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!
Okay, true confessions here…I am a bit of a DANCE MOMS addict. I am completely off the Housewives, Bethany is gone…and I just get too anxious watching the Real Housewives of where ever fight all the time… BRAVO could do whatever they want, bring WHATEVER they want into our homes, and THIS is what they… Read More DANCE MOMS…IT’S TRUE…I AM A WATCHER!
Birth Order Blues…was a book I read when we were expecting our third child. At the time it was immensely helpful, but I coUld not tell you much of what it said, because lets face it, when you have 3 children under the age of 4…who has time to read! But I… Read More BIRTH ORDER BLUES…OR GIVE A DOG A BONE
If you were sitting with me right now, and happened to ask me, “So, How was the conference?” I would say…’INCREDIBLE!” ……..and then, if you were to ask for details…you might find yourself here tomorrow, still listening to my deconstructed tour through one amazing week. Fully aware of my propensity for going off on tangents…I… Read More DESIGN BLOGGERS CONFERENCE 2013 – PEARLS OF WISDOM
THIS is my most recent painting… entitled “CASHMERE” CAN you guess my inpspiration? If you are interested in purchasing this painting, or any of my other works or would like a Custom Pet Portrait of your beloved… Read More NEW LESLI DEVITO PAINTING!!! “CASHMERE”
ONE WEEK AGO… almost exactly to the minute….I was strolling down Melrose , in West Hollywood, (Los Angeles…) looking for Nathan Turner’s store. West Hollywood, where Melrose is located is Design Lover’s Heaven…One amazing busniess after another, textiles, antiques, lighting, accessories…eye candy and beautiful things, wonderful unique perfectly FANTASTIC things!!! I kept getting double takes… Read More NATHAN TURNER AND ME
…..TRUTH be told, I would far more enjoy reporting to you about some amazing chandelier I got in Los Angeles…like these from my FAVE place…well I HAd many FAVES…but this one HOLLYHOCK MADE ME WEAK AT THE KNEES…. or I would loved to have stashed in my luggage a few things at HD BUTTERCUP WHERE… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – HOLLYWOOD AND THE CEILINGS
We moved to My Old Country House in April of 2004 …almost 8 years ago. My children were 3, 5 and 7. It was a sweet time. All the times are sweet, but this was a particularly sweet time. I had one child in First grade… a big boy. My sweet baby girl was in… Read More THE THINGS WE REMEMBER…….THE THINGS THEY FORGET
The week before the Design Bloggers Conference…I finally had to break down and do something that does not come easy to me…ask my teenager to help me with Twitter. I kept hearing the phrase “hash tag” and had no idea what that was. I mean I knew that this “#” was a hash-tag…but why was… Read More #dbc2013 and understanding TWITTER
Since my supposedly fortuitous move over to WordPress I have somehow lost over half of my daily followers…so I am not enitrely confident that this post will be seen by many…but in a way it frees me up to just pour my heart out. I am a bit jet lagged. I woke up today confused…”am… Read More HOME TO MY OLD COUNTRY HOUSE
SPRING IS IN THE AIR… at least in Los Angeles and I am thinking about April and how it is hands down my favorite month.April brings Spring and COLOR is everywhere…we have Spring Break and feel warming breezes and the buds pop and our cherry blossom tree explodes. And April, just by the hair on… Read More A SNEAK PEEK AT APRIL
