Y’all know I’ve had my heart set on ridding my kitchen of the decorative ‘fruit plate’ backsplash behind my range since last year. In fact, I placed it at the tippy top of my 2011 home improvement To Do list. Please cue the Etta James background music . . . “Aaaaat laaaaaaaaassssstt . . .”…
Greetings! Welcome to any of you stopping by for a visit after my brief appearance on The Nate Berkus Show today ! You can read about my trip to the studio here. To learn a bit more about me, visit my About Page, and if you want to catch a glimpse of some of the…
I just got back from the Big Apple very late last night. I’ve never been to New York City in January, and it was cold baby cold! But not unbearable, in fact it was rather brisk. Do people still use that word? Brisk? Anyway, I do a ton of walking when in NYC, and this…
Before the holidays, I made myself a promise that I would take some time off to be with my family after Christmas and I kept it! I wrote up a few posts, set them to publish over the course of last week, then off we went with some friends to escape to one of our…
“Oh there’s no place like home for the holidays . . .” Are you humming all of those tunes these days? We are! We’re also getting the house ready to welcome (gulp, 70 to 80) guests for our annual Christmas party next weekend. Thankfully, all the inside decorating is done! Nester is hosting her…
When I was little, I remember my grandparents always had a flocked Christmas tree. As a girl, I always loved sitting under my Memah and Papa’s white tree, it was so enchanting, like something out of a storybook. The tree had a crispy texture and funny smell, but I still loved it. Every single time I…
I don’t know about you, but I’m strongly feeling the need to spend less money on things this season, and far more time with family and friends. The ‘spend less money, spend more time’ notion I mentioned last year is again rearing its head when it comes to decorating around the house. Just the other…
What a weekend! I haven’t seen such amazing weather on a visit to the City by the Bay in a long time. 79 degrees and perfect! Short sleeves and no sweater in San Fran? Rare indeed! What a great time we had playing tour guide for the in-laws. Here is the gorgeous view from atop…
Some of you, no, a handful of you have been reading this site since the beginning when I started spray painting all sorts of things on the average of at least once a month and frequently mentioning my affection. I jumped on the spray paint bandwagon several years ago, cracked the whip, and cried "Faster,…
Greetings friends, announcement announcement ! There’s a new weekly series around these parts called “Fan-tastic Feature”. That’s where one of YOU gets to be in the spotlight with one of your original articles or creations! Hear ye, hear ye, now accepting submissions for your most fantabulous most fan-tastic projects ! Got a spectacular before and…
Picasso went through his monochromatic blue period ~ clearly, I am going through my own blue phase. I went through my first blue period when I was first married over ten years ago, but it was more of a cobalt blue fixation back then. Then I rejected blue altogether and banished it from my house. …
So as I was touring the backyard the other day, I realized there’s definitely some sprucing that needs to happen, especially with guests coming on the Fourth. As I meandered up the hill behind the grapevines, I was reminded of the thrift store bistro set I found a couple of years ago that I had…
There are three reasons I’ve never liked our laundry room. One. The original contractor/builder of our house picked out the cabinets when this honey tone wood was still popular last decade. They’re very good quality cabinets, but I have not been fond of the color for, oh, ever. Two. One of the cabinets in our…
With all the rain we’ve had lately, the weekend sunshine convinced us to forget all of our obligations, and get out and have some real fun. The Mister and I took off for Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg to mix and mingle with friends and the rest of the tourists who journeyed to Barrel Tasting…