Buying your first house or apartment or planning to move and only want to take the essentials with you? Below is a list of the basic essentials for every room in your house so you can stay organized and live with only the necessary belongings.

Dining Room Basics:

• Table
• Chairs
• Linens
• Ceramic serving pieces
• Serving utensils
• Dinner plates
• Stainless steel flatware
• Serrated steak knives
• Drinking glasses
• Wine glasses
• Bottle Opener

Living Room Basics:

• Sofa
• Occasional chair or lounge chair
• Coffee table
• Side table
• Lamps
• Shelving Unit
• Mirror
• Ottoman
• Memorable decor
• Curtains or shades

Kitchen Basics:

• Eight quart stockpot
• Three quart saute pan
• Two quart saucepan
• Microwave oven
• Toaster oven
• Food processor
• Handheld mixer / blender
• Coffee grinder and coffee pot
• Chefs knife
• Paring knife
• Serrated knife
• Cutting Board
• Ice cube tray
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Mixing Bowl
• Oils
• Grater
• Strainer / colander
• Peeler
• Paper towels
• Dish towel
• Dish soap
• Kitchen scissors

Bedroom Basics:

• Bed
• Dresser
• Chest
• Night Table
• Bedside Lamp
• Upholstered armchair

Bathroom Basics:

• Cabinets
• Hooks
• Towel racks
• Shower caddy
• Mirror or mirrored medicine cabinet
• Bath mat
• Shower curtain / shower liner
• Towels / washcloths
• Tub pillow
• Candles
• Garbage pail
• Hand soap
• Hand towel and towel ring
• Tubside table

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Traditional weddings typically have the ceremony in a church, synagogue, temple or in a designated place in a banquet hall. However there are many different venue locations to have a wedding ceremony and reception.

Cavern and Caves – Wouldn’t it be lovely to celebrate the official marriage of you and your partner inside of mother earth? If you’ve ever visited a cave or cavern they typically have tour guides that walk you through and show you around. Some places have areas designed for couples to be married. There is usually beautiful lighting set up already to showcase the caves key features and you can pretty much hold off on decorating with the natural lovely formations  such as the hanging icicle-like stalactites from the top of the cave and spiraling stalagmites that rise up from the ground.

If you are preparing for your wedding day and you are the bride to be, choosing a dress can be a little stressful but also a lot a of fun. All eyes will be on you – and –  you’ll only be having this experience one time (well, hopefully!) With an eye for beauty, design and fashion, some of the most lovely wedding dresses I’ve seen have been made of silk and satin fabrics like chiffon and charmeuse. These fabric types especially on gowns and dresses flows elegantly and flatter the form of a woman’s body especially as she moves in it making her graceful and absolutely stunning.

We all have different body types but we all want to look lovely on our wedding day. Whether you are curvaceous and voluptuous, large around the waist and mid section or extremely thin there is a wedding dress made for you.

Straight neckline lace top with an open back and a layered chiffon skirt with a silk ribbon tied around the waist

Scandinavian furniture design is known for its clean cut edges, crisp features, sturdy build and especially for its innovation – whether it be through inventing new ways to design furniture or creating multi-functional furniture designs.

This look combines the contemporary style of black and white contrasting colors with chic hints of metallic accents mixed with elements in Scandinavian furniture design seen in the Divani Casa Rixton Sectional including a strong build with sleek edges and sharp, angular legs.

The highlight of this sectional is its ability to transform into 3 different pieces of furniture in one design. It serves as a three seat sofa, a chaise lounger and it can be converted into beds.

Its dark gray upholstery subtly stands out among the white walls, flooring and other furnishings without being ostentatious. The darker metallic decor matches well with the sectionals upholstery and the silver metallic vases and sculptural art matches well with the sectionals shiny metal legs.

The touch of green provided by the tree in the corner and the modern rug placed directly in front of the sectional is a neutral color highlighted by pale blue and light brown designs. This look shines a light on modern minimalism, highlighting contemporary chic with a touch of Scandinavian style and innovation.

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Want to bring a little eye candy to your space? Lollipop Stools add a pop of color and old fashioned, retro modern style to your dining space!

lollipop stools

They come in a variety scrumptious color options like lime green, vibrant red, bright orange and black. You can mix and match colors to add a rainbow color scheme to your interior design or you can choose one color to add emphasis to other accents and decor. They look like the type of stools you would find in a old school ice cream parlor, candy shop or psychedelic 1960s inspired diner.

lollipop stool (green)

They are made of solid steel with a built-in gas lift for easy seat height adjustment. Plus, the seats are cushioning with plush foam padding combining style with comfort. The steel frame is coated with a white powder finish adding even more retro goodness to the design while highlighting the eye catching colors of the seat cushions.

The Lollipop Stools are incredibly charming and delightfully colorful they will light up a room and brighten your interior space with their cool retro exterior and ultra modern functionality!

