Happy Easter weekend friends! I’m back home in California, my head is filled with design ideas for the house flip, I can’t wait to share the progress in the months to come! For Easter Sunday, we’re headed to church services then I’m hosting a dinner with a few friends, serving lamb chops and spring vegetables,…
It’s going to rain for a week straight starting tomorrow. I have no complaints we need the water out here on the west coast, but I am anxiously awaiting warmer weather and long summer nights spent lingering outdoors. Taking a nap outdoors feels like such a luxury. Actually, taking any kind of nap feels like a…
Last year I painted my French doors, again. I chose black and I’ve loved the look ever since. Lately I’ve been adding even more black to my home, most recently some planters in the rear yard, I’ll share those later this week. Black windows and glass doors look especially modern with no window treatments, although…
Hello and happy Friday! I’m finishing up a gardening project this weekend in our courtyard, making it a more welcoming space for morning coffee or afternoon tea, I’ll share some snaps next week. Also we close escrow on a house that we’re purchasing, I’ll share some pictures of the ‘before’ spaces in the coming weeks…
I’ve waited two months to write about my trip to Australia because it was so amazing I’m still processing it all. Since I was a kid I’ve wanted to go there, I grew up on Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin as the two on screen personalities that made me fall in love with the “accent”…
Weekend hellos! Not much happening in my world this weekend other than the assembly of a trampoline in the backyard. I protested for a year but was outvoted and now there’s a giant 8 x 14’ eyesore that I see from my kitchen window. I breathe slowly in and out and remind myself it’s only…
Exciting news, we’re in contract to purchase another fixer upper house. Of course it’s never a done deal until escrow closes so I won’t blog about the house until the keys are in my hand but this one is a single story home. For months I’d been looking at two story homes and saving images of…
Hello friends, not much happening in my world this weekend other than enduring the rain and cozying up with my kitty and Netflix. I’m happy to have a weekend with no projects to finish or events to attend. Cheers to two quiet days living in pajamas just watching the rain fall outside. Favorite links: I…
Weekend hellos. It’s been a wet week here in California, the El Niño storms have arrived! All the damp weather has kept me indoors but we really need this rain so I’m hunkering down and waiting out this winter. I’m not a January person. Other than that universal urge to purge and declutter which I…
Post Christmas greetings everyone! This week I’m in Las Vegas staying at the house we remodeled, finishing up one last project. I’m also visiting with many family members and friends that live in the area. I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and are squeezing in some relaxing down time between now and New Year’s Eve. Today…
Plaid is still big in design but buffalo check having a moment right now, have you noticed? My favorite button down shirt in college was buffalo check and I hadn’t worn the print for years but then I spied a cute shirt online a few months ago, ordered it, and now it’s a favorite that I constantly wear. Buffalo check is a pattern…
It’s been so nice to be home and sleep in my own bed after all that traveling in November. When I first arrived home I wasn’t motivated at all to decorate, I preferred to just sit and enjoy the glow of the one tree I have up. I’m late to the holiday decorating party this…
There is so much that inspires me but I must say travel is certainly at the top of the list. Having spent the past two weeks in the southern hemisphere and nine of them in Australia, I was so charmed by the architecture, the people, and the lifestyle. I’m now fascinated with the way Australians…
Greetings friends! Yesterday was an epic day, we spent it at the Australia Zoo and I got to do this! We only have four more days left in Australia before we’re headed home on Saturday, our next stop is Sydney and I’m crazy excited to see that city. We’re celebrating Thanksgiving there too – there…