10 Home Tips + Tricks That Take Minutes But Reap Major Rewards
With a new home to dive into, our list of house (exterior and interior) projects and to-do’s feel never-ending. From new light fixtures and furniture, planning kitchen and bathroom renovations, organizing, and more, it’s safe to say that we’ll be working on making our house truly our own for a few years ahead. And that’s […]
AllModern Opened Its First Physical Store!
This blog post was written in partnership with AllModern. All thoughts and opinions, as always, are my own. I’m all about online shopping; it’s no exaggeration to say that it’s been my go-to method for acquiring new items over the past few years. But there are some items, especially pieces for your home, that just […]
What is Full Service Design?
We often get the question about our Full-Service Design service and what that service entails. For our clients need help from start to finish, who have a room or a whole house in front of them, but do not have the time or the desire to complete the space(s) from top to bottom? JKS’s Full […]
An OID Vermont Holiday
We are heading up to Vermont for the holidays and I’m planning to add a few holiday decor touches so that next week feels special for the kiddos. We are keeping it minimal, and with the snow, it already feels like a true winter wonderland. One thing I’m very excited about for the holidays is […]
Faux Holiday Greenery with Riverbend Home
This post is written in partnership with Riverbend Home – one of our favorite online home decor shops. All thoughts and opinions are as always, my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support OID Blog! It’s that time of the year again! Anyone else feeling rather slow to getting into the decorating/holiday spirit […]
An OID Update – What’s Been Happening as of Late!
Hello, Friends! It’s been A WHILE. How are you? We have been on a blog and somewhat of a social media break as of late. Our social media/blog coordinator and editor went on maternity leave and without her, I couldn’t get blog posts up with the amount of interior design projects on our plate. I […]
My Top 10 Favorite Dining Room Chairs
Dining room chairs … we use the heck out of them day in and day out, so they better be good. And when I say good, I mean the epitome of functionality meets style. You need them to hold up to lots of manhandling while also being super pleasing to the eye. Basically, the ultimate […]
Project Reveal: Kitchen Renovation
Project Details Location: Belmont, MA Type of Home: Single-family Colonial Sq. Footage: approx 1,800 sq. feet Year Built: 1942 Team Construction Team + Project Mgmt: Tall Guy Woodworking Cabinetry: Metropolitan Cabinets Photography: Joyelle West Design: Oh, I Design Studio Project Scope I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: we love working with repeat […]
OID Kitchen Must-Haves
Between putting away all the holiday clutter, and feeding my desire to reorganize everything and anything in the new year, it’s safe to say that our kitchen is getting a nice and much needed tidy up! And as I do so, it’s been wonderful to really focus in on our essentials; the kitchen must-haves that […]
Modern Dining Inspiration – Monday Moodboard
Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a great weekend. I am so excited we were able to launch our new website on Friday night! We have a blog post coming to intro you to the site and talk about the changes we’ve made. Hopefully moving forward you will have an even better experience when […]
Get Organized with OID: Your Pantry
I’m a proud organizing aficionado (always have been!) and I can often be found pursuing various sites for more tips and tricks to try out in my own home, but I also know when it’s time to call in for support. I’m not ashamed to admit that I need to outsource help at times, because […]
#MSTARRxOHIDESIGN Makeover Update: The Design!… Plus Promo Codes!
Guess what!? We have an update on the MSTARRxOHIDESIGN makeover project and it’s a good one – we’re talking all about the design decisions we’ve made for each room thus far! In case you’re in need of a little catching up, Emily of mStarr Design and I are designing a room in each other’s homes! […]