An Evening Well Spent April 25, 2023 | 2 Comments | Life, Salvage My grandsons 5th grade program was the other night. It was your typical 5th grade program with nervous students, an […]
Painting with Needle and Thread April 18, 2023 | No Comments | Bernina, Fabric & Upholstery, Tablescapes Have you ever looked at a table setting in a magazine and thought I want that? For me it isn’t […]
And Just Like That: Spring April 12, 2023 | No Comments | Garden, Life, Restore, Salvage, Travel I guess I’ve never experienced that moment where winter gives way to spring. Of course I’m sure I have many […]
Lasting Gifts and Distant Memories April 8, 2023 | No Comments | Bernina, Dishes, Easter, Tablescapes It was December of 1972, my grandparents were staying with us for an extended period of time because of medical […]
Spring Comes Home April 4, 2023 | No Comments | Uncategorized Today is my youngest daughters birthday. We took her to lunch to Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse, a lovely quiet place where […]
How to Create a Primary Bedroom March 16, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques What does your primary bedroom say about you? Is it a place where you can go and retreat? A place […]
Are the Stars Aligning and Other Musings March 8, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedroom, Bernina Let me tell you a story. I received my first sewing machine when I was 13 for Christmas. My mom […]
The World of Mind the Gap Design’s March 3, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques I’ve been down and out for the last several days. A cold, cough and just general lack of interest in […]
Yikes! Working with Smalls Round ll February 26, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques Have you ever had that yikes moment? Of course you have. I just had one a few days ago and […]
I’m Stuck February 18, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques Though my daughter has been working feverishly behind the scenes, I am stuck. We are moving the Blog to WordPress […]
Weekend Wandering for Antiques February 12, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Transferware I don’t know what it is about February but I always seem to want to explore the antique malls in […]
3 Years After the Reno, Would I Make the Same Choices? February 5, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, DIY It starts with a niggling, or a spark. “what would happen if”. In 43 years I have squeezed every inch […]
It Happened One Friday Afternoon January 28, 2023 | 1 Comment | Life, Trends It actually happened again! This is my year for reconnecting with people. Anybody out there ever had a friend boy? […]
The Tale of Two Wooden Boxes January 25, 2023 | 1 Comment | Antiques, Questers, Tablescapes, Vignettes When last I left, I had teased you with the introduction of a new box on the dresser in the […]
Let’s Talk About Sheets! January 14, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedding, Fabric & Upholstery I will admit I am a total sheet snob! I’m also pretty cheap so I won’t spend $$$$ for sheets. […]
DESIGN TRENDS 2023: Are we really going to do this? January 12, 2023 | No Comments | Trends If you’ve been reading me for awhile you know I am not a trend follower. I truly believe that following […]
Backward and Forward January 7, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Fabric & Upholstery, Inheritance Looking back on last year we had some big accomplishments, small improvements, some losses and an overall sense of life […]
The Estate Sale January 5, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Entertaining, Inheritance, Life 5 January 2023 All I can say about this is wow. Just before Thanksgiving I received an alert of an […]
What goes UP, must come DOWN! January 2, 2023 | No Comments | Christmas, DIY 2 January 2023 Happy New Year. We had a lovely holiday filled with lots of cooking, slicing off the top […]
Oh, Christmas Tree December 24, 2022 | No Comments | Christmas, Life, Transferware After spending most of the day cooking it’s kind of nice to sit down to PBS Christmas and my lap […]
Twinkle Lights and a Bit of Magic December 23, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Christmas Like you need yet another Holiday House Tour!!! I’ll confess there are areas of my home where I like it […]
Just the Wreaths December 20, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Christmas, DIY What do you do with those little bits of shed from your faux greenery? Do you toss it, do you […]
A Christmas Star is Born December 17, 2022 | No Comments | Christmas, Entertaining, Life Wednesday night I had an Open House just for the ladies. When you spend 3 weeks of your life preparing […]
Christmas Kitchen December 16, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Christmas, Kitchen As we were cleaning up after Thanksgiving, wait wasn’t that years ago! The thought crossed my mind about leaving the […]
It Started with a Stinkin’ Pillow December 9, 2022 | No Comments | Bernina, Christmas, DIY, Fabric & Upholstery You know how one thing leads to another, right? Well a couple of years ago after I bought my new […]
This and That… WHAT?! November 30, 2022 | No Comments | Christmas I have been up to so much mischief the last few weeks and now I am shoulder deep into Christmas […]
Auditioning the Thanksgiving Table November 23, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Fabric & Upholstery, Tablescapes, Tableware, Thanksgiving As I prepare for Thanksgiving I am auditioning the table scape. As per usual it is trial and error. I […]
Thanksgiving Dining Ideas November 15, 2022 | No Comments | Fabric & Upholstery, Tablescapes, Tableware, Thanksgiving I thought it might be helpful with Thanksgiving coming up to give you some fun ideas for a lovely dining […]
Quester’s Day November 11, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Questers About a year ago I was privileged to be asked to join a Quester’s Group. Quester’s is a national organization […]
Let’s Talk About Vignettes November 6, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Dishes, Vignettes As a designer this is a word I use a lot. It’s one of my many “designer buzz words” like […]
Favorite Pottery Barn Clara Quilt for the Holidays November 3, 2022 | No Comments | Bedding Have you ever walked into a store and seen something that takes your breath away? This happened to me last […]
Rustic Linen Slipcover for a Dining Chair October 28, 2022 | No Comments | DIY, Fabric & Upholstery A few weeks ago I decided I needed to quickly recover an accent balloon chair that I picked up ages […]
Old Friends and Happy Reunions October 23, 2022 | No Comments | Life Do you ever get that phone call? You know the one when the land line actually rings and it’s not […]
A Trip up to DeSoto Bend! October 20, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Travel Today is our anniversary. The husband always says “Well we haven’t made it to”______ fill in the year. Well we […]
Questers Dining Table October 9, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Questers, Tablescapes About a year ago I was asked to visit a Questers group. What is Questers? It is an organization founded […]
Cleaning, Polishing, and Freshening Up October 6, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, DIY, Polish Sometimes you just need to clean. Over the weekend the husband and I tackled the floors in the living room. […]
Interesting and Creepy at the Antique MallI September 30, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques A couple of weeks ago I decided to check out one of our local antique malls. I really hadn’t been […]
The Doodle Dresser September 22, 2022 | No Comments | DIY Have you ever seen a piece of furniture that you didn’t buy for whatever reason and had it come back […]
Hallway Reveal September 7, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, DIY A hallway is just a transition space to get from one place to another, right? Well this hallway serves as the […]
Powder Room Reveal August 26, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, DIY, Powder Room, Salvage Spring came and went and now summer is almost gone. I just got around to washing the mirrors on the […]
