Some days start better than others. Today , the 6 year anniversary of my Moms death, started surprisingly okay,  with me going about the business of getting the kids off to school…excited to get back to painting and thrilled that the appliance repairmen was coming to fix my broken dishwasher…little happy things… …and then I… Read More KEEP IT CLEAN – THREE TEENS AND A BATHROOM

I will probably never completely get over not having a fourth child. Selfish, I know, and I am eternally grateful for the three healthy beautiful children I have, what can I say…I wanted one more. It has been 13 years since I needed to come up with a name to give a human being to… Read More BABY NAMES : MY CURRENT FAVORITES

TARGET HAS DONE IT AGAIN! I SPIED CUTE UPON CLASSY UPON SNAZZY UPON FANCY…OTTOMANS AND STOOLS OUT THE WAZOO!!! TAKE YOUR PICK, ONE IS JUST AS CUTE AS THE NEXT AND THERE ARE WHIMSICAL ONES AND TRADITIONAL ONES, SIMPLE AND EVEN ONES WITH NAIL HEAD TRIM!!!(if you click on any stool name and it will… Read More ON TARGET – OTTOMANS, POUFFS AND STOOLS – OH MY!

Happy Monday! Sometimes…it’s the little things…that make me smile from ear to ear. Like walking outside this past Saturday morning and being surprise-kissed on the cheek by a cool breeze…apparently Summer left town during the night and Autumn happily arrived! ….OR THIS FACE… ….or a recent visit to Target with my friend Lisa…I generally as… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – COLOR IN THE KITCHEN

Phoebe’s middle name is “Holiday” after the incomparable Billie Holiday . All of the kids have “jazz” middle names…Tate “Coltrane” and Cooper “Ellington”. Big Jazz Fans! There are 5 days left FOR anyone to apply for entry into the APARTMENT THERAPY HERE IS HOW IT WORKS: THERE ARE 5 DIVISIONS: 1.WARM, 2.COOL, 3.LIGHT, 4.DARK, 6.INTERNATIONAL FROM NOW… Read More SOMETHING FOR ME…SOMETHING FOR YOU!

On the morning of September 11, 2001…I was doing what most people were doing…just going about my day…working..traveling…getting the kids off to school…noticing that AUTUMN was just around the corner…planning the days events…which included unlike most people… …getting a Birthday Cake for my baby boy Cooper’s first birthday. September 11 I remember standing in the… Read More SEPTEMBER 11 BIRTHDAY BOY

FROM MAD MEN – SEASON 5 “The Man with the Miniature Orchestra” by Dave Algonquin.      “There were phrases of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that still made Coe cry. He always thought it had to do with the circumstances of the composition itself. He imagined Beethoven deaf and soul-sick, his heart broken, scribbling furiously while… Read More MAD MEN AND THE COUNTRY

To those of you visiting from HOUSE OF TURQUOISE today…WELCOME!!! I AM GUEST HOSTING on HOUSE OF TURQUOISE TODAY TALKING ABOUT one of my FAVORITE COLORS… Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue! HERE IS ANOTHER WONDERFUL BENJAMIN MOORE  AQUA BLUE. It is called “MAJESTIC BLUE”, and is a cousin to  “TRANQUIL BLUE” AND “BIRDS EGG” …in fact the… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – NEW “MAJESTIC BLUE” FRONT DOOR!