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!
Last April, Phoebe and I took a trip to New York City for her 16th birthday. During our visit we went to the Katie Couric Show. That day, Katie had a number of guests, one of which was a guy who was showing the most recent in Cool “Pet gadgets”. On our way out, we… Read More WISDOM PANEL – FINDING OUT YOUR DOGS DNA
I AM SURE THERE IS PROBABLY A PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND WHY WE ARE DRAWN TO ONE COLOR OVER ANOTHER… …..I DON’T KNOW…BUT I HAVE FOREVER BEEN… DRAWN TO MINT AS FAR AS COLORS GO….MINT IS HAVING A VERY GOOD YEAR AND THIS TIME EACH YEAR I START TO GET THAT “ITCH FOR MORE MINT”..IN FACT… LAST… Read More MAD ABOUT MINT – CHAPTER 2
TARGET HAS OUTDONE ITSELF! THIS CURRENT THRESHOLD LINE IS AWESOME…. IT WAS/IS A PINK AND NAVY AND GOLD AND YELLOW/CHARTREUSE PALOOZA RIGHT NOW AT TARGET!
We are NOT Moving! At least not right now. You know how you have those conversations in your head, and you figure something out, but then you forget to tell the people involved that you made some changes….and they have no idea what is going on? Well, I think I kind of did that. And… Read More WE ARE NOT MOVING – YET
Over the weekend I received a great email. A READER SAW MY “9 SECRETS TO A BUDGET FRIENDLY KITCHEN MAKEOVER” article on DOMINO.COM and asked this question: domino article ” I also have an outdated kitchen that you updated slowly with your own design. I’m not sure where to start….Do you have any tips or resources… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – KITCHEN RENOVATION – BREAKING IT DOWN TO MEET YOUR BUDGET
I spend most of my time on this blog talking about color, Art and Decorating. I don’t report on the family much, teens are private and I guess I kind of am too…as strange as that might sound coming from a blogger. but today…the wall is coming down! My firstborn son got into the college… Read More CAVALIER PRIDE
BACK WHEN I was renovating the master bathroom, there was a hole in the wall…two holes actually… each of them about the size of a nickel. I tried using cement board that I had lying around…it did not fit… Since I was in the bathroom, I looked around at what I had to use….and suddenly… Read More AN EASY WAY TO PLUG A SMALL HOLE IN THE WALL!
BIRDS ARE EVERYWHERE! Spring has arrived where we live and our trees are waking up…buds are forming…in just a few short weeks Spring will explode AND….BIRDS ARE EVERYWHERE!!! IN ART…. …WALLS IN JEWELRY…. HOW SWEET IS THIS ONE! IN NURSERYS… …LIGHTING… ..FABRIC AND UPHOLSTERY! BIRDS ARE EVERYWHERE! HAVE YOU SEEN ANY BIRDS LATELY! SPRING IS… Read More TRENDING NOW – THE BIRDS !
HAPPY ST PADDY’S DAY!!!! I LOVE GREEN…LOVE IT! GREEN I wonder if all the other colors are Green with envy at how much play time quiet little Green gets…it flies under the radar but comes up everywhere. I mean everywhere. I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE “GREEN” GREENS!!!! TODAY LETS LOOK AT SOME OF THESE GREENER GREENS… Read More LOVE GREEN – HAPPY ST PADDY’S DAY!!!
MY NUMBER MOST PINNED PHOTO FOR MONTHS IS: YELLOW is my husbands favorite color….AND YELLOW IS TRICKY! Our very first home was a sweet small brick home, with low ceilings and little light in the hallways. I wanted to brighten the main hallways and chose a pale yellow. The color was called…”Yellow” something…maybe “Spring YELLOW”, I… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – YELLOW MISHAPS AND THE BEST INTERIOR YELLOWS
