Archives for October 2021

10/29/2021

Yellow Pumpkins that Would Make Cinderella Gasp

This may be the most exciting news on something pumpkin-related since Trader Joe’s carried its pumpkin spice almond milk. This season fall porches have seen a new color added to to the pumpkin family–yellow pumpkins!

Yellow pumpkins are not easily found this year, but you can contact your local nursery to make a request. Home for the Harvest has the most information, reporting that that they are cultivars of the Curcubita with yellow rinds. I am already designing next year’s fall porch with a compilation of white and yellow pumpkins, and perhaps sunflowers as they share the same tone of yellow. Stay tuned till autumn 2022 on more updates and have a happy and safe Halloween.

Posted By jdemontravel

10/22/2021

Why You Should Bring Your Lunch to Work

Gone are the days when you were tagged as the kid who brought her lunch box to school. In today’s salad bar weary times, lunches prepared from home are healthier, sanitary, cost-effective, and now stylish.

A Healthy Mid-day Break

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day but in corporate culture, when you are planted on your office chair for an inhuman number of hours, lunch is sacred. It’s an opportunity to get up from you seat and collect your lunch—perhaps the most physical activity in hours. The lunch must meet the needs to satisfy, energize, and not sap needed hours to get you through till quitting time.

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Posted By jdemontravel

10/15/2021

Fall Checklist Before Halloween

It’s the two week countdown to Halloween, which also means fa la las will be taking over the airwaves. No pressure, but with a few weekends left to fall’s unofficial end, celebrate the season by making a checklist so you can capitalize on autumn.

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Posted By jdemontravel

10/01/2021

Making an Entrance with a Versatile Bench

The front entryway has a lot of pressure. It’s a unique place in the home because it typically is in a high traffic area while also having to have a design POV that sets the tone of your home. It’s like the host at a restaurant, they have to look presentable, be cheerful, and perform their task by moving things along. For this entry, finding the perfect accent had to achieve many functions. It could not be a burdensome piece that took up too much room while also looking beautiful enough to create that first impression. The less is more approach is also in place, where every piece performs an important task.