What do you do for a centerpiece when you decide at the last minute to invite guests to your house? It was my daughter’s sixteenth birthday party. We were going bowling (her choice not mine) and then to her favorite restaurant for dinner. Then at the last minute she said she REALLY, REALLY wanted everyone […]
Touches of Farmhouse French
If you haven’t noticed before, our city house does not have the farmhouse look of the ranch. When I am in the city, I am finding that I miss that casual French Farmhouse style, so I am infusing country style into our city life little by little. This is a collection whites and silver things on a vintage […]
A Legacy of Tea
I already had a silver tea set that I purchased years ago on eBay, but this summer we inherited my MIL’s silver tea set. I know my MIL had many, many parties over the years and used this tea set quite a bit. When your husband is a pastor and then dean of a seminary, […]
Thrift Store Shopping
People ask me where I find all of these wonderful old pieces, and the answer is resale, consignment, thrift stores, eBay, local auctions, and Round Top. A few of the things I have found at thrift stores recently are my silver tray (click here to see post) this silver water pitcher, this basket (click here), steamer trunk (click here), […]
Ranch Chicken Salad
Recently Mr. CH has been clearing a path through the woods to the creek. He had been working hard and requested I make homemade chicken salad for lunch. Lunch on the back porch I thought that was a great idea and wanted to share it with you. I wish you could come for a visit so we […]
Silver with a Past
Yes, I have been saying tarnished silver is in, but I think some of you didn’t believe me. Well, I took the advice of Carolyn at Leftovers (Click here) and got a tarnished piece of silver, that I don’t plan to polish. (Don’t tell my mother-in-law!!) I admit that I will still be polishing some of my […]
Cedar Hill Vintage Silver
Well, I love silver and thought that the ranch needed some. Okay, there was some silverplate there, I meant that it needed some more. Did I say that out loud? So, I was looking on eBay to see what they had in the way of silver-plate, when I saw exactly what I wanted, even better. I […]
