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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Decking the Halls November 28, 2021 | No Comments | Christmas, Decorating Well the silly season has finally started over here. I know, I’m way behind but it takes time to get […]
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. […]
A Fresh Look at the Welsh Cupboard March 8, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Dishes, Easter, Living Room Over the weekend we had fabulous weather and I stayed in a played with the Welsh Cupboard. All the redware […]
How To Make Room for Inherited Treasures / Part One: The Mechanics February 8, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques What do I do with it? The answer is always, “It depends”! I recently experienced this dilemma when we […]
New LVT Floors for the Kitchen, Living Room, Hall and Home Office January 18, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Paint After the kitchen was done (see previous two posts) we immediately through ourselves into painting, knowing we wanted to get […]
What’s on the Agenda for 2021 December 30, 2020 | No Comments | Bedroom, Decorating, DIY, Fabric & Upholstery, Kitchen, Trends Fix the coat closet to be a bit more functional for kitchen over flow brooms and mops. Not very glamorous […]
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 […]
Living Room Christmas Tour December 21, 2020 | No Comments | Antiques, Christmas, Collecting, Decorating, Tablescapes, Tableware Welcome to my Living Room. I gave a glimpse of the Welsh Cupboard so here is the rest of the […]
Focal Points November 30, 2020 | No Comments | Antiques, Decorating In the design world we so frequently talk about Focal Points. What is a Focal Point? It can be many […]
Working with Smalls September 30, 2017 | No Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Decorating, Vignettes Accessorizing for the “Normal” Size Home Not everyone has a huge home with 10-12’ ceilings or lofty 20’ tall great […]
A Well Collected Life: For the Love of Old September 16, 2017 | No Comments | Antiques, Life, Vignettes I was fortunate, I grew up in a home with two very talented parents who loved their home, and loved […]
