On a Personal Note—The Slow of Summer

Hello, hello. I promise I haven’t abandoned this space. I’ve somehow just gotten caught up in the haze of traveling, seaside stays, and happenings lately. I feel like I went from having very little plans to filling up my social calendar quite quickly. I can’t complain! But excited to be back here with some changes.

End of July, early August always feels like the deep slow of summer. The days are still so long and it’s hot. Very hot. I’m soaking up the sun-drenched weeks in light, flowy dresses over olive, freckled skin. Spending most of my time indoors with cool air or otherwise found by a pool, a patio with friends and a crisp drink, or as close to the ocean as possible. I have my last summer vacation coming up next week—our annual family beach trip. I’m so excited to reunite with the cousin clan and get a solid week of beach time in, but I must admit, I’m already a bit excited for fall to creep in. I realize we' still have a couple months, but I’m longing for cooler days when I can step outside without needing a shower after five minutes!

Anyways, summer has been wonderful. I’ve been here and there and work has been really busy, but it’s just felt so normal to be traveling a bit and socializing often and going to backyard parties. Just trying to embrace it while it lasts! When I’m not out and about, I’ve been really loving my apartment. I think this is probably the first time I’ve ever felt settled in a space. Like I know I’m not going to be moving out when my lease ends. I’ve been completely transforming the apartment to be mine and have used the summer months to settle some more details. I just purchased the last furniture piece for my space! And now just finalizing little things like light fixtures, art, window treatments, etc. I’m hoping to have it “complete” by the time the cold swoops in.

So yes, lots of things going on in my personal and work life, and I’ve unfortunately just been pulled away from the blog and fell short on my attempt at posting regularly. But I’m determined to get better about dedicating time throughout my week to this space alone! With so many changes coming to Instagram and social media in general, this site has never felt more paramount in sharing what brings me joy and inspiring you all! I’ve been working on a few things behind the scenes and am excited to share.

I completely revamped my Shop page! I’ve split it up into different sections and added an entire page dedicated to shopping my apartment style. The questions I get asked most are about where I bought certain items! Not only have I added pieces that are still available, like my white chairs, sofa, acrylic console….but I’ve also added a bunch of vintage items that are similar to the ones I’ve collected over the years! It took me weeks to pull everything together, but I’m so happy to be able to share this page with you often so you can easily snag something you see in my apartment. I’m still building out each collection, but I’m really excited about it and wanted to go ahead and push it out!

I’m also still working on some mobile site design, but it’s up and working fine and everyone can easily browse! Of course, you know I prefer a desktop version, always! So I encourage you to visit my site from a computer every now and then. I’m also working in the background on a better search function so you can easily find posts through keyword searching. For now, the Categories section of the menu will get you to all my different series. With that said, I’ve got a bunch of post ideas coming up and hoping to weave in some new roundups. I’m definitely feeling in the groove again and looking forward to reconnecting!

Hope you all are having a wonderful summer and soaking up these sunny, warm days.