Chelsea Autumn

a cozy vignette ☕️☁️📖

I brought these gallery frames with me when we moved from Queens, and it took me two years to put them up 🙃

Once I did, the white mats felt way too stark in the living room, so I painted them!

I mixed up some acrylic paint to get this muddy green-beige color, and I’m really happy with how they turned out!

My happy place.

When we toured our house 2 years ago, the moment I stepped into the living room and looked out the picture window, I saw the lake in the distance and I knew this was home. I audibly said “uh oh, I like this place.”

This has been my favorite room to decorate, to daydream in, to host, to stare at my dog, and to enjoy countless couch dinners, quiet mornings, and cozy TV time and snuggles 🥰

Swipe to the end to see a video from our first walkthrough.

🌼 June is feeling like summer at last, and looking back, we’ve gotten so much done already!
• Got creative by the side door—ivy stick pending..
• Saw Benson Boone with my sisters 🎶
• Spray painted the outdoor table & chairs—back deck looking summer ready.
• Planted my herb garden 🌿
• Peony season 🌸
• Edged side garden & built a raspberry trellis
• Edged around the arborvitae hedge too 😅
• Baby deer spotting🥹
• Kobe being cute per usual
• Ran a 5k!
• Dinner with the neighbors who are always taking care of us.
• Paver shopping decisions…

🌿 April peek: fresh siding, baby foxes, and dreaming up new garden plans.

• New siding = lots of outdoor inspo
• New kitchen light ✨
• More plants 🌱
• Planning our front walkway
• … more snow
• Baby fox in the backyard! 🦊
• Planted arborvitaes (and learned to say that word 😂)

🏠 March moments: still winter, but our house got resided!

• Still winter 🙃
• New siding—start to finish!
• Steve found an antler 🦌
• My indoor geranium bloomed
• Plant propagation experimenting
• We built a mailbox post!
• Quick LA work trip ✈️

Took a lovely break from Instagram, but here’s a little photo dump to catch up on the last few months!

🕯️ February was all about cozy updates and hiding from the cold.

• Epic estate sale on the lake
• Dining room almost done
• Half bath got a fresh coat of paint
• Perfect honey swirl
• Way too much winter ❄️
• Kitchen painted + tiny updates