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Day Two of Blogtember! If you could take three months off from your current life and do anything in the world, what would you do?

above via Corcoran, $1,649,000, Greenwich Village

Easiest question I’ll ever answer. This one’s been a dream of mine for years now, and I have this funny feeling that if it never happens, it will be my one great sadness, you know?

I’d move to New York City. Live and breathe it for three whole months (or six… or twelve… or maybe indefinitely). Stay in a cozy apartment somewhere in Manhattan - bonus points for exposed brick walls and bright, east-facing windows. I’d soak it all in and I’d write all day, every day, in my little desk by a window, or at a cafe, or in the park. I’d visit museums and art galleries and eat the best food and learn about people and learn about myself. I’ve always thought that if I ever have anything good to say (to write), it will be said from there. From New York. That city has my heart.

Any wealthy benefactor/readers out there want to buy me one of these apartments? Hey, just throwing it out there.

above via Corcoran, $649,000, Chelsea

above via Corcoran, 1, 475,000, West Village

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What would YOU do with three months off from your life? Link up below! :)

***If you entered your link between 8:30-8:45 AM central time, please enter it again! List wasn't working properly so I had to make a new one. :(

Giveaway: $270 worth of Photography Concentrate tutorials!

You guys. YOU GUYS. I am so excited for today's giveaway! If you're interested in learning photography, whether you'd like to do it professionally or just to improve your every day photos, pay attention to this one! Many of you know I am a big, big fan of the folks over at Photography Concentrate and their fabulous tutorials. I rave about them every chance I get, because they are just that good! Extremely Essential Camera Skills transformed my work and jumpstarted my photography business, and Super Photo Editing Skills taught me Lightroom. There are so many helpful things I learned from those two tutorials, both major and minor, that I NEVER would have figured out myself, and for that I am so grateful. Rob and Lauren, the masterminds behind Photography Concentrate, are a married couple and photographers themselves, and they created these tutorials as a simple, clean, affordable, and aesthetically pleasing way to teach others photography. You could spend hundreds or thousands of dollars (and lots of time) to take college courses or other photography classes... orrrrr you could just get these tutorials and learn it all in one or two sittings. NO BRAINER.

Anyway, the really good news is that one of you will win an entire set of Photography Concentrate tutorials - that's a $270 value, or compared to what you COULD spend elsewhere, it's worth thousands and many hours of your life. Here's what the winner will receive:

1. Extremely Essential Camera Skills ($49.95) | 2. Super Photo Editing Skills ($79.95) | 3. Backup or Die ($19.95) | 4. Awesome Album Design Skills ($79.95) | 5. Simple Wedding Photography ($39.95)

For your chance to win this awesome prize pack, enter in the Rafflecopter below. GOOD LUCK!

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Look for Less: Lake-house Living

I love Million Dollar Decorators and I am a HUGE fan of Jeffrey Alan Marks. I recently fell in love with this living room that he designed. The black and white trend is my new favorite thing. The rug adds a great graphic impact in this room. I love how this room still feels casual while remaining chic and timeless. I could see this home with a waterfront view. Although the room doesn't feel "beachy" it still maintains a beachy vibe with the natural seagrass rug, the sailboat and the planked walls and ceiling. If I only had a lakehouse!

I've rounded up some items to pull off this same room for much much less!