A Happy Friday To You - 20% off Anthro Home

It's hard for me not to love everything in Anthropologie's house and home, and 20% for the weekend makes it even harder to stick to my freeze on buying things for the apartment. Here are my favorite picks - a bohemian and modern mix. I am absolutely dying to own their lucite desk accessories collection. Let's be serious, my desk needs it.

This weekend, we are off to Pawleys Island for a beach week. The ceviche cook book seemed fitting because we've already started planning a night where we'll each cook two dishes of ceviche and have the rest of the family vote on the best one. The winning recipe will be shared on Decor-Eat next week, so look out for it! A Pawleys vacation always sets Decor-Eat recipe making in overdrive which I've definitely been slacking on with all of the apartment decorating. Some favorites from year's past:

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Travel // Officially Obsessed with Costa Rica

After the past week of vacation in Dominical, Costa Rica, I did not want to come back to the US. A group of friends and I rented a house, went deep sea fishing, and explored the town and market, beaches, and food. It was such an amazing vacation that I highly recommend to anyone looking for a real escape and break (but you've gotta power down your iphone and put your TV rituals on hold - trust me it's worth it). Here are some of my favorites from the trip. Can't you see where the Pura Vida comes from??

Playa Dominical

the market in Dominical

sarongs at the market - I thought these would be really cool as throws

necklace at the market

new bracelets from the market

playa dominical - image for sale on etsy: http://etsy.me/L9iEen

homemade ceviche with swordfish

handmade veggie rice paper spring rolls

waterfall outside of dominical - the locals showed us this place so i'm not 100% where is was

playa dominicalito at sunset - image for sale on etsy: http://etsy.me/L9iEen

dancer pose on playa dominicalito

Hump Day Home Makeover // Beachy Keen

This week's Hump Day Home Makeover is inspired by a beach house in Pawley's Island, SC. It is an extremely beautiful place (if you missed my weekend snapshots, see what I mean here). One of the best parts is that the island restricts commercial buildings, so what's left are a bunch of "arrogantly shabby" beach houses and grandfathered in inns on the coast. The house is a great mixture of new accents and old foundations. With the walls and floors of the house coming from an old cotton mill in Georgetown, and the wall decor coming from local shops, etc.

This week's Hump Day Home Makeover features the living room couch - another great mix of old and new. The cushions, fabrics and accents are consistently updated to manage the wear and tear from renters, while the couch itself is now considered vintage from Ficks Reed (can't believe that things from the 90s are already vintage!)

Get the look:

sonrize print marine/pool {trina turk}

antique rattan sofa {fabulous finds}

outdoor green toss pillows {target}

super paradise print pillow {trina turk}

blue toss pillow {grandin road}

striped throw {west elm}

More of the room:

throw from the market in Lourmarin, France

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Weekend Snapshot - Pawleys Island

Well as if Monday's aren't hard enough, it's raining and I'm no longer sitting on the beach sipping a margarita with a book in hand. I guess these pics from the weekend will have to do to tide me over until the next. But hey, that's what weekend snapshots are for right? After a 6 hour drive to Pawley's Island, SC, we spent the day on the beach, ate Landolfi's for lunch, watched the sunset over the marsh and ate dinner at Chive Blossom.

sunset watching necessities 

olive and garlic tapenade {cibo naturals}| crackers {carr's}| wine glasses {riedel}

wine gel tote {amazon}

Ramey Chardonnay 

And since I will be in beach mode all this week (yes I am going to milk it for as long as possible) - This week's Hump Day Home Makeover will be a beach edition! Sneak peak at what's to come on Wednesday:

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