In a post last week I showed a photo of my red chest, click here if you missed it. As I looked at the photo, I just didn’t like the look. I wanted to paint the chest, but still wasn’t sure if I should. So I went to the experts… YOU! I asked on the […]
My New House, well.. Almost
**Spoiler Alert** Oh wait, I always do that backwards. So now you know we didn’t buy this house, but it is so gorgeous, I thought you enjoy seeing it, any way. We are looking for a new city place closer to the mister’s office, and so the house hunting has begun. (We divide our time between […]
My Slipcovering Tips
Slipcovering Tips I’m covering my favorite slipcovering tips in this post. Some readers have asked me to show them how I make slipcovers. So I am covering that today. With the exception of the first 2 photos, these are old photos from our previous house. Having made quite a few over the years, I […]
French Linen Slipcovers
One day I looked around my house and saw lots of red. I love red, and yes I picked out all of this furniture, and yes it was just a few years ago, but now, I want a clean, crisp, neutral, linen palette. A few months ago my bedroom went from this to this (click […]
Tres Elegant French Armoire
I recently discovered the place on the web where you can buy stuff directly from individuals. it’s called Craigslist. Huh? What??? You’ve already heard of it??? Really? Am I the last one to know about this glorious place where one can find a French armoire for less than $400??? That’s right, she wanted less than […]
Customizing Built-in Cabinets
We sold this house in 2013, and moved into our current one then. I loved the transformation of these cabinets using paint, and still do. Read on…. When our city house was built in 1978, they added this built-in buffet in the breakfast room. We bought the house in 1990, and back then, glass doors […]
Feed Sack Kitchen Skirt
The photos in this post were taken at our old city house. For those of you that sent condolences on the loss of my sewing machine, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. There wasn’t much of a service, just me saying, “Oh crap!” over the corpse. But I moved on to a new love. […]
Favorite Little Things
I have some adorable little things that get lost when I do a blog post on the room, so I thought I would highlight here. This adorable little clay angel bell is from my friend Peggy, click here. We were at the Round Top Antique Show and she knew that I liked it. One of […]
