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!
SEPTEMBER 2001- THE “FIRST” FIRST DAY – TATE STARTS PRE K, PHOEBE STARTS NURSERY AND COOPER…WELL COOPERS GETS LEFT BEHIND…BUT NOT FOR LONG! OH MY. IT GOES TO FAST!! I look at this photo and I can remember IT like it was yesterday. Tate was starting kindergarten and he was allowed to bring one “lovie”… Read More BACK TO SCHOOL 2013-2014
PINK and I go way back. BACK TO THE BEGINNING IN FACT. And 5 years ago I made the SERENDIPITOUS discovery that I could use PINK as a wall color, much ike a neutral…to enhance the other colors…IF I chose wisely. HERE ARE MY 5 PINK RULES: 1. LESS IS MORE 2. BALANCE 3. START… Read More MY FAVORITE “GROWN UP” WALL PINKS
Sasunnach Is a beautiful English Bulldog, with personality PLUS who sadly passed away this past Easter Sunday. She was nearly 12 years old. She was loved dearly by her owners, including three young boys who Sassunach believed were HER babies. The Portrait was done as a gift for an anniversary which takes place later this… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAITS – SASUNNACH
Do you that thing? Where you count back and say…..”One week ago I was….” or “This time last year…she was……” “He was still here….this time last year well….two weeks ago THIS is where I was…. IT ALL GOES TOO FAST.
HERES A RIDDLE FOR YOU… What do DORM rooms, Studio Apartments and OLD COUNTRY HOUSES have in common? ANSWER: THEY are all places I have lived! I HAVE MOVED OVER 15 TIMES, and the bulk of those moves happened before I was 30. By the time I was 7 my Mom knew that the key… Read More LESSONS FROM THE DORM ROOM – THINK FORWARD!
A long time ago…. LONG before I had my old country house, or a place to blog about it, long before I had a front porch…. I heard that it was good luck to paint the underside of your front porch light blue. I was not sure WHY or HOW a color could… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – “HAINT” PORCH CEILING BLUE
This was the saddest sight in the world to me this morning. Poor Charlie…he just got over us being gone for 10 days and now we are on the road again…he stays at our neighbors and they give him lots of love and attention…but he misses his family and we miss him so…. I am… Read More ON THE ROAD AGAIN….
I am over the moon in love with these colors!!!! IT IS ALMOST AS IF ALL OF MY FAVORITE COLORS HAVE BEEN “INSTAGRAMMED” …. RESULTING IN COLORS THAT ARE MORE MUTED…WARMER – SEXIER AND MORE MATURE. THESE COLORS are warm and cool and cozy evoke walks along the rocky beach, in big chunky sweaters…. … Read More THE COLORS I AM FEELING FOR FALL
TATE COLTRANE DEVITO On My Children’s Birthdays… MY FRIEND Roberta used to make a point of giving ME a gift, as well as my children. The gifts were nothing elaborate…Roberta lives simply and close to the heart… but she would bestow upon one of my Birthday Boys or Girl…a candle or a really cool… Read More HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEVENTEEN
…..17 years ago exactly at this minute 1:57am (I am still awake on California time!)… I crossed a threshold ….into the world of Motherhood…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TATE COLTRANE ….WE LOVE YOU MORE…than any words and definitely not a single blog post can contain….My sweet sweet boy…you are smart and funny and charming, movie-star handsome and kind…and… Read More HAPPY BIRTHDAY TATE!
