A Boho Chic Sunroom February 9, 2025 | No Comments | Decorating, Fabric & Upholstery, Interior Design, Life, Paint, Restore, Salvage Last winter, I did a series of blog posts on a home renovation that I had been working on. We […]
A Venison Recipe to Ease into Winter January 18, 2025 | No Comments | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Interior Design, Life We had our last holiday meal on the 5th of January! I made a delicious venison roast recipe with potatoes […]
A Few Last Bits of Christmas December 31, 2024 | 1 Comment | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Interior Design, Life, Tablescapes, Vignettes As the fireworks explode and the “Happy New Year” wishes are called out, I wanted to share a few last […]
Christmas: Lower Level Family Room December 23, 2024 | No Comments | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Interior Design, Life, Vignettes The first thing that always gets done while decorating the family room for Christmas is the trunk. There is a […]
The Silly Season has Begun November 17, 2024 | No Comments | Christmas, Garden, Interior Design, Life, Thanksgiving, Vignettes Dubbed by the husband years ago, “The Silly Season” refers to that time before Christmas where the house is an […]
My Journey with West Nile October 23, 2024 | 3 Comments | Garden, Life I thought I would share this story with you. Not particularly interesting but, I felt important. I’ve never known anyone […]
Words to Live By September 16, 2024 | No Comments | Life After I lost my Dad in 2007, I realized that it would be important for me to be able to […]
And The Wind Came!!! August 1, 2024 | 2 Comments | Garden, Life, Weather Yesterday, I was in my home office at about 4:45pm and I looked out the window. It has been oppressively […]
Tornadoes April 27, 2024 | No Comments | Garden, Life, Weather Yesterday was interesting and devastating for so many because of all the tornadoes. When I had my first tornado experience, […]
Life Influencers and the People Who Make Us February 11, 2024 | 4 Comments | Interior Design, Life, Vignettes I was watching Martha Stewart on CNN the other night and it got me thinking about life influencers. Who were […]
Favorite Projects of 2023 January 21, 2024 | 5 Comments | Bedding, Decorating, Fabric & Upholstery, Life, Tablescapes As I look back on 2023 I thought to myself what did I do? What are some of my favorite […]
Birthdays, Baby Showers and Chasing Elephants October 6, 2023 | No Comments | Bernina, Fabric & Upholstery, Life Last Friday was my oldest daughters birthday. We don’t get to celebrate with her often now that she is living […]
Buying a New Car: Misconceptions and Challenges July 30, 2023 | 4 Comments | Life So I have spent the last 10 days slogging my way thru insurance forms and accident reports. Getting a rental […]
Unexpected Kindness July 20, 2023 | 5 Comments | Life Yesterday while I was out running errands I had a bit of a mishap. Well no, it was a really […]
A Cabin in the Woods Gatlinburg TN July 13, 2023 | No Comments | Life, Travel As we made the turn to start up the mountain, we had no idea what was in store for us. […]
Saying Goodbye to my Old Friend, the Wisteria July 8, 2023 | 3 Comments | Garden, Life Long ago, when we first built our deck and pergola, I had a romantic notion. I dreamed of a vine […]
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 […]
Tennessee or Bust May 29, 2023 | No Comments | Life, Travel Finally after months of planning we will be leaving for our vacation in the Smokey Mountains! Our daughters put their […]
The Trouble With Voles! May 18, 2023 | No Comments | Garden, Life In working my way thru planting season and yard clean-up, it would seem that we have yet another issue. We […]
An Evening Well Spent April 25, 2023 | 2 Comments | Life, Salvage My grandsons 5th grade program was the other night. It was your typical 5th grade program with nervous students, an […]
And Just Like That: Spring April 12, 2023 | No Comments | Garden, Life, Restore, Salvage, Travel I guess I’ve never experienced that moment where winter gives way to spring. Of course I’m sure I have many […]
It Happened One Friday Afternoon January 28, 2023 | 1 Comment | Life, Trends It actually happened again! This is my year for reconnecting with people. Anybody out there ever had a friend boy? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 As we are slowly moving forward with our lower level powder room, we had to pause, clean up the mess […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
