Lauren McBride

This is the main room with the television, so I wanted the room to serve a dual purpose – a playroom AND a family/TV room. While it mainly lives as a playroom, we’ve designed it in a way where it can easily flip to a family/TV room when we have company over for holidays or televised events (like that one football game in particular that happens every February 😉 If your family room is also functioning as your play room, choosing neutral kids furniture that blends with the existing furniture you have helps with the overall aesthetic! We love this Mainstays Graham Kids Metal Industrial Table from Walmart as their craft and play table, and paired it with some black metal chairs for contrast (which we already had! ).

It keeps your makeup in place all day, and I frequently use it when I’m attending an event and need things to last a bit longer. I love all of the Naked palettes, especially Naked 2 and Naked Heat! I also REALLY love the Naked 2 Basics palette, which is a mini matte version of the larger palette. And don’t forget, if you’re a NEW QVC customer you can use the code FIVE4U to get $5 off your purchase!

In case you’re new around here, last year I was one of several winners in Annie Selke’s Rug Design Challenge. My rug design took the top spot in the challenge (thanks to YOU for voting! ), and since then we’ve been in the process of completing the rug to have it available for purchase this fall! My rug samples arrived a couple of weeks ago and I’m so thrilled to share them with you today! I’ve yet to roll out the lighter version of the rug, but I’m loving how the darker pattern is looking in our bedroom!

I use this in replacement of soy sauce, and while it doesn’t totally taste the same, it’s a GREAT substitute! Ghee: Also known as clarified butter, we use this in replacement of regular butter because it’s paleo/ We LOVE hot sauce in our house, and Frank’s is paleo-friendly! We started using Tesserae’s during our first Whole 30 and we’ve been hooked ever since.