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 […]
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 […]
Is it a Bargain if it Doesn’t Enhance Your Space August 27, 2024 | No Comments | Architectural Salvage, DIY, Paint, Restore, Salvage If you’ve been with me for a while you know I love a bargain. Who doesn’t! It’s the thrill of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
What’s in a Rake? April 24, 2021 | No Comments | DIY, Garden, Life, Salvage Today has been the first day it’s been warm enough in a couple of weeks to get into the yard […]
Making Room for Inherited Treasures / Part Two: The Results February 12, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedroom, Collecting, Fabric & Upholstery, Inheritance, Life, Salvage As a Designer I’m often asked how do I incorporate my (fill in the blank) into my modern home? The […]
2020 Things Accomplished, Hard Decisions, and Small Victories December 29, 2020 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Bedroom, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, DIY, Inheritance, Life, Paint, Salvage, Tableware, Vignettes After losing my mom in May of 2019 life changed quite a bit. I had to resign my design position […]
Restoration of the 3417 Sign / Gilding the Lily! September 27, 2020 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, DIY, Paint, Polish, Salvage Years ago when my dad was still alive he had carved the 3417/Welcome sign to hang off an antique lantern […]
The Evolution of Country Style October 5, 2017 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Decorating, Life, Salvage Don’t go running for the hills! As a designer, I always hesitate to put a label on personal style. Is […]
