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Last Minute Holiday Decor

November 17, 2015 by Lizzie Filed Under: Dining Room, Get the Look, How To, Inspiration 1 Comment

With Thanksgiving a week away, we are probably all thinking “where did the time go?” Now it’s crunch time, and we’ve got to get our recipes in line, shopping list made, and get the house in dinner party shape. May seem like you’ve run out time, but here are 12 things that could take your Thanksgiving dinner party from good to great. There’s an added bonus to waiting until the last minute to get this shopping done…sales! Almost everything is on sale on this list. That should make your dinner taste even sweeter.
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor Items | Homegrown Interiors

Setting the Table

I like to keep the placemats and napkins simple so that the dinnerware and centerpiece get all of the attention. Too many piece yelling look at me and it will all just become white noise. This Pottery Barn Classic Belgian Linen Hemstitch Place Mat in Ivory is the perfect foundation for your dinner table!
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

Add a soft touch of color with these Uno Mint Linen Napkins from CB2. These napkins will really make the grey, gold, copper and white color palette pop!
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

We all want something special for our holidays, but who wants to invest in fancy china that you only use 2-3 times a year, at best. I am obsessed with Anthropologie’s Ikat Thistle Dinnerware set. Use can pull these out for any dinner party or even add some festivity to all of your family dinners!
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

Place card holders are a great personal touch to any dinner party, and these Decked Out Feather Place Card Holders from West Elm are festive and chic!
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

Cocktail Hour

Have a little fun with your drinks and serve them in an unexpected way. These Gold Stemless Wine Glass from World Market are sure to catch people’s attention.
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

And if you already have wine glasses that you want to use, help people keep track of their own glass in a creative and festive way! Paint these Buzz Word Epoxy Stickers in gold and add them to each glass. You’ll create a natural ice breaker with words like “fabulous”, “party”, and “for you” sparkling on the sides of each glass. See how Hostess with the Mostess did this for her Thanksgiving dinner party here! I love how it turned out, and I will definitely be doing this at my house!
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

For all of those open wine bottles that will be floating around, add these brass oval Geo Bottle Stoppers from West Elm for a little touch of glam to what would otherwise go unnoticed.
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

Don’t let the wine have all of the fun. Dress up those cocktails too! These adorable Party Animal Cocktail Forks from CB2 will do just the trick. While you have your spray paint out for those Epoxy Word Stickers, you may also want to add a little bling to these too! I would just spray the animals though and not the fork part that goes into your drink.
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

If your bar setup is really lacking, you can get everything you need with this 30 Piece Barware Starter Set from West Elm. It comes with their white marble octagonal coasters and arrow cocktail picks (both of which I was going to add to this list on their own because I love them so much!)
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

Don’t have time to stand around mixing cocktails for your guests? Then just serve Jane St. Vodka premixed cocktails. They are all as delicious as they are pretty to look at!
Last Minute Thanksgiving Dinner Decor| Homegrown Interiors

With all these fun cocktails going around, your guests are going to need to hydrate too. Make your water just as enticing with this Airtight 66oz Pitcher with Infuser from Crate and Barrel. It’s the easiest way to add a little zing to your guests water!
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor | Homegrown Interiors

And you can’t serve water this good in just any old pitcher. Dress that up too with the Legend Pitcher also by Crate and Barrel. The copper finish will look glamourous on your drink table or even as part of your table’s centerpiece!
Last Minute Holiday Dinner Decor |Homegrown Interiors

You are well on your way to an amazing and gorgeous dinner party! Check out this post on some easy holiday centerpiece ideas, and this post on the easiest DIY candles you could ever try to make (that still look amazing!)

What are your favorite things for your festive dinner parties?

Top 20 Home Decor Stores

November 16, 2015 by Lizzie Filed Under: Get the Look, How To, Save and Splurge Leave a Comment

This is my list of go-to store for all of my clients' projects | Homegrown Interiors
When I am shopping for my clients, I have my go to stores depending on their style, budget and needs. I am sure there are some of you out there that are ready to start decorating, but you just don’t know where to look. We all know about the basics, the Pottery Barns, West Elms, and Crate and Barrels of the world (which have their place in my searches, don’t get me wrong!), but to really get that well rounded and unique look, you aren’t going to find everything in one place. This is a list of my most used resources that will hopefully help get your project started… and finished. These stores cover a wide range of styles, prices ranges and products, and they will hopefully cover your entire project!

