10 Interior Design Pinterests I Love

In a few months, Sienna and I will be most likely moving to Albuquerque which means SO MANY INTERIOR DECORATING OPPORTUNITIES! Not that I'm excited or anything, but ya girl has been curating a few Pinterest accounts specifically for this occasion.

/lavivahome/

What makes La Viva Home stand out to me are the specific boards dedicated to different fabric patterns, textiles, and rooms in your house. I have spent could spend hours looking through all of the sleek and colorful photos.

/leslidevito/

Lesli's color-specific boards make my extremely OCD brain very happy. I can look up specific colors that I already have in my room and scour her board for more ideas of complimentary accents! Not to mention her MOCH (My Old Country House) blog is a collection of all of my dreams come to life. 

/Homepolish/

Any avid interior decorating-obsessed individual has to know about Homepolish! Believe me when I say that I'm usually firmly anti-pastel, but their Pastel Paradise board may be quickly changing my mind. 

/housebeautiful/

Got a quirky nook in your house? House Beautiful most likely has a pinterest board solely dedicated to that quirky nook. From home bars to little nests, front doors to mudrooms, and a board for every color under the sun, House Beautiful is literally your one-stop destination for all your home pinspiration!

/simplygrove/

Kristen Grove's interior design game is on FLEEK. Not only does she have room-specific boards, but she also has boards for specific furniture pieces. Looking for a sleek coffee table or a colorful area rug? Kristen has you covered.

/huntedinterior/

I'm always terrified of smaller spaces. I have the tendency to overload it with tons of furniture and other objects, and then it looks like Ikea threw up everywhere. This has made me shy away from color, but that's definitely not who I am at my core. Kristin Jackson's boards are my personal challenge to include more color in my life, and I'm LOVING it.

/jennykomenda/

Jenny's Pinterest has such a calming affect on me. I think it's probably the copious amounts of natural light in her pictures that I also want to incorporate into my *future dream home*. I'm also really into her office space board...fingers crossed we have a little extra space for an office nook of sorts!

/apttherapy/

Living in Albuquerque means a higher possibility of renting an apartment rather than a house. Apartment Therapy has so many amazing ideas to turn a small space like a 1/1 apartment into the pad of your dreams.

/freshome/

With more focus on all-around design components, Freshome has a ton of great DIY ideas as well as some finishing touches for your place. My favorite board has to be their fireplace ideas - we don't have the need for fireplaces in Hawaii so I'm pretty excited for the decoration possibilities in store!

/greyandscout/

Last but certainly not least, Liz Bachman at Grey & Scout has put together quite an impressive Pinterest. Just looking at her homepage alone makes me feel so *classy*.  Her primary interior design board, SPACES, extremely satisfies my minimalist desires while adding in those pops of color I crave.

Wanderlust Diaries: 2015 Wrap Up

As previously mentioned, I was fortunate enough to do a TON of traveling this year - basically a trip every other month. In this first installment of the Wanderlust Diaries, I'll briefly talk about the amazing trips I took in 2015 and what each meant to me!

January: Portland, OR/University of Portland Pilots Dance Team
After a very interesting start to the year, I was able to take a short trip with my one of my best friends to surprise our college dance team girls at one of their games! Although it was just for 3 days, it was much needed and being back in NoPo was a warm homecoming welcome.

March: Teach For America's Native Alliance Initiative
When my life started to go south, I was fortunate to be able to reconnect with some of my closest Native teaching friends and find rejuvenation through TFA's Native Alliance Initiative Summit in New Mexico. We visited cultural sites, shared our different cultural protocol with each other, and had hard discussions about the future of Native education. This trip put me back in the right frame of mind to finish out the rest of the school year.

June: LA with #thebaes
For some very necessary girl time, I went to LA to see my best friends and reestablish some semblance of joy in my life. Little did I know that this trip would not only give me some much needed bff time, but it would also bring Sienna back into my life. When one door closes...

Aug: New Beginnings in New Mexico
I surprised Sienna with a trip to visit her in New Mexico for a few days in late August, and it brought me so much happiness to see the kind of relationship that we were going to have. Long distance has been rough, but I know in a few short months it will all be worth it.

October: Soul-Searching In Japan and Korea
Back in March when things weren't so great in Peepsland, my best friend at work sat me down along with her two housemates, and we impulsively bought tickets for 10 days in Japan. I'll talk more about this in another post, but those 10 days (which turned into 6 in Japan, 4 in Korea) brought a level of peace to my life that I thought I had lost forever. I'm so thankful for those memories that the four of us shared and the inside jokes that will last a lifetime.

December: Hilo Family Time
Oh man, it has been SO long since we had a family trip. My family and I spent a little over a week up in Hilo and brought in the new year together looking out over Halema'uma'u Crater at night. We did the normal sightseeking, a TON of hiking, and basically just got to relax in our awesome cabin up in Volcano National Park. It was such an amazing experience, and Hilo was a nice escape from busy Oahu.

Stay tuned for more Wanderlust Diaries updates, including how I planned a 10 day international trip on a second year teacher's salary!

Never stop wandering,

Life In Peepsland: Currently Feb

Hey, remember when I said I was going to blog at least once a week? Well, that was before January happened and now I'm considering February to be the *real* start of 2016. Cheating? Probably. But who cares!

January was kind of a flop for me in all aspects of life, so I'm playing the proverbial "get out of jail free" card (thanks, Monopoly) and calling a do-over. Everything that went wrong in January? Let's fix it in February. Didn't do so well on your resolutions? Don't sweat the small setbacks! Let's show ourselves a little more love this month and just start all over again.

Thanks Farley for another monthly Currently post - check out the FABULOUS shoes that are getting a crazy revamp and making a comeback! I remember being completely obsessed with ballet flats when I was a freshman in high school and I'm so glad they're getting a style-upgrade with the lace-up addition! Definitely be on the lookout for a style post soon...

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