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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Birthday Lunch at an Old Omaha Landmark and a Day with My Sister June 6, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Life, Restore, Salvage Yesterday was my birthday and even though the husband was under the weather my daughter and grandsons made it a […]
It’s Blue Pomegranate Time May 29, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, DIY, Garden, Salvage Every year my girlfriend and I go to a garden walk at the home of The Blue Pomegranate. This is a […]
Creating an Outdoor Mirrored Wall From Vintage and Antiques Mirrors May 24, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Garden, Paint, Restore, Salvage I’m in the middle of a Deck Refresh. Just muddling through task after task to get the deck summer ready. […]
The Timeless Appeal of Ralph Lauren May 16, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Tablescapes, Tableware An interesting question came up in the Decorating Panel on Facebook. Does anyone still decorate in that Ralph Lauren English […]
