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Feathers and Stripes

Boston mom blogger | motherhood, baby + kids, family travel, + home

fall decor trends for the home, home decor fall 2018

home, lifestyle, and organization · September 20, 2018

Fall Home Decor Trends

I LOVE the fall season in New England. There’s a noticeable shift in the air from humidity to crispness. Pool party weekends turn into foliage trips and apple picking. Taco nights become chicken pot pie nights with apple pie for…

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jewelry hangers for closet organization (and they cost less than $7 for a set of 2!) | Favorite Recent Purchases featured by top Boston life and style blog, Feathers and Stripes

home, lifestyle, and organization · May 31, 2018

My Favorite Recent Purchases

I always love reading these sorts of recent purchases posts from other bloggers, so today I thought I would share my own. I always find the most random things that I want to share, but it seems too random to…

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home, lifestyle, and organization · August 21, 2017

Small Bathroom Dog-Friendly DIY Update

When we bought our house, we said we could see ourselves living here for 3-5 years – a true starter home, complete with a few bedrooms and 2 small bathrooms. As the years went by, though, we didn’t feel the…

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bedside vanity table: how to create a vanity from a console table

home, lifestyle, and organization, storage + organization · July 24, 2017

A Small-Space Bedroom Makeup Table

I have wanted a vanity since I was maybe 9 years old. Actually, it was definitely the age of 9. My mom wrote in my 10th birthday card that I was going to get a vanity. It never happened, and…

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white desk, home office

home, lifestyle, and organization · March 13, 2017

Home Office Inspiration

We have quite a few projects going on simultaneously, and the one I’m most excited about is a fairly small change.

setting a Thanksgiving table

home, lifestyle, and organization · November 18, 2016

Easy Table Centerpieces

If you’ve hosted a holiday, you know how stressful it can be to put together the perfect centerpiece.

Mirrors on a budget

home, lifestyle, and organization · August 3, 2016

Mirrors on a Budget

I was looking at mirrors with my mother-in-law last night to add to her new sitting room/TV room and came to a sudden realization: Pretty much every room in my house has a mirror. Wait… nope, every single room except…

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gray dining room

home, lifestyle, and organization · April 20, 2016

Redoing Our Dining Room

A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to the brown room in our house that definitely needed some help. In that first week we got a few things done, which I’m so excited about. I was so much looking forward…

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home, lifestyle, and organization · March 28, 2016

Redoing the Dining Room

After redoing our guest room and our master bedroom, there was one room left that I reeeeally wanted to change: the dining room. The people who lived here originally used this as a living room, so there was a massive…

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tufted headboard

home, lifestyle, and organization · March 23, 2016

Planning a Room

Last week my sister asked for some help finishing some of the rooms in her new apartment, and I asked for the link to her Pinterest boards as if everyone just does that naturally. I have such a process for how I…

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home, lifestyle, and organization · March 16, 2016

Home Changes with Kohler

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kohler for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. You know that feeling when something just feels right? When we bought our house a few years ago, one of the reasons we…

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shopping some sales online // feathersandstripes.com

home, lifestyle, and organization · March 9, 2016

Our Master Bedroom

I’m so excited to share some photos of our master bedroom today. I had been on the hunt for the perfect upholstered headboard for too long when I finally reached out to Laurel & Wolf, a personalized online interior decor…

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About Alyssa


Hi, I’m Alyssa. Mom of three, wife, dog mom, blogger. I write tips and tricks on motherhood, focusing on baby gear reviews, the best toys for kids, family travel, and home organization.

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