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 […]
Bergére Blue and Other Small Projects April 12, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, DIY, Salvage As we start to prepare for a powder room in our lower level I’ve been stock piling incidentals for that […]
BRING ON SPRING! The Process… March 29, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Tablescapes, Tableware, Vignettes If you’ve been here for a while you know that I really only decorate for Christmas but I am constantly […]
Cobblers Benches to Dental Cabinets March 23, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Collecting, Life, Salvage My Florida daughter was in town all last week. It was my granddaughters 21st birthday and my daughter felt my […]
Embracing the Blue – AGAIN! March 12, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Dishes, Fabric & Upholstery, Inheritance, Transferware If you’ve been reading for awhile you know that I have been struggling with my lower level room. Mainly because […]
What Does Your Home Say About You? March 2, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedroom, Kitchen, Paint As I was walking my house the other night I was reflecting on the story my home tells. Is your […]
A Table of Favorites February 24, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Dishes, Kitchen, Tablescapes, Tableware, Vignettes I set this table last year about this time with the intention of sharing it here on the blog and […]
New Shops and A Great Book February 21, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage No, one thing has nothing to do with the other! It’s been a busy strange week. The week before lockdown […]
1850 Regency Chest Restoration February 10, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, DIY, Polish When I came across this good old chest at the antique mall it was cluttered with stuff. I almost missed […]
Tiny Primary Bedroom Reveal February 1, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedroom, Collecting, Dishes, DIY, Fabric & Upholstery, Inheritance, Paint, Polish, Tableware, Vignettes If you’re coming to this post first, you may want to go back and read It All Started with Curtains and How to […]
How To Deconstruct A Heavy Plaster Faux Finish January 28, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Dishes, DIY, Paint If you haven’t read It All Started with Curtains, you might want to go back and catch that before you tackle this […]
It All Started With Curtains January 22, 2022 | No Comments | Bedroom, Collecting, Fabric & Upholstery, Paint, Vignettes Well I’ve been away from the blog the last couple of weeks. I’ve been working on our bedroom. Frankly I […]
TOP 10 Vintage and Antique Finds of 2021 January 8, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, DIY, Fabric & Upholstery, Garden, Polish, Salvage, Travel I have spent the last couple of days in our bedroom eating dust! I am working on a small renovation […]
What Makes The Magic? January 1, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Christmas, Collecting, DIY, Life his post started out as Boxes, Trunks, and Containers or Why I Collect so Many! I do collect a lot of […]
Christmas Views and Sweet Surprises December 27, 2021 | No Comments | Christmas, Tablescapes, Tableware Now that the wrapping paper has been tossed, the ribbon carefully salvaged and a breath taken it is time for […]
Christmas Candle Light Tour December 24, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Christmas, Collecting, Dishes, Entertaining, Fabric & Upholstery, Kitchen, Tablescapes, Tableware, Vignettes Well there are just two more sleeps until Christmas. Last evening my daughter and I had a memorable evening. We […]
Embracing the Blue and Lower Level Christmas Reveal December 18, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Christmas, Collecting, Salvage, Vignettes I have been trying to embrace the blue in my lower level room for a couple of years. Don’t get […]
The Christmas Tree December 15, 2021 | No Comments | Christmas, DIY Do you ever suffer from massive indecision even when the answer is right in front of your face? Such is […]
Enter Christmas December 10, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Christmas, Collecting, Decorating, DIY, Entertaining, Inheritance, Life, Polish, Salvage, Tablescapes, Tableware, Travel There once was a boy who loved to build. Using his hands was always the thing that kept him going. […]
Decking the Halls November 28, 2021 | No Comments | Christmas, Decorating Well the silly season has finally started over here. I know, I’m way behind but it takes time to get […]
Best Laid Plans for 8 – NOT! November 25, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, Life, Tablescapes, Tableware, Thanksgiving Ok just a quick post. As if you haven’t had enough of Thanksgiving Tables there is just one more. Remember […]
Creating Room Where There Is None November 22, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Dishes, Tablescapes, Tableware, Thanksgiving My home is small. I do have an eat-in kitchen but not large enough to accommodate a Thanksgiving crowd for […]
A Day in Natchez, Mississippi November 17, 2021 | No Comments | Dishes, Travel Ok well let’s just skip over the Fall home tour. There isn’t one! Let’s skip over the Thanksgiving decorating because […]
How To Style A China Cabinet – Part II November 7, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Decorating, Vignettes We were traveling In Natchez MS recently. What fun shopping, antiquing, and of course we had to tour Rosalie House. […]
Strange Things You Acquire After 2 1/2 Weeks on the Road October 31, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Collecting, Decorating, Garden, Life, Salvage, Travel, Vignettes First let’s talk about best intentions! I promised Part ll on How to Style a China Cabinet and I will […]
Feels Like Home!!! October 13, 2021 | No Comments | DIY, Life, Travel, Trends On my doorstep yesterday was “the Book” the one I have been waiting for, for weeks. Marian Parsons latest book […]
How To Style A China Cabinet – Part I October 11, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques In my career I have probably styled a hundred China Cabinets, Curio Cabinets, and Cupboards. Everything from the shiny new […]
