I have a little white cabinet in my kitchen. I’ve had it a long time, but have recently updated it with inherited things. First, I’ll show a photo of the cabinet before. The dishes in the cabinet are vintage American-made Skyline hand-painted pottery. I love the green ivy on them. I have a few cups, saucers, […]
A Year at Chateau de Bossey
It’s like “A Year in Provence” only… not. Well, let me explain. After my FIL (father-in-law) graduated with his PhD in Theology from Yale, he took a position as a theological professor. With only a year under his belt as a prof, he somehow managed to take a sabbatical to study at Chateau de Bossey for a year. We […]
Shabby Chic Guest House
Yes, I still have more photos of Rachel Aswell’s B and B. To see the website for the Bed and Breakfast, click here. These photos are of the dining hall and guest lounge. I am sure they have a fancier name for it, but that is what I call it. If you want to see more […]
Hammock Dreams
I am dreaming of hammock weather, cool breezes, and the sound of rustling leaves. When we cleaned out the brush under our cedar tree, Mr. CH had left this sad little leaning tree. He was headed out to finish it off, when I yelled, “Stop! I think we could use that for a hammock.” And […]
More Shabby Chic
I have already posted about Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic, Round Top B&B, here, here, and here. But I still have many more photos of the guest houses. Below are photos of the two guest houses near the big house. Almost all of the furniture, as you can see, is very chippy. She also has lots of French accents thrown […]
Woodlands Retreat Redo
Thanks for hanging in here with me. I have been away for a few weeks. Hubby needed a vacation since his mom’s passing, and we needed to check on her North Carolina mountain cabin. (More about that later!) I am back, but still pretty tied up with estate stuff, and being a mom. My fifteen-year-old […]
Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic B&B, Part 3
I loved touring Rachel Ashwell’s B&B, The Prairie, and thought we would continue our tour today. Here is the covered porch on the “big house”. For more photos of the big house, you can see Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. I guess I should mention that I was not compensated in any way […]
Surprise Woodland Breakfast
Before it got so blasted hot here, I planned a surprise for my teenager daughter, breakfast for the two of us back in the woods at Cedar Hill. It was quite a hike from the house, so I kept the table simple, since I could only carry so much. Months earlier, I had found this wondeful table […]