BACK By POPULAR DEMAND… Some people call them PELMET BOXES,  some call them Valances, I used to call them…  “those fabric covered thingies that go over the curtains”. BUT, For this post we will refer to them as “CORNICES” When I did the makeover of Phoebe’s room…  in the interest of adding color to the… Read More EASY CORNICES – MADE BY YOU!

Matthew Longhorn30″ x 40″ “Matthew” is the strong silent type… …..kind of a  “Ferdinand the Bull” meets “Achelous” EMAIL FOR PRICING CREDIT CARDS AND PAYPAL But before I leave… I MUST share another photo I took with my amazing New camera lens…. This Canon 50mm 1.8f lens, (and I am sure there is a Nikon equivalent)… Read More LESLI DEVITO PAINTINGS – MATTHEW LONGHORN

Today I read a great POST which completely inspired me…. in one of my favorite “sista” blogs called “For the Love Of A House”. I say “sista” in that we both live in BIG OLD HOUSES. I also feel like both of us, in addition to transforming our homes…have been transformed BY our homes and… Read More PAINTING A ROOM – CHOOSING A FINISH!

Happy Birthday Mom. Today would have been my Mom’s  79th Birthday. The last birthday my Mom celebrated was on July 8, 2007. Four days later, on on July 12 she was told she had Lung Cancer. 10 weeks later, she died,  on September 19, 2007. Sometimes I still pick up the phone and dial her number.… Read More HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

So sad, so sad, today we leave the beach. I do not want our Beach Vacation to end. It gets harder to leave every year. Maybe this is why so many people retire to the Beach, and in this case the Outer Banks of North Carolina… They just don’t want to feel sad another day…… Read More DEAL OF THE WEEK – URBAN COTTAGE – ONE MORE DAY

You know how you can be in a conversation or listening to someone speak to a group and something is said,  random words are uttered, they might mean nothing to the speaker,  he or she may have said them thousands of times before… but to YOU it is as if it is the first time… Read More AM I A FRAUD??? HOW WORDS MOTIVATE AND CHANGE YOU

Double post day!!!!!                               WEDNESDAY  is NOW  the day where we will visit whatever current House PROJECT I choose to highlight that week. Obviously since we are traveling and even if I was home, we still have no power,  no projects are… Read More WEDNESDAY PROJECT – POWDER ROOM

HAPPY FOURTH I LOve July 4. One the  NO-Gift Holidays It is a simple, make it what you want, kind of  day. No inflatable flags in the yard. Just a day to celebrate I have Wagon loads of good July 4 memories summer vacations, family, friends,  FIREWORKS!  This year,   We are AT THE BEACH… Read More HAPPY JULY FOURTH – BLOCK PARTY

I am racing in and out  out the door,  no time for photos, all business here. but I have to connect everyone with an amazing sale I just ran into. I am in the city of DUCK in Outer banks of North carolina  and I was visiting my FAVORITE  beach trip store called  URBAN COTTAGE they are… Read More deal alert- 20% off dash and albert and pine cone hill