Once upon a time, lesli devito was an actress living in new york city. Now she is a self-taught artist raising her family an old country farmhouse. She shares her adventures in parenting as well as her efforts to create a beautiful home for her family to live. With her imagination and a passion for decorating and making over old houses, she takes you into her world, the good, the bad and the old, with sometimes humorous results.
(elinor b – this is for you – log overdue) I apologize again. I had intended to write ALL about our travels to Australia this summer – and still intend to do so – but right now – there is only one thing on my mind – one thing that I want to write about… Read More LETTING GO
Last Sunday – I had the honor of watching my eldest graduate from The University of Virginia. It is surreal – to have him done! Ive yet to be able to put words to how ALL of it feels – so I will just share the photos – for now 🙂 SO – THERE YOU… Read More TATE GRADUATES FROM UVA
TODAY is the very last day. OF all of it! SCHOOL THAT IS. NO MORE LUNCHES AND SEPTEMBER TO JUNE. 21 years. 21 years!? ALL the school shopping and teachers and lunches and conferences and middle school and friends and playdates and life and death drama and girlfriends and boyfriends and janitors and field trips… Read More ALL THE FEELS – COOPER’S (AND MY) LAST DAY!
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15 years ago – on the day before Easter , we moved into My Old Country House. My oldest was 7 and the baby – just barely 3. We had no idea what lay ahead – we just thought “why not?” The kids kept asking me “will the Easter bunny find us?“ …And I will… Read More HAPPY EASTER – HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
….a few weeks ago I did a HUGE Spring Cleaning of my “Old Sleeping Porch” which is where I store – in addition to all of my College kids “STUFF” – ALL of my ARTWORK. Things had gotten completely out of control and it all came to a head one day when I spent 4… Read More FRIDAY FLASH SALE
SCIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THE COLOR YELLOW BRINGS MORE JOY THAN ANY OTHER COLOR. SCIENCE! YELLOW is my husbands favorite color….and yellow is ONE of my favorite colors… and it is DEFINITELY YOUR favorite color. ..at least to when it comes to asking the QUESTION: “WHAT IS THE BEST INTERIOR YELLOW? Every year since 2014… Read More YELLOW MAKES YOU HAPPY
AS YOU MAY KNOW – I JUST GOT MY PINK SOFA. (I promise to post more about how I got my new SOFA etc after the Dog A Day 2019 project wraps up) but I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO SHARE MY : 10 TIPS FOR CHOOSING A SOFA IS A FUN… Read More MY PINK SOFA!!
This post was ORIGINALLY written almost 10 years ago. I confess- it was kind of hard for me to read … that feeling of loss was so tangible back then – and I can feel them well up – even to this day. BUT – it is a part of life, The Teen years –… Read More NO OFFENSE MOM…
DEAR Readers – A reader wrote to me TODAY – asking me about a post I wrote – years ago – and in the process of tracking it down – I stumbled upon myself – 8 years ago – Oh My GOD – I am so glad I have this blog!!!!! – There were so… Read More LITTLE DARLING
