cat being no exception.

It’s unclear whether Gloria thinks Vince is her boyfriend or father, but either way, he belongs to her and up until my daughter was born, she was in charge.

Gloria lurking at the top of the stairs

Now that our (very bossy and commanding) little girl is here, Gloria has settled into her rightful place in the pecking order, but the cabinets have remained full of toys that she’s honestly too chunky to play with. The girl gets winded after 2 minutes with a squeaky mouse, God bless her.

So, it was time to repurpose the cabinet and fill the drawers with items more appropriate for the dining area.

I’m now proud to share that I’ve organized our napkins, place mats, table cloths, napkin rings, and taper candles in the cabinet – such easy access and so satisfying!

These are actually the only drawers in my house that are organized.

I’m doing great.

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits & treasures round-up:

Plant pot, leather western-style belt, shell wall decor, Source: Community Thrift Store West Palm Beach
Ralph Lauren Button-up, Source: The Coastal Consignment Boutique
Purse – Dooney & Bourke, Source: Goodwill
Top – Eileen Fisher, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach, Pants – gifted from a friend
Tory Burch Pumps, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Dress – Printfresh, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Dress – Universal Thread, Source: Goodwill, West Palm Beach
Dress source: Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Minnie Mouse purse and Ty unicorn backpack, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Doll highchair in the background also from Goodwill West Palm Beach 
We bought these fairy wings at Community Thrift Store West Palm Beach, and realized when we got home that there were no straps for Elaine to wear them so now they are wall decor.
I found a basket just like this at a different Goodwill in West Palm Beach years ago! Vince uses it under his desk as a trashcan. Cool to find another one.
Another basket from Goodwill West Palm Palm Beach 
Pretty bowl for holding shells, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Fall napkins for an upcoming party and cute taper candles, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach 
Pretty dish that we’ll use as a plant tray, Source: The Community Thrift Store West Palm Beach
Floral stone dinner plates, set of 8 (!!), Source: The Community Thrift Store West Palm Beach
Picturing this on a beachy vacation, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Tunic – BCBG Maxazria, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Picnic basket, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Earrings (each pair less than $3!), Source: Community Thrift Store West Palm Beach
Top – , Skirt – UNIQLO, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach 

Thrifted Gifting

Our daughter is besties with the little girl who lives across the street, and any time our families get together, the kids run around and scream and the parents drink wine.

So, inevitably, wine glasses break. When my neighbor had a birthday recently, I decided to go in search of a nice set of wine glasses — fellow thrifters will know that it’s hard to find 6 or 8 matching glasses, much less quality ones.

Last week’s girly thrift haul.

I don’t want this to jinx me or anything, but I truly feel that the thrifterverse has my back. I found six gorgeous Italian wine glasses and (bonus!) two fish-shaped stone serving dishes, glazed in a pretty blue color (wish I had taken photos).

I shined everything up, packed them in tissue paper, and gifted them.

This was the first time I’d thrifted a gift for someone who isn’t family (me, my mom, and mother-in-law all love thrifting and have a shared understanding that secondhand gifts are more than welcome).

So, I felt the need of course to disclose that I’d thrifted the items and say, “…I hope that’s not weird?”

Girly girl with her thrifted suitcase and heels. 💅🏽✨

This led me to wonder how people in general would feel about receiving a second-hand item as a gift.

I think because most people who know me understand that thrifting is *gulp* (whisper) my life, they probably wouldn’t be surprised or offended to receive a thrifted item.

It would be curated by a careful and practiced eye, of course, and cleaned prior to gifting.

Baby girl in a beautiful top found at Goodwill West Palm Beach

The more I’ve been in the shops — which has been weekly lately (coping mechanism? these times we’re in are trying) — the more I’ve thought about how important and ideal shopping secondhand is.

First of all, the stuff is FANTASTIC. I live in a place where people give away pristine, quality, high-end pieces. But also, shopping secondhand offers a way to scratch that pesky consumerist itch without breaking the bank and harming the environment.

