The astute among you will notice that I title this #1. That is not a promise to continue these necessarily... but I don't think it would hurt. I can't imagine how many people have already capitalized on the alliteration of "Thankful Thursday;" I refuse to google it to find out. I simply hope to remind my heart of a few things. First, I am thankful for the 3,859 marks, scratches, and dings in the coffee table top: because each one represents a car raced and crashed, a tower built and ... Read More about Thankful Thursday #1: the playroom
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Desperate Twines…
I love old books. I love antiques; I love stories (remember my story wall in the dining room?); I taught high school literature, and my husband and I both come from families of book lovers. We were destined to have a house overfilled with books. In past homes, we've sprinkled our old, beautiful books throughout the house for display purposes, but our current home has what was originally a formal sitting room, I think, complete with an entire wall of built-in shelves. These shelves ... Read More about Desperate Twines…
The Story Behind…
This is the north wall of my dining room: I rather like how the north wall of my dining room looks... but that's not why I'm sharing it with you. I wanted to share this little wall with you because it holds the key to my philosophy for decorating: what story does it tell? Mr. Pax, an avid non-fiction reader, teases me for my love of fiction. When I read a book, it is all I do for however many hours it takes me to finish it. I read while I cook. I read while at dinner (how rude! I ... Read More about The Story Behind…
Curb Appeal
One of the greatest transformations on our 1940 colonial which we bought just under a year ago (and moved into one week before my second son was born, mind you) is the view from the street: I believe that first impressions are important, don't you? I want my home to be a place people want to enter. If you are a brick purist, you may hate it... but I love it. We could tell when we first saw the house that it had promise: But I didn't love the pink brick. I also didn't love the poor paint job ... Read More about Curb Appeal
THE Red Dresser
This is currently the best only decorated part of my master bedroom: For some time now, I've been obsessed with this dresser by Miss Mustard Seed: Miss Mustard Seed's Tricycle Red Dresser Isn't its raw combination of bright energy (with the red) and deep age (with the distressing) simply luscious? I love this kind of juxtaposition... And I knew when I saw it that Mr. Pax needed something similar (because it's gorgeously masculine and he's outrageously difficult to shop ... Read More about THE Red Dresser