I had a few friend over that live nearby for tea recently. It was a very small group and at first I just planned to make cucumber sandwiches and scones, along with afternoon tea. That’s really all you need, right? But then as it got closer to the time for the afternoon tea, things were […]
Guest Apartment Reveal
I posted a few months ago about my plans for our little guest apartment and today I am doing the reveal. You can find my plans HERE. We thought about using it as an AirBnB rental, but I was the only one who was for that. Still I wanted to make it a usable guest […]
Updates to the Blue Bedroom
I’m so excited to show you the updates to our bedroom. I’ve been adding color and pattern slowly to the room. I still love my fairly neutral palette, but the blues and pinks go so well with what I had already in the room. I started with a neutral bedspread and neutral curtains, so the […]
My Favorite Things
On the podcast we talk about our crushes all the time, so I thought I would share some of my favorite things with you today before we get to the French Country Friday posts. I’ve purchased all of the items on this list. If I didn’t love it, I’m not sharing it with you. Take […]
Silver and Green French Christmas
I’ve shown so many Christmas tables on my blog over the years, and yet I almost never show a table with my Spode Christmas dishes. These are the dishes we typically use on Christmas day, so today I’m showing you the Spode Christmas dishes on our table the way it will look on Christmas day. […]
Visiting Fortnum and Mason in London
Not only did I visit Harrods (CLICK HERE) on my recent trip to London, but I also went several time to Fortnum and Mason. When my husband started traveling to London, I asked that he bring me back tea from Harrods, just like my neighbor Barbara did. Once he got to London, he said that […]
Harrods in London
I spent last week in London, and it was wonderful. This was my first trip to London, and wow did it impress. We stayed at Aragon House, which is on the location of Catherine of Aragon’s dower house. This was where she lived after her first husband, Prince Arthur, died, but before she married her […]
Living in the Slow Lane
Recently, I wrote about living with French style, CLICK HERE and it’s interesting that the thing that people most identified with was a life lived too fast, walking through the day without paying attention to it, rushing through meals, without tasting the food, and speeding to destinations without enjoying the journey. I get that and […]
