Artist lesli devito has reluctantly found herself rasing her family in an old country house. Much to her surprise, she loves her rural home and enjoys sharing her adventures with her readers. There are always makeovers to be done and animals to paint. Come along for the ride. Green acres here she comes!
….and it wasn’t even MY Birthday!!! remember this summer when we went to NYC and we saw my paintings in the gallery there? Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! to Tana and Don and Dryden Gallery in NYC and ESPECIALLY to my dear friend Marc… Not one, not two… BUT Three more of my paintings sold this… Read More Cows and Goats! SOLD… in New York City!!!
My youngest son said to me last week… “You know Mom. My Birthday is a Holiday now.” I said that I knew that and that for me….. his birthday was always a holiday. Having been born on the last “Normal” September 11, (2000) we used to joke that our most “urgently dramatic child”… the one who… Read More September 11 and Golden Birthdays
Once upon a time there was a very old house. With NO light fixture in a very big room. Everyday, the woman who lived in the very old house… …would sigh…and say “One day, I hope to have a Big Chandelier, and then, there will be light!! Instead of a Chandelier, the old woman got… Read More Let There Be Light! Part II – The NEW Dining Room Chandelier and the Rolling Stones are right!
Thank you, Thank You Thank you for all of your wonderful heart felt feedback regarding my blog name. I got more than I dreamed or bargained for and it all served to validate the direction I am heading. Like I told my friend Emily, it is not my nature to ask directions, and yet, sometimes,… Read More HUTCH STYLE done right!!!
…okay, I am going to be like that annoying friend, that asks your advice, about some loser guy,and then does what she does and then months later asks your advice…about the same loser guy. Except in my case it is not a loser guy, but a blog name, perhaps a loser one and I really… Read More IDENTITY CRISIS
TIP #5 – An solid old piece of furniture, even one you need to refinish…is often a better investment than a cheap shiny New piece. case in point…..In my entire adult life, I have bought NEW – less than 10 pieces of furniture.They are 2 sofas, a Ballard Designs coffee table I just got, a… Read More Tip #5 – REUSE RECYCLE REUSE RECYCLE!!!
My Goddaugther is 9 years old today. Happy Birthday Molly. Others peoples children seem to grow up EVEN faster than your own, and that is almost a scientific impossibility, because my own children are growing up at lightening speed. The other day, I was somewhere, oh yes, on the soccer field, and a… Read More The Gift of God Parenting…
