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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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