Best Small Space Accent | Candles

Posted on: May 16th, 2012 by rebecca

Bon jour, loving living small friends! I am back from my honeymoon travels to Europe. We had an incredible time in France, Italy and Switzerland. I am definitely still dreaming of our time spent in the wonderful cities, towns and villages throughout Europe that we visited. We captured so many sweet moments, including smells, tastes, portraits, architecture and style throughout our trip and I am excited to soon share many of these pieces with you on loving. living. small.

Above are just a few of the many pictures I snapped of one of our honeymoon adventures. We enjoyed the lovely town of Cassis, a beach village off the coast of France in the Provence region. I am still dreaming of this time – the property that we stayed in a for a few days was a renovated 300-year old house on a hill and surrounded by vineyards. The owners had the absolute more exquisite design style and I can’t wait to share a full hotel tour in a few days. Until then, I wanted to share about a fave small space accent that we actually took with us on our adventures.

Before we left, I gave my husband a bunch of little gifts for our trip. One of the items was the Roses Diptyque candle. He had gifted me this many years ago and it has been a scent that we both love dearly and one that reminds us of each other. So – we brought it on our honeymoon and we enjoyed the beautiful fragrance as we adventured.

Now that we are back home, our candle (and the fragrance it creates in our everyday lives) reminds us of our honeymoon travels and adventures. I certainly feel that this is a best small space accent, also writing about this years ago when I worked for Apartment Therapy. I believe that adding decor and accessories that make  your house a home that you love to be in and enjoy is most important. Plus the candle packaging is gorgeous and can be used once the candle wax is done. I made my Baies candle a vase.

Do you use candles in your home to decorate?

Check out more best small space items right here >>

*Hanging lights & tables
*Wallpaper touches
*Carpet tiles
*Chandeliers
*Acrylic decor
*Floor cushions
*Throw cushions
*Tulip tables
*Flowers

{all images by loving. living. small.}

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loving. living. small. update
marriage, honeymoon and pinterest boards

Posted on: April 18th, 2012 by rebecca

{A few photos from our wedding day >>
from picking our own flowers for my bouquet and our tables to a bon fire, bbq, smores and a hay ride with our family to the gorgeous view of the fall leaves changing colors and the Potomac River for our wedding with 30 family members.}

Are you feeling like life is flying these days?

Hi, it’s April.

We are in the 2nd quarter of 2012.

I moved to NYC a decade ago.

I got married 6 months ago.

This little blog just celebrated it’s 4th birthday in January. (here is when we turned 1, 2 & 3)

I wanted to check in and share where I have been the last few months. Offline, I got married to my longtime love and we are heading off for our European honeymoon very soon. I recently accepted a brand new job as Communications Director at a wonderful non-profit based in Washington, DC. We work with city leaders and design experts on impactful changes in their communities. My new job is full of great opportunities to work with talented people and change-agents and to promote design change.

I have been spending my online time in some other places than loving. living. small. these days but my heart will always be with this blog. I am pretty active on Pinterest, pinning my little heart out to 40 boards, including TRAVEL 2012, INTERIORS LOVE, FOOD STYLE, FASHION LOVER and STRING LIGHT LOVE to name a few of my faves. I recently made a big design change to my boards – click here to check them out.

I am also blogging weekly for Flor. Love this company and their products. I also love the blog which is curated by 4 other awesome bloggers. I feel like Musings is a special gem of a lifestyle blog that really has great content and style. Click here to check it out.

Another place you can find me is at houzz. I post monthly Guest Picks for the site and enjoy curating products. Honestly I want every, single thing I post. Since that is not going to happen, I can write about these goodies. As I say, “If I can’t buy it, blog it.” So I do. Click here to check out a few of my past Guest Picks.

And you can find me @lovelivesmall (I could only do 15 characters so I shortened my name) where I tweet daily about tons of things including thoughts such as “It’s #PhilCollins Friday on my morning commute”, “Stripes, leopard and turqoise // yes, it’s date night people” and “Digging this mirrored coffee table. I may DIY this to my @CB2Georgetown smart round table”. Click here to follow.

I also have been enjoying Instagram and often post the pretty sights and scenes of my day to day life, lately a lot of flowers. Check them out at Instagram.com/lovinglivingsmall.

And, very exciting, my husband and I are looking for or 1st (small) house and it’s been an adventure. When we do find our gem, I can’t wait to share. Until then, bon boyage and e-see you in a few!

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oh, hello there, domino mag

Posted on: April 13th, 2012 by rebecca

Just a quick note that the new domino mag “quick fixes” is on the newsstands. Yes, real newsstands.

The printed mag is full of home decor and design tips galore. I am thrilled to be adding one more domino issue to my (now) vintage collection of 100 or so.

Go. get ‘em. friends.

 

 

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loving. living. small.’s european travels
honeymoon adventures

Posted on: April 12th, 2012 by rebecca

Hard to believe that my husband and I are packing our bags and heading off on our European honeymoon very soon. We are insanely excited to travel to Europe and beginning our adventure in Paris. I am dreaming of wine, cheese, macaroons, walks along the river, museum spotting, city lights and good old people watching.  I discovered this lovely short with the sweetest titles that shows a day in Paris. Also, here are some links to inspiration and style to enjoy. For now, au revoir. {Click here to enjoy the video.}

Georgetown’s *French Market* is coming – April 28

40 inspiring pinterest boards, including 100 DIYs for your small space

Domino Mag’s brand new (real) magazine that’s all about quick fixes

These 5 blogs are so awesome – just go and read them. now. Fresh Exchange, From Me To You, The Coveteur, Canneli Vanneli and Cooper Caraas

 

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loving. living. small.’s Pinterest style update

Posted on: April 10th, 2012 by rebecca

Are you a pin-lover like me? I have been pinning away since June 2010 and love the style, ease and accessibility of Pinterest. This platform has helped me tackle some small space ideas, move to the east coast, covet amazing interiors, plan my fall 2011 wedding, prep for my new home, entice my travel bug (can you guess one of the cities we are traveling to on our honeymoon in a few weeks?) and more. I now have 40 boards and am pinning away, daily. I recently update my boards and wanted to share a few of the new covers with you. Click here to see the full 40 boards on my Pinterest page. It was a lot of fun making these cover boards. I snapped every pic and many relate to their title. (NYC’s cover image is a photo I took of the famed Highline park).

 

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