I am rating stores with a $-low budget, $$-mid range and $$$- for high end to help you navigate the list a little easier

Furniture
Wayfair $-$$$
Pottery Barn $$
Crate and Barrel $$
West Elm $$
CB2 $
Ikea $
Wisteria $$
Anthropologie $$$
Urban Outfitters $
Serena & Lily $$$

Lighting
Wayfair $-$$$
Lamps Plus $-$$$
Candelabra $$$
Lulu & Georgia $-$$$
Pottery Barn$$
West Elm$$
One Kings Lane $$-$$$

Accessories
Pottery Barn $$
West Elm $$
Caitlin Wilson $$$
Wisteria $$
Horchow $$-$$$
Anthropologie $$$
Lulu & Georgia $-$$$
Z Gallerie $$
One Kings Lane $-$$$

Art
Horchow $-$$$
Z Gallerie $-$$$
Artfully Walls $-$$
One Kings Lane $-$$$
West Elm $$
Serena & Lily $$$

What stores do you love that didn’t make this list?

The Airbrushed Life

November 12, 2015 by Lizzie Filed Under: Blog Leave a Comment

The picture perfect life exposed
The picture perfect life exposed
The picture perfect life exposed


While scrolling through all of the perfectly pictured homes on Instagram the other day, I came across one of an unmade bed. I didn’t think much of it until I read the caption. It talked about how all of the pictures on Instagram are staged, and even interior designers have rooms they would rather not have photographed. I agreed with everything up to that point. Instagram is filled with eye candy, homes we all dream of living in. This is why #perfect has been used over 36 million times and #dreamhome and #dreamhouse have been used nearly a million times.

This is where her message derailed. She went on to say that she was going to be different. This was her attempt at being “real”. This was her bedroom in all its raw unsightly beauty. Only this bedroom was just like every other bedroom on Instagram, only worse. The sunbeams softly filtered in through the window with the nightstand clean and bare except for two chic and trendy accessories placed just so. Her unmade bed had wrinkle free sheets and a gently folded duvet cover as though she had just gotten out of bed. This flawlessly styled and beautifully lit “real life” bedroom was staged.

Don’t get me wrong…I love a beautifully styled and lit room, just check out my Instagram account. My issue was that she was claiming that this was her “real life”. We have all come to grips with airbrushed supermodels on the covers of magazines, but we are now finding ourselves also surrounded by airbrushed lives.

Between Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook, we see glimpses into homes, lives, and DIY projects that make it seem like everyone can do it all, except me. I am talking about that picture of a mom and kids baking in the kitchen, the son licking the spoon without a drop of spilled batter anywhere to be seen, or the one of the kids playing in their bright white and spotless playroom with only a few sweet toys scattered around them. These are not ads, they are people giving us a glimpse into their “real” lives. I am here to tell you that ten minutes into my son playing in his room, it looks like an earthquake hit, and everything was flung off the shelves and onto the floor. And when I am cooking, even all by myself, I can run out of clean counter space while just prepping for dinner (although, while I’m being “real” I have to admit that some of that counter space is being taken up by clean dishes and groceries that still need to be put away).


After being constantly faced with these pictures plastered on everyone’s virtual wall, there is now self induced pressure to do it all and do it all beautifully. We all want our lives, our kids’ lives and our homes to be their best, but sometimes that best isn’t always picture perfect. Homegrown is about real homes for real people living real lives. Take it from my clients themselves. All of my clients’after pictures and my entire portfolio are taken by my clients, raw real life (although probably cleaned up a bit).

As a designer, I will continue to love beautiful homes, flawless photography, and inspiring projects, but life is messy, chaotic and overwhelming. There will always be a bigger and better, but loving your life and the home that allows you to live it is more important than having that flawlessly styled picture. My kids will get dirty, and my house will not always be picture ready, but I will embrace the mess. I design homes, not magazine covers, because that is how we really live…in a beautiful mess!

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My success as an eDecorator has come from years of experience. After receiving a degree in Interior Design from FIDM in Los Angeles, I have been continuously working within the residential interior design industry for the past 10 years. I have seen first hand what works, what doesn’t, and why. I have learned how to make the most of a budget, and most importantly, how to get that high end look without spending a fortune. Read More…

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