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My Closet Clean Out with ALH STYLE

admin — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 22:18:24 +0000

When it comes to organization, I’m an absolute train wreck. I can admit it. There are many things I am good at but organizing certainly isn’t one of them. Two years ago, we moved into a new larger home that has a loads more space and even a walk in closet! I immediately claimed the closet, I mean men don’t need closets that big anyway. And even with my giant closet, you better believe I filled it right up. So much so that it was bursting at the seams. I needed help. I needed an intervention. So in comes Ali Hellmuth, a close friend, my Closet Wino’s co-host and local stylist who is an expert on closet edits. I so badly needed her expertise and brutal honesty to help me get rid of things that I was holding onto for far too long. Eight hours and a mountain of clothes later, my closet was carefully edited and I could actually see my clothing. I can’t tell you how game changing it has been to be able to shop my closet each day and put together outfits without feeling like I had nothing. The problem was, I had too much and I couldn’t […]

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Why Supporting Local Is Important – Alexandria Edition

admin — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 23:05:32 +0000

Online shopping, we all do it because it’s convenient, takes a click of a mouse and your shiny new treasures are on the way. I’m as guilty as anyone, because I do my fair share of point and click shopping but what if that was our only option? What if you could no longer stroll the charming streets of your town on a Saturday or pop into your favorite local boutique for a dress for an event you have that night? What if your home town was filled with nothing big box stores and Amazon pick up locations? That could soon be our reality if we don’t make a change. In the last year, we made a few big changes of our own. We moved from Arlington to Alexandria, Virginia and I bought a new business, The Alexandria Scout Guide. While the move was only 15 miles away, it feels like an entirely different world. We loved the close proximity to dc, the airport and our friends’ houses but the temptation of more land and a peaceful retreat to call our own was much more enticing to us at this point in our lives. Little did we know we would […]

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