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It can be a real challenge to get your little ones to eat healthy snacks especially when the bad stuff comes in such colorful and entertaining packages. I mean, have you ever seen those cereal boxes? The back of the box features games, cartoons and other fun things – it even makes me want to eat it while knowing the sugar content is out of control! Kids, like adults need sustainable energy, anything with a boat load of artificial sugar is only going to make them crash and burn, but how to get them to eat boring old carrots or string beans? Make the snacks look cool and tasty you have a way better chance of getting them to at least try it!

Vroom Vroom Race Car Fruit Snacks

Are you the type of couple who loves rocking out together? How about visiting museums, going to live concerts or do you two love dancing, painting and writing?

For the newly weds who love art (music, dance, theater, paint, etc) and want to show their guests a little piece of what is dear to their hearts – besides each other of course! – below are some art inspired party favor ideas you can give to your guests on your big wedding day when they sit down at the awesome wedding party you planned!

Custom printed guitar picks (with bride and grooms name and wedding date!) If you play guitar, you know you can always use more picks!

Mini hand percussion instruments (examples: meini wooden frog or metal zills) Guests can totally play these while dancing the night away or they can use them as applause after wedding toasts are made.

Meini wooden frogs make a sort of croaking noise when the tiny wooden stick is rolled back and forth on the ridges of the frogs back. Metal zills are those finger cymbals you see played during some belly dancing performances.

Tiny calligraphy sets – these are little more costly but worth it if you love the fine arts, this might even inspire some of your guests to pick up a new interest

Personalized fountain pens – also a little on the more expensive side, but they are a classy touch and you know they won’t go to waste

Miniature wooden art easels with placeholder cards on them with the guests name and table. Provide little canvases if you really want to make a big impression. Your guests can reuse them to display business cards or show off their art creations.

These are just a few examples of some of the cool wedding party favor gift ideas you can give out during the reception, whether you love to make art or appreciate art, you and your guests will love these!

It’s your nieces birthday and you are already running late, you have the gift, it looks fabulous in a shiny gift bag with sparkly tissue paper, you are all set to leave the house but oops! you forgot the birthday card! Even if you aren’t as absentminded as this, making your own birthday cards is fun and thoughtful and it can be done simply and easily!

What You’ll Need:

• Craft Paper
• Scissors
• Glue, tape or mod podge (whatever you have available)
• Paints or markers (whatever colorful medium you have available)
• A pen, pencil or sharpie and a poem in your heart!

I like to use craft paper with a little bit of a sheen to it  – I usually choose white, ivory or cream colored as it makes it much easier to use colorful paint on and to see writing more clearly. On the front of the craft paper, you can use markers or paint to paint something nice. I usually keep it very simple and paint a heart or a flower. I choose watercolor paints because the colors blend nicely, but if you are cranking this out quickly, just make a nice heart on the front.

A great craft project for kids that is perfect for celebrating winter, new years or really anytime of year are making mini snow globe sound makers. These musical snow globes are not only fun to create but if you add a few sound making elements to the mix, they make great festive maracas, sound shakers and hand held rattles.

It’s really very simple to do and you can be as creative as you want when you make them!

What You’ll Need: 

• Plastic Christmas Ornaments
• Pebbles
• Tiny bells
• Confetti
• Coins
• Tiny white pom poms
• Rubber bands
• Jumbo Cotton balls
• Strong glue (hot glue, guerilla glue, etc)
• Anything else you might like inside your snow globe

It’s really quite easy! You take a clear plastic ornament or an old plastic Christmas ornament you won’t mind reusing- obviously you want it to be plastic especially if kids are handling them and shaking them around.

Simply add in pebbles (which you can easily find right in your backyard), add a few tiny jingle bells – acquire at your local craft store or even a dollar store may carry them. You can also opt for coins (pennies should work!), they make a great jingly noise. Tiny white pom poms can also be found at the craft store.

The poms poms help the sound be a little softer when rattling around and look like snowballs. Don’t add too many of them or it can be difficult to hear the sound.

The last step is adding the confetti. Once you like the sound your jingling snow globe makes you can add the colorful confetti to the mix. This all for aesthetics, of course. You can opt for multi colored confetti or you can acquire those tiny snowflake shaped pieces to give it that full winter wonderland snow globe effect! Some people leave this step out but I enjoy the way it looks.

Secure the lid using a few extra thick rubber bands tied securely around the top. Wrap them around a few times as you don’t want your little ones potentially hurting themselves with the metal piece on the ornament. I recommend that option for older kids, but if you are working with young children, you can stick a white cotton ball snugly in the top like a stopper and add a little glue to the sides of the cotton ball or apply directly to the inner rim of the ornament to make sure it stays.

It may get a little noisy at first if you have a lot of kids rattling them around but it will be well worth the smiles on their faces!