My best thrift shop find ever…
For more than a year we have not had a couch. After selling the leather one I had, I brought over an antique love seat and chaise lounge from my mother’s with really no plan…
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For more than a year we have not had a couch. After selling the leather one I had, I brought over an antique love seat and chaise lounge from my mother’s with really no plan…
View PostPeople sometimes tell me they don’t have nice china and linens, to which I say, “bah humbug!” You don’t need any of that to set a pretty table, and you can use what you already…
View PostMy husband has enjoyed capturing the beautiful sunsets we have here in the mountains… His photos have become quite popular on my facebook page, and have been featured at Blue Ridge Parkway Daily. …and a…
View PostI truly love Thanksgiving. While I was in the Air Force, I spent every Thanksgiving away from home, and spent several far away entertaining troops in Turkey, Korea, Germany and Bosnia. Maybe that’s why I…
View PostOne of the *extras* that resulted from putting in the wormy chestnut countertops was trading a cabinet for open shelving, which I made from old wood I found here. I really am not missing the…
View PostBack in the summer I was contacted by the editor of Country Woman magazine about featuring my Christmas kitchen. After the shock wore off and I got up off the floor, I went to work…
View PostThere is something about autumn here… …something special in the air that I look forward to all year. Colors so intense they wrap you in their warmth. Sounds so crisp… …words cannot describe Velvety, black…
View PostSome of you all asked me where the dining table went when the grand piano moved into the dining space, which you can see HERE if you missed it. Well, here it is in its…
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