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How To: Laundry Room Organization

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The final organizational challenge to tackle was the laundry room.  My laundry room is tiny.  Truly, you can’t even turn around in it tiny.  So keeping it organized and clutter free while maximizing what little space I have was of the utmost importance.

First, I traded out my two old hampers for Pottery Barn’s Perry Divided hamper.  It fit perfectly in the space and allows me to presort darks and colors.  Plus the canvas liner can be removed and thrown in with the wash for easy cleaning.

Second, baskets came to the rescue again.  I placed the larger wire Benchwright baskets above my cabinets to hold my Costco-sized amount of paper towels and blankets that are out of season.  While the Newport basket housed detergents, iron, steamer, dryer balls and all other necessities.

Lastly, I hung my vacuum on the wall (best vacumn ever by the way), added a few extra door hooks and a retractable clothes line to hang any pieces of clothing I many not want to dry.  In the end the laundry room became clutter free and a functional small space.  Truly, MKR

P.S.  Make sure to check out how I organized the linen closet and gave the master bath a mini makeover.

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*This story is in collaboration with Pottery Barn, a brand I love and adore.  Opinions are 100% my own.  |  Photography, Rustic White

5 Totally Fall Things to Do This Week

Cross these things off your fall checklist
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Fall is officially here, friends, and we are so excited about it!  With the change of seasons, comes pumpkin-flavored everything, cozy decorations for a little home refresh, great fashion trends and so much more.  The temps are cooler (thank goodness) and it’s the perfect time to head outside and enjoy the changing seasons and crisp fall air. We rounded up a few must-do’s in our fall checklist in the slideshow above because we’re just giddy that the fall is finally here.  Check them out by clicking on the image above.  Cheers, Kat

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Celebrating Fall with A Harvest Dinner – Part I

Enjoying our favorite time of year with a gathering at Serenbe Farms
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A few months ago I was asked by Occasions Magazine to create a holiday entertaining spread for their September issue.  Any holiday; whatever my little heart desired.  So since fall is my absolute favorite it was obvious I would gravitate towards that, but instead of Halloween or Thanksgiving I wanted to create something that celebrated the changing of seasons; a harvest dinner.   

The only thing standing in the way of my vision was transforming hot-lanta in the middle of June into a crisp fall day in October.  Luckily just outside of Atlanta you can find exactly what I was looking for in the form of a magical place called Serenbe.  The day was a scorcher, one for the books.  Our gorgeous red cake actually melted and se almost all passed out from heat stroke, but when the sun began to set, the light became perfect and in my eyes something magical happened, harvest happened.

Bursting with fall tabletop ideas I decided to make the table itself the focal point knowing that while this was a celebration of fall the table could easily transition to a Thanksgiving or even Christmas table with a few small tweaks.  I wanted the table and seating to feel organic; matching but not matching if you know what I mean.  

A lush green garland full of feathers ran down the center, with simple but perfectly layered place settings in warm brown and burgundy tones.  Spray painted gold pears held guests’s names and “I’m thankful for” and “I couldn’t live without” cards waited to be filled out.  A personal holiday tradition, guests fill out the cards then place them in a bowl.  As  the bowl is passed around the table each guest pulls a card and reads it out loud.  It’s just a little way to get the conversation flowing and most importantly give thanks.

 

I couldn’t have been happier with how everything turned out.  In fact because I have so many images I absolutely adore it’s going to actually take me 3 days to share it all with you.  So for today we focus on the table.  And if you’re in the area pick up the Florida or Georgia issue to see the spread or read all about it online .  And make sure you check out our behind the scenes video.  Happy harvest Loves!  truly, MKR

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Concept & Styling:  Mandy Kellogg Rye of Waiting On Martha, Inc.  |  Photography:  Rustic White Photography  |  Videographer:  Imagine Video Production  |  Rentals:  Blue Eyed Yonder   |  Florals:  Gertie Mae’s Florals   |  Cake:  Anne Kathleen Cakes   |  Place Settings:  Ross Sveback faux bois  |  Boxwoods white plates, horn mug, horn knife  |  West Elm rose gold silverware  | World Market glassware  |  Calligraphy:  Ashley Buzzy McHugh  |  Clothing & Jewelry:  Bloomingdales,  All Saints jacket  |  BCBG Max Azria Dress  |  Sam Edelman Boots  |  Michael Kors & Kate Spade bracelets, Michael Korsring  |  Location:  Serenbe  |  Makeup:  Brielle Brenner  |  Hair:  MichelleMcCoy of Vidal Sassoon  |  Nails:  Essie wicked + gold glitter polish on the party nail  |  Champagne Cocktail:  St. Germaine + Champagne + Blackberries

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