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 […]
Flexibility and Happy Accidents August 23, 2022 | No Comments | Architectural Salvage, DIY, Powder Room, Salvage We rounded the corner on the powder bath and hall way project. They are done!!! That took forever. Who knew […]
A Quick Escape August 5, 2022 | No Comments | Life, Travel We just got back from a few days in Fairmont MN. Cooler temperatures and lower gas prices made it the […]
Two Steps Forward and One Step Backwards July 19, 2022 | No Comments | DIY, Powder Room, Salvage We are almost there. After months in the basement, living in dust and general disarray I think we have finally […]
Using Dishes as Art in Your Home July 9, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Dishes, Tablescapes, Tableware, Transferware If you’ve been with me for awhile you know I have a love affair with dishes. Of course I love […]
JUST BREATHE – Beyond Van Gogh June 26, 2022 | No Comments | Life, Travel My daughter and I, plus the grand boys, set out Friday morning for the long journey over to Iowa. A […]
Ahhh! The Garden June 19, 2022 | No Comments | Architectural Salvage, Garden, Life I have Hydrangeas!!! Now for most of you that probably isn’t big news because you probably have these gorgeous flowers every […]
A Walk Through Middleton Place, South Carolina June 10, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Garden, Life, Travel As I look back on our trip we took last fall, I realize it was a sprint across the south. […]
Last Goodbye’s and Simple Gifts May 28, 2022 | No Comments | Life After 3 challenging weeks we said goodbye to my father-in-law yesterday. A day that I think he would have approved […]
Random Acts of Kindness May 22, 2022 | No Comments | Life We lost my father-in-law on Thursday morning. We got the phone call at 4:26 AM and off we went to […]
Hard Days May 18, 2022 | No Comments | Life My father in law is at Hospice House. In September, he was diagnosed with an aggressive Bladder Cancer, he is […]
Out of the Box May 12, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Collecting While watching the local evening news the other night, they were doing a feature on the Old Ralston Granary. I […]
“The Un-Kitchen” / For the Love of Kitchens May 2, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, DIY, Entertaining, Kitchen Have you heard the term un-kitchen. What is it and where did it come from? I’ve been hearing this term […]
The Wind and The Tale of Four Sterling Silver Patterns April 23, 2022 | No Comments | Collecting, Life, Tablescapes, Tableware, Weather Is anybody out their tired of the wind? The wind howling, blowing thru your hair (straight up), combing thru said […]
Table for 6 – Easter Brunch April 16, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Easter, Fabric & Upholstery, Life, Tablescapes, Tableware This is a post I rebooted and edited from 2022. One of my favorite Easter table scapes. Enjoy! As we […]
