From Blizzards to Copper – A Week in Review March 22, 2025 | 4 Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Kitchen, Questers, Tablescapes, Tableware, Weather I was going to say it was an uneventful week but, when I look back, I actually did get some […]
Lower Level: The Details March 11, 2025 | 5 Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, Fabric & Upholstery, Interior Design, Restore, Salvage, Transferware, Vignettes Sharing one more post on the Lower Level Details, if you can stand it! A close up look at what […]
Cabinet of Curiosities February 19, 2025 | 4 Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Collecting, Decorating, Inheritance, Interior Design, Salvage, Transferware, Vignettes Have you ever heard the term? By definition, it has its origins in the Renaissance. A Cabinet of Curiosities was a […]
Winter Refresh January 28, 2025 | 2 Comments | Antiques, Decorating, Dishes, Interior Design Ok, last week was frigid; this week much warmer. Today, it is supposed to get up to 59 degrees! Not […]
A Blast from the Past August 18, 2024 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedding, Bedroom, Collecting, Decorating, Entertaining, Living Room, Trends A couple of weeks ago while working at the Thrift Shop someone donated a 1969 House and Garden Magazine. I […]
6 Things You Should Consider Collecting Now July 29, 2024 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Dishes, Vignettes Are you the type of collector who gets on the band wagon of the “new” latest and greatest thing, that […]
Primary Bedroom Refresh March 27, 2024 | 2 Comments | Antiques, Bedding, Bedroom, Dishes My primary bedroom refresh is finally done!!! Well, I have one more thing to do but everything else is done. […]
Meat Hooks in the Kitchen February 15, 2024 | 5 Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Inheritance, Kitchen, Paint, Salvage We have been slowly chipping away at some small projects over here. You know the ones, the small niggling things […]
No Demo Primary Bedroom: Bringing Mismatched Furniture Together February 6, 2024 | 2 Comments | Antiques, Bedding, Bedroom, Decorating, Interior Design A Primary Bedroom with miss matched furniture from antique to mid modern to contemporary. How do you bring them together? Come see.
Snow Day January 18, 2024 | No Comments | Antiques Nothing says stop the presses like a snow day. There is an antique show down in Lincoln that I was […]
Christmas in the Kitchen December 7, 2023 | 2 Comments | Antiques, Christmas, Dishes, Kitchen, Vignettes Let me just say, I am still at it. You would think I lived in a mansion! I don’t, just […]
Decking the Halls November 30, 2023 | 1 Comment | Antiques, Christmas, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, Fabric & Upholstery, Living Room We’re decking the halls over here. Get a sneak peak as to what I’ve been up to.
Department 56, Uranium Glass and Moving into Fall October 17, 2023 | 1 Comment | Antiques, Collecting, Decorating, Interior Design Between the ALO Thrift Shop and client appointments I’ve been busy. We received a donation of 25 pieces of Halloween […]
Fall Decorating Quick Fixes in the Kitchen September 21, 2023 | 1 Comment | Antiques, Collecting, Decorating I don’t know about you but, for me cleaning doesn’t happen in the summer. Of course everything get’s picked up […]
Interior Design for Awkward Foyers September 12, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, Interior Design, Living Room, Transferware Do you have a grand majestic foyer, big enough for a round center table? A medium sized foyer big enough […]
Let’s Talk About Souvenirs August 6, 2023 | 1 Comment | Antiques, Collecting According to Webster’s Souvenir is a noun: Something kept as a reminder (as of a place one has visited) A […]
Walk with me thru Cheekwood Gardens June 27, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Garden, Inheritance, Life, Travel Cheekwood Gardens is located in Nashville TN. I first learned about this garden while watching episodes of Antiques Roadshow on […]
Antiquing in Franklin Tennessee June 20, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Life, Travel As we negotiated the horrible traffic in Nashville I was surprised. I don’t know why, and I realize now that […]
Ste Genevieve MO June 14, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Life, Travel The first leg of our journey was a days drive from Omaha. Ste Genevieve is the oldest European Settlement west […]
Antique or Vintage What’s the Difference May 12, 2023 | No Comments | Antiques, Christmas, Vignettes In the last 10-15 years I’ve heard the word vintage bandied around so many times and not always in an […]
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 […]
The Tale of Two Wooden Boxes January 25, 2023 | 1 Comment | Antiques, Questers, Tablescapes, Vignettes When last I left you I had teased you with the introduction of a new to me box on 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
