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The Second Chance Rug

March 2, 2025

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| Bathroom, Decorating, Interior Design, Kitchen, Living Room

For me life is a tapestry. Small little snippets of time that create a story. In The Tale of The […]

Same Centerpiece Two Different Tables Scapes

October 1, 2024

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It was a week a family, fun, preparation, and exhaustion. Florida came in to stay with us for a week. […]

Let’s Talk about Moments in Design

April 10, 2024

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Now that we’ve talked about focal points you can read about that here. I thought it might be good to […]

Primary Bedroom Refresh

March 27, 2024

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| Antiques, Bedding, Bedroom, Dishes

My primary bedroom refresh is finally done!!! Well, I have one more thing to do but everything else is done. […]

Spring Refresh

March 17, 2024

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| Bedroom, Collecting, Decorating, Interior Design, Kitchen, Living Room, Transferware

Ah the Domino! When one thing leads to another which leads to another. Can any of you relate? A couple […]

Bedroom Refresh

February 25, 2024

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| Bedroom, Dishes, Fabric & Upholstery, Powder Room

A couple of weeks ago I was in Pottery Barn with a client. We were looking for new bedding for […]

No Demo Primary Bedroom: Bringing Mismatched Furniture Together

February 6, 2024

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| 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.

A Small Living Room Decked out for Christmas 2023

December 21, 2023

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| Christmas

If you have been with me, you know this cupboard. My dad built it for me many years ago as […]

Making Seasons Bright – Primary Bedroom

December 11, 2023

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| Bedding, Bedroom, Christmas

I’m DONE!!! Well we still need to put up the tree but, we’re waiting for Florida to arrive so we […]

The Ghost of Tables Past

November 18, 2023

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| Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving knocking on our door, I thought I would share some previous tablescapes in the hopes of inspiring you […]

Antique or Vintage What’s the Difference

May 12, 2023

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| 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 […]

Are the Stars Aligning and Other Musings

March 8, 2023

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| Antiques, Bedroom, Bernina

Let me tell you a story. I received my first sewing machine when I was 13 for Christmas. My mom […]

Let’s Talk About Sheets!

January 14, 2023

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| 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. […]

What goes UP, must come DOWN!

January 2, 2023

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| Christmas, DIY

2 January 2023 Happy New Year. We had a lovely holiday filled with lots of cooking, slicing off the top […]

Twinkle Lights and a Bit of Magic

December 23, 2022

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| Antiques, Christmas

Like you need yet another Holiday House Tour!!! I’ll confess there are areas of my home where I like it […]

It Started with a Stinkin’ Pillow

December 9, 2022

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| Bernina, Christmas, DIY, Fabric & Upholstery

You know how one thing leads to another, right? Well a couple of years ago after I bought my new […]

Thanksgiving Dining Ideas

November 15, 2022

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| Fabric & Upholstery, Tablescapes, Tableware, Thanksgiving

I thought it might be helpful with Thanksgiving coming up to give you some fun ideas for a lovely dining […]

Favorite Pottery Barn Clara Quilt for the Holidays

November 3, 2022

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| Bedding

Have you ever walked into a store and seen something that takes your breath away? This happened to me last […]

What Does Your Home Say About You?

March 2, 2022

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| Antiques, Bedroom, Kitchen, Paint

As I was walking my house the other night I was reflecting on the story my home tells. Is your […]

Tiny Primary Bedroom Reveal

February 1, 2022

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| 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 […]

It All Started With Curtains

January 22, 2022

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| 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 […]

Christmas Candle Light Tour

December 24, 2021

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| 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

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| 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 […]

Creating Room Where There Is None

November 22, 2021

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| 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 […]

Easing into Fall

September 16, 2021

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| Antiques, Tablescapes, Tableware

It is such a lovely morning out here on the deck. It occurs to me that I should have a […]

New Life for a Restore Store Chair

August 8, 2021

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| DIY, Fabric & Upholstery, Restore

This week I have worked in fits and starts. I few weeks ago I saw a Queen Ann desk chair […]

Easter Table For Three

April 3, 2021

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| Antiques, Easter, Fabric & Upholstery, Life, Tablescapes, Tableware

Just a quick post today to wish everyone a Happy Easter. We will be celebrating at my daughters home with […]

Reimagining your Home Part One

March 31, 2021

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| Bedding, Bedroom, Fabric & Upholstery

I thought I would start a series on how to reimagine your home. You see I’ve spent the last year […]

Pottery Barn Messy Bed Challenge

January 20, 2021

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| Antiques, Bedding, Bedroom

So what camp are you in? Do you get up every morning and before you put a cup of coffee […]

New LVT Floors for the Kitchen, Living Room, Hall and Home Office

January 18, 2021

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| Antiques, Paint

After the kitchen was done (see previous two posts) we immediately through ourselves into painting, knowing we wanted to get […]

Christmas Lower Level

December 24, 2020

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| Antiques, Christmas, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, Fabric & Upholstery, Tableware

Our lower level room is where all our celebrations happen. It’s also become the place where the grand boys watch […]

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