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 […]
Sweet Gifts, Fun Surprises & Feels Like Home October 1, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedroom, DIY Last week I was suffering from Operator Error! All the photos I had taken during the week were not going […]
Lauritzen Gardens Antique Show September 18, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Garden, Vignettes Yesterday I went to the Lauritzen Gardens Antique Show at our local botanical gardens in Omaha, NE. This is the […]
Easing into Fall September 16, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Tablescapes, Tableware It is such a lovely morning out here on the deck. It occurs to me that I should have a […]
18th Annual Lauritzen Gardens Antique Show September 10, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, Fabric & Upholstery, Garden, Questers, Salvage, Tablescapes, Tableware, Transferware I promised a post on antiquing in Okoboji which I will get back to. But first I wanted to give […]
28 Hours in Okoboji September 7, 2021 | No Comments | Travel What could go wrong? The Husband and I spent 50 minutes sitting in the front seat of my car, in […]
Welsh Cupboard Reimagined August 24, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques If you’ve been reading me for any time at all you have had a chance to figure out that my […]
Grand Boys, Sunflowers and a Clear Blue Sky August 19, 2021 | No Comments | Garden, Life, Travel My daughter suggested that we take the grand boys to the Nelson Sunflower Festival. I had never heard of this, […]
New Life for a Restore Store Chair August 8, 2021 | No Comments | DIY, Fabric & Upholstery, Restore This week I have worked in fits and starts. I few weeks ago I saw a Queen Ann desk chair […]
DIY Pouf Outdoor Ottoman July 29, 2021 | No Comments | DIY, Fabric & Upholstery, Garden, Life As promised here is the new pouf ottoman I made for the deck. This is so easy and to pay […]
At last, a new fabric for the deck! July 25, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Collecting, Decorating, DIY, Fabric & Upholstery, Garden, Life, Restore, Salvage Several years ago on arriving home from Charleston SC I went over and purchased new furniture for the deck. What […]
“CLUTTERCORE” THE NEW BUZZ WORD July 16, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, Life, Living Room, Trends, Vignettes What’s in a name? Why do we feel the need to “Label” everything. Farmhouse, French Country, Grand Millenial, Minimalist, Maximalist […]
The Power of the Garden July 8, 2021 | No Comments | Collecting, Garden, Life I woke the other morning, looked at the clock and no power. Hmmm. Looked at my dumb smart watch and […]
How to Restore a Victorian Ginger Bread June 26, 2021 | No Comments | Architectural Salvage, Collecting, DIY, Garden, Restore, Salvage So excited my Florida daughter is in town. I haven’t had a chance to see her yet, she and her […]
Vintage Ship Sails Again June 18, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, DIY, Garden, Salvage Rescued from the rooftop of my parents home this weathervane proudly sails again!!! Many years ago my dad was on […]
