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The Art of Intentional Living

Chic Dogs & Magnolia Dreams
The Art of Intentional Living
  • Cleansing the Energy of Home: A Gentle Summer Ritual for Calm and Clarity

    Cleansing the Energy of Home: A Gentle Summer Ritual for Calm and Clarity

    August 14, 2025March 30, 2026 Home & Garden

    A Summer Spent at Home As a teacher and a lifelong homebody, I’ve always savored my summers off. But this year has been even more delicious and soothing. We’re halfway through the season, and apart from a week in France, we’ve stayed home. Our summers are usually filled…

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  • 7 Ideas to Create a Soft and Nourishing Morning Routine

    7 Ideas to Create a Soft and Nourishing Morning Routine

    March 22, 2025March 30, 2026 Home & Garden
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    Mornings set the tone for the rest of the day, and how we begin can make all the difference in how we feel, think, and move through life. A soft and nourishing morning routine isn’t about productivity. It’s about honoring yourself, your needs, and the rhythm of your…

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  • How to Thrift for Home Decor

    How to Thrift for Home Decor

    February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 Home & Garden

    A Guide to Unique & Budget-Friendly Styling One of the most underrated places to find unique and budget-friendly decor, is at thrift stores. In fact, I often find the most beautiful pieces in thrift stores or flea markets. I always loved old world things and have found that…

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  • 10 Inspiring Lessons I Learned From Ina Garten’s Memoir

    10 Inspiring Lessons I Learned From Ina Garten’s Memoir

    January 12, 2025March 30, 2026 Books, Home & Garden
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    Be Ready When the Luck Happens I’ve read some pretty amazing books in 2024 but the one that stood out the most, and the one I was most eager to start reading, was Ina Garten’s memoir Be Ready When the Luck Happens. The title is absolutely delicious if…

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  • Cozy “Little Women” inspired Christmas decorations

    Cozy “Little Women” inspired Christmas decorations

    December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 Home & Garden
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    A cozy home! My favorite part about the Christmas season, is decorating the house. Nothing feels more comforting to me than to make the house super cozy during the coldest and darkest season of the year. The warm fairy lights, the scent of oranges and cloves, red velvet…

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  • 14 Autumn garden chores for a healthy garden

    14 Autumn garden chores for a healthy garden

    November 17, 2024March 30, 2026 Home & Garden

    A rookie mistake would be to think that gardening only happens during the growing season (Spring and Summer). In fact, if you want a beautiful, lush and healthy garden, you need to know that most of the ‘behind the scenes’ work is what actually makes your garden thrive…

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  • My cozy home office makeover

    My cozy home office makeover

    October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 Home & Garden
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    Cozy home office My home office is one of my favorite places in the house. It’s the place where I do my writing, make new teaching material and it’s the place where most of my books live. It’s not a big office but it’s cozy and inspiring to…

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  • My “Practical Magic” inspired garden and how to create one

    My “Practical Magic” inspired garden and how to create one

    September 23, 2024March 30, 2026 Home & Garden
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    September is one of my favorite months. Okay yes I know, Summer break is over and school starts again. And no, I don’t particularly enjoy all the chaos and stress that accompanies all of that… But, there is a palpable shift in nature that makes me want to…

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  • French inspired Summer skincare routine

    French inspired Summer skincare routine

    July 26, 2024March 30, 2026 Home & Garden

    Did you know that your skin is the biggest organ you have? Not only that, but it’s also the only organ that is exposed to the external world. So no, skincare is not just a vanity thing. It is in fact, about your health. Our skin health is…

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  • 14 ways to have a soft and intentional Summer

    14 ways to have a soft and intentional Summer

    July 2, 2024March 30, 2026 Home & Garden
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    The long-awaited Summer break has finally arrived! At least on my side of the world. Friday was officially the last day of the school year for both teachers and students. Though at the end of every school year I tend to feel the bitter sweetness of time passing,…

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L'art de la vie There's a lot we can't control in L'art de la vie

There's a lot we can't control in life.

But there's a lot we CAN.

Simple, everyday things turned into art. By paying attention, being intentional and caring for ourselves and the environments we shape.

This is why I love French culture so much.

They understand that life is both a gift, and an art form. 

They understand that we have the power to bring beauty and care to our days.

There might be tragedy, there might be loss. But beauty remains, even if we are temporarily unable to see it.

Go ahead...

Wear your favorite shirt.

Put on some lipstick and your favorite perfume.

Drink tea in a beautiful cup that belonged to your grandmother.

Watch the sun set while standing in the middle of a green meadow. 

Giggle out loud at your dog's silly antics.

Eat your favorite dessert with all your senses heightened.

Hope you have a joy filled Sunday.🩷

#intentional
Snippets of life in the countryside. Dogs Gardeni Snippets of life in the countryside.

Dogs
Gardening
Delicious food
The coziness of home

#countryside #dogslife
Focusing on the love that surrounds us. Some of m Focusing on the love that surrounds us.

Some of my favorite things:

Happy dogs
Fresh flowers from the market
Dogs
Our home
The garden
Dogs
Delicious food
Dancing with Marlow
Upbeat songs
Dogs

#life #happiness #dogsofinstagram #happy
Snippets of life. Home The countryside Moments i Snippets of life.

Home
The countryside 
Moments in Paris
Gardening as medicine
Rescue dogs turned into Chic Dogs

#life #dogsofinstagram #paris
#countryside
Life lately and the beauty and abundance of simple Life lately and the beauty and abundance of simple things.🩷🌸🐶

#homeandgardens #homebody #simplethings #softness
The April Garden There are many things I love abo The April Garden

There are many things I love about April:

The return of strawberries

Happier dogs galavanting through the garden

Birdsong.

Soft morning light illuminating our bedroom.

The scent of lilacs blooming.

The sense of hope when a seemingly dead Winter garden wakes up after a long slumber. Making everything lush and beautiful.

#April #Garden #springgarden
Snippets of Paris! The Parisian Art of Flâner. T Snippets of Paris!

The Parisian Art of Flâner.

To stroll and indulge in the surrounding beauty, details and delights. 

Without urgency.

Without destination.

Intentionally being in a world of mindlessly doing, is also rebellion. 

#paris #flanêr #artdevivre
The deliciousness of everyday life. Sometimes we The deliciousness of everyday life.

Sometimes we grow so accustomed to what we have that we become blind to it. 

In today's world, I am particularly grateful for:

- calm mornings
- homemade dinners
- reading
- planting trees
- sitting close to the ocean
- noticing how a dog's breathing softens as they fall asleep
- enjoying coffee and a warm waffle
- buying fresh flowers
- opening up all the windows
- invigorating walks in the countryside 
- the comfort and safety of home
- chatting with a colleague, not about work but instead, about gardening.

Intentional living is by definition an act of defiance, because it forces you to pay attention to the seemingly small things of everyday life. It nudges you to soften. 

In a world that pushes us to harden, suppress and be distracted... this is rebellion. It isn't loud and it doesn't roar, but it is rebellion nonetheless.

It is a quiet resistance.

Hope you are well and safe, wherever you may be.🩷

#intentionalliving 
#everydayliving
A cozy home that feels like a warm hug. Filled wi A cozy home that feels like a warm hug.

Filled with books, dogs and candles.

One that feels both grounding and soothing to the soul, and nourishing to the heart.

#homebody #cozyhome
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