Hi!!

Let Me Introduce Myself!

Hi!  My name is Brittney, but my friends and family call me Britt, and you can too!  I am a Michigander wife and dog mom.  My husband and I recently purchased our second home in a southeast Michigan and the plan is for this house to be our home for a VERY long time.  I always cared about decorating and trying to make my house look pretty, but with this new home, I cannot turn my decorator brain off, I just want to make it picture perfect and beautiful all the time!  I also recently discovered amazing bloggers like the wildly talented Kelley Nan, the hilarious and thrifty My Vintage Porch, and I can't forget the incredibly sweet Julie from The Design Twins who have really inspired me to create and share my home for the world (or my 3 followers) to see.  You have to start somewhere and this is my where.

Our New Home!  Purchased September 2017!

So where do I get my decorating bug from you ask?  My Nona!  My mothers mother has always had a huge talent for creating beautiful spaces, using unique pieces.  My Nona and Poppy currently live in Florida, but I'm hoping to visit them sometime in the next six months and when I do I will be sure to photograph their home for you all to see.  I also plan to sit down with The Nona (as my husband calls her) to pick her brain on decorating and hopefully share some knowledge with you all!

The Nona and I on my Wedding Day

Back to more about me!  That is what this post is about right!  My favorite stores to shop home goods are:  the Homegoods, TJMaxx's, and Marshall's of the world.  I also really like At Home, and Target on occasion.  My favorite music is country, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean and Lady A are my favorites.  I work in the healthcare industry, but I'm non-clinical, I stay on the business side of the blood!

As I mentioned we don't have any children, just my fur baby, Guiness.  My husband and I met on St. Patrick's Day 2009, and so keeping with the spirit of our relationship for our dogs name is kind of special to us.  Yes I realize we spelled his name wrong and no we didn't realize at the time, but it just makes him extra special to us. 

Guiness Sherman West

My husband Chris and I met at college, Central Michigan University, located in Mt. Pleasant, MI.  My husband studied engineering and I studied business, specifically Business Administration with a concentration in Health Services (what a mouthful).  While we met on St. Patty's Day, it wasn't a love at first sight thing, I was in a different relationship at the time.  Sometime after that ended, I was moving to a new apartment and was looking for someone with a truck to help me move.  I happened to text Chris, even though we hadn't talked since St. Patty's Day to see if he had a truck (I knew nothing about him y'all we only met the once) and it turned out he did!  Being the super nice guy he is, he immediately said yes and we kind of hit if off from there.  I hit the jackpot in husbands, I am type A, slightly neurotic at times and I have a weird obsession with the British Royal Family and he loves me just the way I am.  I am SO thankful for CMU, Fire Up Chips!  

My goal is to blog about my life, from home decorating, DIY projects, home transformations, cooking, traveling (the little that we do) and everything else in between!  I'm looking forward to this journey with all of you!

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