January 04, 2016

Holiday Selects

January 04, 2016/ Whitney Leigh Morris

Looking back at some of our favorite #wlmholidays posts... 🎄

The Tiny Canal Cottage

"You don't have to live large to live beautifully." Goods + ideas for stylish, simple living from The Tiny Canal Cottage® by Whitney Leigh Morris

Welcome to the Cottage

The Tiny Canal Cottage® is a 1920's Craftsman-style house by the Venice Beach Canals in Southern California. It is home to Creative Director Whitney Leigh Morris, her husband, their son, and two rescue beagles.

NEW from the cottage— our first book! small space style: because you don’t need to live large to live beautifully.

NEW from the cottage— our first book!
small space style: because you don’t need to live large to live beautifully.

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@WhitneyLeighMorris

I secretly kind of love cleaning. (I know, I know— please don’t hate me.) And I enjoy it even more so since having West. I genuinely find it relaxing, and it’s something I’ve started sneaking into lil’ pockets of the day, rather than doing all at once. Small spaces are manageable, and make cleaning feel less like a chore and more like a rolling, calming ritual, in my opinion. @supernaturalclean is a new, eco-conscious, cruelty-free, 100% au naturel, and beautiful household cleaning set (shipped as concentrated formulas) that we’ve started using here at home, and it actually works. It’s nice not to worry if West starts putting his window clings on the French doors right after we’ve sprayed them down with the window + glass formula, or when he starts rolling around the floors as we’re cleaning them with the hardwood floor spray. Our home isn’t always perfectly clean— the rugs are constantly playing host to tracked-in leaves, and there are somehow always pup hairs floating by. But it looks and feels so clean & refreshing in here now, and there’s no chemical scent leftover— just a light, aromatic air. I’ve said goodbye to the rubber gloves, disposable bottles, and wasteful packaging, and have happily embraced a stripped-down process. #cleanbuttnaked #sponsored

Microplastics are turning up everywhere— even in the food we eat and the liquids we drink.💧We can do better. (We have to do better.) Need an easy place to start? It’s so, so simple to bring your own reusable water bottles, coffee mugs, utensils, straws and more with you wherever you go.♻️ It cuts back on so much waste (plastic and beyond) than ends up in landfills rather than being recycled. It might seem like a small step, but it can have a real impact if we all commit. 🌎 P.S. On this topic: the book “Give a Sh*t” by @ashleepiper is a must-read. 📖

Awaiting a meal, 24/7. 🐶🐶

It only feels like fall between the hours of 5am-8am here. 🍂

He’s in the leaping-off-everything phase. @adamwinkleman and I are still debating about whether or not to try for another child, and it makes me wonder: how on Earth do you mamas-of-multiples handle kids (and pets) constantly bouncing on and around your baby bump? 🤰🏻🤷🏻‍♀️

I secretly kind of love cleaning. (I know, I know— please don’t hate me.) And I enjoy it even more so since having West. I genuinely find it relaxing, and it’s something I’ve started sneaking into lil’ pockets of the day, rather than doing all at once. Small spaces are manageable, and make cleaning feel less like a chore and more like a rolling, calming ritual, in my opinion. @supernaturalclean is a new, eco-conscious, cruelty-free, 100% au naturel, and beautiful household cleaning set (shipped as concentrated formulas) that we’ve started using here at home, and it actually works. It’s nice not to worry if West starts putting his window clings on the French doors right after we’ve sprayed them down with the window + glass formula, or when he starts rolling around the floors as we’re cleaning them with the hardwood floor spray. Our home isn’t always perfectly clean— the rugs are constantly playing host to tracked-in leaves, and there are somehow always pup hairs floating by. But it looks and feels so clean & refreshing in here now, and there’s no chemical scent leftover— just a light, aromatic air. I’ve said goodbye to the rubber gloves, disposable bottles, and wasteful packaging, and have happily embraced a stripped-down process. #cleanbuttnaked #sponsored

Microplastics are turning up everywhere— even in the food we eat and the liquids we drink.💧We can do better. (We have to do better.) Need an easy place to start? It’s so, so simple to bring your own reusable water bottles, coffee mugs, utensils, straws and more with you wherever you go.♻️ It cuts back on so much waste (plastic and beyond) than ends up in landfills rather than being recycled. It might seem like a small step, but it can have a real impact if we all commit. 🌎 P.S. On this topic: the book “Give a Sh*t” by @ashleepiper is a must-read. 📖

Awaiting a meal, 24/7. 🐶🐶

It only feels like fall between the hours of 5am-8am here. 🍂

He’s in the leaping-off-everything phase. @adamwinkleman and I are still debating about whether or not to try for another child, and it makes me wonder: how on Earth do you mamas-of-multiples handle kids (and pets) constantly bouncing on and around your baby bump? 🤰🏻🤷🏻‍♀️

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