A short list of the benefits of thrifting:

It’s affordable (still screaming over my $60 chair/ottoman set…will be riding that high for the foreseeable future).

It’s sustainable: Thrifting keeps usable items out of landfills and reduces demand for new manufacturing, making it one of the easiest ways to live more sustainably.

It’s fun: I can’t fully describe the high I experience when I find a high-end item for a steal. If I could bottle it, I’d give it to you for free.

It supports your community: I frequent charity shops that donate a percentage or all of their proceeds to a cause.

It keeps things interesting: Thrifted finds spark creativity and give you a reason to switch things up in your wardrobe and rearrange things around your house.

I’m considering practicing mostly thrifted gifting for the holidays this year. What do you think? Would you be skeeved to receive a thrifted gift?

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits & treasures round-up:

I took my kids to Resource Depot in West Palm Beach and, let me tell you, we had a time.

We did not buy this hat, but it felt right to wear it while we sifted through shelves and bins.

We got a nice collection of things for only $22 and explored the super cool art exhibit.

Most of last week’s haul, sourced from Resource Depot and The Nearly New Thrift Shop West Palm Beach. Can you tell which items baby girl picked? 🤪
Purple dance costume, Source: Resource Depot West Palm Beach
Loved the “M,” not sure what I’ll do with it yet. Source: The Nearly New Shop West Palm Beach
Heart shaped pillow, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Top, Jennifer & Grace, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Seagrass wall basket, Source: The Nearly New Shop West Palm Beach
Seagrass mat, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach

More Dining Room Upgrades

Since I found that amazing chair + ottoman set at Goodwill last week, I had to rearrange several chairs throughout the house, leading to more changes to the dining room.

That’s one of the fun things about thrifting — when you find new treasures, you have to make room for them, so you’re constantly reconfiguring your spaces and expressing creativity.

A chair that was up in our loft (found a few months ago at Goodwill, naturally), and a chair that I thrifted for our wedding in 2015, were relocated to the dining table to become host chairs (chairs at either end that are different in style from the rest).

Chair found at Goodwill a few months back. Pottery Barn pillow found at Furry Friends Thrift in Jupiter.
Chair thrifted in 2015 for my wedding (maybe Faith Farm?), Pillow thrifted from a vendor at the West Palm Beach Green Market several years ago.

I often see home designers set up matching host chairs, but I think this mismatched look jives with the rest of my eclectic style.

A dear childhood friend helped me source thrifted furniture then reupholster and paint them for cocktail hour vignettes at my wedding.

Last week at Goodwill, I found these wooden wall sconces (which I’ve been manifesting!!), and they’re now flanking the lattice backdrop in our dining room.

The taper candles are also from Goodwill.

I can’t wait to light these up and add more romantic lighting to our everyday dinners.

My final dining upgrade of the week are these clip-on rattan chandelier shades! This was an impulse purchase from Amazon that I’m obsessed with. It’s a subtle change that elevates the room and integrates with surrounding decor.

I chose a shape that matches our kitchen island pendant lights.

Evolving a space with thrifted treasures brings me so much joy and creates a home that feels collected and personal. You should drop into a thrift store this week to see what inspires you!

This milk glass vase is another wedding artifact that now sits on our kitchen bar! Given to me by my mom.

Last week’s thrifted ‘fits & treasures round-up:

Office Outfit! Shirt, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach, Pants, J.Crew, Source: thrifted and gifted from a friend, Necklace, handmade from repurposed items, Source: Stone Button Studio Northwood Village
The shirt detail and necklace deserve a close-up.
Gym Outfit. Choose Kindness Tee, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Tank Top, Source: Secondhand from a friend, Skirt, UNIQLO, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Tunic, J.Crew, Linen Pants, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach
Vintage stoneware. Five dessert plates, one dinner plate, one serving plate, Source: Goodwill West Palm Beach