The easy way to get a chandelier where you want it…

I have always loved sparkly chandeliers, but never had one until last year when I sold the fixture I had to buy the one now hanging over mygrand piano. I have since added several more in…

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Canon 5D Mark II…oh how I love you:-)

The more I am drawn to the nitty gritty details of photography, the more I wanted to try out a Canon 5D Mark II, full frame camera. I am lucky enough to have a talented…

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Shelf styling, snow and photographers

One thing I do not regret is taking out a hanging cabinet in the kitchen when we made the wormy chestnut countertops.  This is a small house so I have really enjoyed a little extra…

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Happy Anniversary

Today is my parent’s wedding anniversary. They were married in 1961 in the parsonage of Waynesville’s First United Methodist Church.  Here they are on their way to church right before they married. My mom was…

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Listening to the radio…

Everybody knows I have a big thing for vintage…everything –from art, furniture, books, silver and Christmas decor all the way to electronics and old calendars. My heart skipped a beat when I ran across this…

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10 tips for better photographs

Having wanted to throw my camera off a cliff struggled with the technical aspect of photography, especially, I have now come to really enjoy tolerate pushing my camera to the limit. I have learned firsthand if…

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Watermarking photos and responding to criticism…

I started blogging over four years ago because I wanted to learn the art of tablescaping. I had been posting photos of my home and decor at HGTV’s Rate My Space and really had gotten…

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Ice and snow in the mountains

Like most of the country, we have had some crazy weather in western North Carolina this winter. Not much snow but dangerously low temps below zero and frozen water pipes.  It’s been strange to see…

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