I HAVE FALLEN SO BEHIND WITH BLOGGING…that I have no idea where to begin …and it in some ways reminds me of when you forget to send a Thank-You note and the longer you wait the harder it gets to know what to say. Since I live my life by lists these days I will… Read More CATCHING UP

I JUST FINISHED DECORATING A SHARED GIRLS ROOM FOR TWO LITTLE MUNCHKINS – STELLA AND LIBBY. I LOVE DECORATING KIDS ROOMS . THE POSSIBILITIES ARE VAST AND ENDLESS AND I LOVE GIVING A CHILD A FUN ROOM TO GROW UP IN!!!! Over the years, decorating kids rooms and especially my own children’s rooms…I have honed… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – SHARED LITTLE GIRLS ROOM

THANK YOU JULIA FROM “HOOKED ON HOUSES” FOR FEATURING MY OLD COUNTRY HOUSE I AM TOUCHED! Honored. Blown away! GRATEFUL!!!!! I have loved Hooked On Houses for YEARS!!! I HAVE GONE THERE FOR UNTOLD INSPIRATION…if you have never found your way there…GO GO GO!!! It is eye candy out the wazoo! My favorites are the… Read More APRIL IS ON UGALLERY

I AM SITTING OUTSIDE A COFFEE SHOP WITH CHARLIE AND BEAN… The realtor OPEN HOUSE is taking place at my house. IT IS HAPPENING! HERE is the LISTING! If I were to tell you where I have been, what I have been doing, how many trips to the hardware store I have made …IT would… Read More MY OLD COUNTRY HOUSE IS ON THE MARKET!

My Old Country House goes on the market April 19. We are currently away on spring break. Thank goodness. I was exhausted. I spent the better part of last week painting scrubbing, fixing paint chips, scraping, and readying our very lived in house to be put on the market. I do not need to tell… Read More Monday Makeover – Getting a House Ready To Sell

WITH ALL THIS PACKING AND STAGING AND CLEANING HAPPENING…. I find myself wanting to retreat, go sit someplace quiet and escape the craziness that is ME right now. Daughter graduating, house selling, and subsequent house finding…yesterday I dragged (well ROLLED really)  my dining room table, covered with paint out into the yard and refinished it!… Read More LADY CAVE – INSPIRED BY CHAIRISH

I HAD THE FLU It was nasty. As it took me longer than I anticipated to get a clear head back…and still, I am not quite back 100% but getting closer every day. In the meantime…many changes are brewing. Phoebe is winding down her senior year. Each week seems to take on a theme, a… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – END OF AN ERA

OUR KITCHEN RENOVATION WAS COMPETED 3 YEARS AGO. AND THE “REVEAL POST” IS TO DATE IS MY “MOST READ POST” . The kitchen renovation is one of those endeavors…like having 3 children under the age of 4…that I am not so sure I could do again…or at least wonder. “How did I DO THAT!”  BUT SOMEHOW… Read More THE KITCHEN MAKEOVER AND FORMICA MARBLE REVISITED