I love setting a pretty table, and I especially love a pretty table for breakfast. One of my favorite ways to spend breakfast is to have my favorite French black tea with tea and jam. It’s so simple and yet feels so incredibly special. I use this vintage silver toast rack for these special breakfasts. […]
I Bought More Dishes
I was trying to decide how to word the title of this post – How to keep from re-cluttering after decluttering, Surprise I bought more dishes (said sarcastically), or even Antique Dishes and how to display them. In the end, I chose the direct approach. If you saw my blog post last week about my […]
4 Room Before and Afters
I thought it would be fun to take a look back from how four rooms looked when we moved into this house 4 years ago (yes it’s been that long) and how they look today. BREAKFAST ROOM Let’s start in the breakfast room. As far as furniture goes, the only change is the chairs. […]
Breakfast room Refresh
After dreading this project for two months, I finally bit the bullet and tackled painting two rooms in my house. Am I the only one who dreads painting rooms? It’s one thing getting out the paint brushes for a chair or box, but to take everything off the wall, put drop cloths on the floor, […]
Chair-licious
Okay, I know I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel on the post title, but I’m still recovering from my three days of painting. It’s probably difficult to see in the photos, but these chairs (all six of them x 4 legs each) were painted by moi. To prove it, I am showing a close-up […]
