Happy Friday 9/12/25

Happy Friday! The first hints of fall are quietly settling in around here. We’ve already had our first back-to-school colds, which made curling up with a warm mug of tea feel even more necessary. Soccer games are filling up our weekends, and we dug through the basement bins to find those in-between “light coats” for the kids. Even though the air isn’t quite crisp yet, it’s coming and I’m so ready to chase this season into full-on fall! How about you, has the weather cooled off where you are yet? Wishing you a lovely, slow, tea-filled weekend!

Some fun links from the week…

Via | home of Michelle Dockery | design: Emma Ainscough | photo: Kensington Leverne

Love, love, love this home. Such a beautiful mix of classic and fresh, calm and fun, plus it’s Lady Mary Crawley’s home (well the real life actor Michelle Dockery ;).

This week we shared an update on live at the Poplar Cottage. Six months of living as a family of 5 in 1000sf has been…well you can read about it here.

Six ways to start early and lift your mood.

“You’re a baby boomer if you wear leggings.”. But we’re still wearing them, right?!!

A hack to tell when your cookies are perfectly baked. Brilliant!

I refuse to be sick all Fall so giving these elderberry gummies a go. Any other natural remedies I should try?

Weekend plans include this movie. Have you seen it yet? My sister can’t stop raving about it!

A $1000 bathroom remodel. Pretty good, right?!

We can’t keep up with all the tomatoes coming out of Nana’s garden right now - this recipe looks like a winner!

Loving all the dainty brass bracelets I’m seeing this fall like this one.

Time to brush up on this delicious Emily Henry read because it’s coming to Netflix this winter! Eeek I’m so excited!

Hope you have a good one!

xx

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