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Feathers and Stripes

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

a big girl bedroom that is purple, gray, and white

home, lifestyle, and organization · September 10, 2020

Planning A Big Girl Bedroom

We’re finishing the process of putting together a big girl bedroom for our little miss, so today I’m sharing the mood board and some of my thoughts about this new big girl room! When we moved back into the house…

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home, lifestyle, and organization · July 31, 2020

Pool Safety with a Toddler

We have had a pool for about 10 years, and I never thought much about extra safety beyond fencing – until our daughter became a water bug. Since starting swim classes about a year ago, she got a lot more…

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backyard cafe lights featured by top Boston lifestyle blog, Feathers and Stripes

home, lifestyle, and organization · May 20, 2020

The Best Backyard Cafe Lights for Patios

Looking for inspiration on hanging string lights (sometimes known as cafe lights or bistro lights) in your backyard? Here’s how we use ours, and where to buy affordable outdoor LED backyard lights! We’ve done a ton of work to the…

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white closet system | Bamboo Baby Pajamas

home, lifestyle, and organization, storage + organization · May 18, 2020

Best Closet System + How to Organize a Closet

I was thinking about closets the other day and realized that pretty much no closet upstairs has a door anymore because of the closet organizer systems we use. I don’t know when that became a “thing” of mine, but with…

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navy blue and white kids bathroom

home, lifestyle, and organization, renovation · April 9, 2020

Navy Blue and White Kids’ Bathroom

One of the rooms that I have unexpectedly fallen in love with (before it’s even fully done) is the navy blue and white bathroom. It’s the only bathroom we had upstairs for years, except now it’s gut-renovated – and now…

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white and navy blue kitchen renovation

home, lifestyle, and organization, renovation · January 27, 2020

Our Kitchen Renovation

I asked on Instagram Stories what you all wanted to see first from our home renovation, and the kitchen was the clear winner. (I won’t lie, I was a little bummed – I wanted to start with the closets! hah!)…

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tips and tricks for a major home renovation

home, lifestyle, and organization, renovation · October 31, 2019

Home Renovation Tips and Tricks

Today I’m sharing our tips and tricks after our experience gut-renovating our Cape home… what we are SO glad we did, and what we wouldn’t do again! We bought our house back in 2010, thinking we would be there for…

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home, lifestyle, and organization, renovation · October 16, 2019

(Not Fully) Moved In! Renovation Update

Exciting news from RenovationStation: We moved in! So… it’s echoey (we have no curtains and no rugs on the first floor) and we’re still getting used to it, but we’re so glad to be here! It was a long summer…

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Home Renovation Q&A: Answering your questions about our home reno!

home, lifestyle, and organization, renovation · September 19, 2019

Home Renovation Q&A

Last week I responded to a bunch of home renovation questions on Instagram, but I wanted to share them here so they can “live” longer than just the 24 hour Stories! I’m happy to do another Home Renovation Q&A as…

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navy blue and white home, colors to decorate with navy blue, navy blue and white home

home, lifestyle, and organization, renovation · September 11, 2019

Navy Blue and White Home Color Palette

When we started designing our kitchen, we knew that we wanted white cabinets. Our kitchen for years has had light-colored wood, stainless steel appliances, and beige-ish tile floors. I couldn’t wait to get rid of those cabinets – or the…

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house entryway - new entryway - entryway addition - cape house entryway

home, lifestyle, and organization, renovation · August 23, 2019

Home Renovation Update: Month 3

When I last updated on our home renovation, the new addition was framed, the electrical and plumbing were done, and the doors and siding were on. What I didn’t share is that’s when I started to get homesick. It’s a…

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tips and tricks for a major home renovation

home, lifestyle, and organization, renovation · August 7, 2019

Home Renovation Update

Our renovation is moving at lightning speed now! For a while it felt like things were crawling along… It was about a month from breaking ground to finishing up the foundation, but once the new foundation was inspected and got…

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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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