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!
AS YOUR KIDS GROW AND CHANGE SO DOES YOUR HOME…NOTHING IS ENGRAVED IN STONE…OR PAINT…furniture and colors are outgrown and worn through… Spaces evolve over time..It is a time to embrace the inevitable and an opportunity to try new things…new colors…new furniture arrangements. And so, par for the course, during the nearly 10 years we… Read More GROWING UP WITH THE BOYS ROOM
… THIS MORNING I got a very EXCITING EMAIL FROM SPOONFLOWER… IT BEGAN…… “Great news—you’re a success” ….GOTTA LOVE THAT!!!! ……. IT Went on to tell me that someone had purchased some yardage of my fabric I designed on Spoonflower….SEE ONCE you design and purchase at least a fat quarter of your fabric…you can sell it!!! and… Read More …MAKE IT- SPOONFLOWER FABRIC! – OR YOU CAN BUY MINE!
I HAVE HAD CATS MY ENTIRE LIFE. In fact, I think I have never NOT had a cat in my life. I have had big cats, little cats, fat cats, skinny cats, short hair and long hair, deaf cats , smart cats, dumb cats…and bad bad cats. I have even taught a few cats to… Read More LIFE WITH GUS
Last weekend I was the guest of honor at A “Meet the Artist” gathering at the HOTEL INDIGO in St Petersburg Florida Hotel Indigo is an adorable boutique Hotel which lies just 3 blocks from Central Avenue in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, just steps from top museums, attractions, and restaurants. While I was… Read More THE MEET THE ARTIST PARTY AT THE HOTEL INDIGO
my Aunt Susie who lives in Seattle but was raised in Denver posted on Facebook that all the grocery stores in her area are sold out of blue and green food coloring ! AWESOME. May the best team win! Charlie and Dash make a living out of sleeping so it is not uncommon to find… Read More LOUNGING ON SUNDAY
OVERVIEW: from amazon.com “Featuring inspiring interiors from today’s top designers, Decorate Fearlessly shows us how to be bold and personal with our design choices, creating spaces that we love to live in. Decorate Fearlessly is both a photographic trove of fabulously designed homes—by such renowned designers as Mary McDonald, Ashley Hicks, Alex Papachristidis, and Jonathan Adler, among many others—… Read More COMING SOON – “DECORATE FEARLESSLY” – BY SUSANNA SALK – AND FEATURING ME!
Between October and December 31 of last year…I painted over 65 paintings!!!…and over 50 of those were Custom Portraits!!!!! I painted Dogs, A few cats, goats, a little girl and even a Car!!! ************************************************************************* A WHILE BACK, MY FRIEND ERIN AT HOUSE OF TURQUOISE HOSTED A CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT GIVEAWAY OF ONE OF MY PAINTINGS.… Read More CUSTOM PORTRAITS – FOUR DOGS AND A BRONCO
Dear Poppi, Today we say our final goodbye to you My Father in law, Leonard D. DeVito. As I stood tonight for 4 hours in the family reception line at the wake…I could not help but be overwhelmed with the amount of love in the room. Person after person, shook my hand, gave big hugs… Read More DEAR POPPI – A FAREWELL
Try as I might, I have not been able to do much blogging of late. I miss it. BOY do i MISS IT!!! But life has taken too many twists and turns of late and I am just treading water. I thought, given my inability to do much house stuff for the next week or… Read More PORTRAIT OF A LITTLE GIRL
Things have been very wonky. I am not quite myself…so when Damon brought back his Grandmother’s sideboard from his Mom’s, the last piece to a bedroom set we inherited, I jumped at the chance to dive into to serious rearranging of the front hall. Figured maybe in all that fussing around I might find ME.… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – an ENTRYWAY ADDITION
