Well, on September 20, 2007, 4 years ago , today, my Mom died. It was the saddest day of my life. It took me a while to get my bearings. I had to re-define myself, or at least I had to learn how to be Me…without Her. Over time I began to dig… Read More ANNIVERSARIES AND TUNNELING OUT…There is a TARGET at the end of the tunnel
HAPPY MONDAY! HERE we are once again, another week begins and I am embarking on another DIY journey. To make something beautiful, simple and most importantly…fast! SO… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – The EASY as PIE Cornice/Pelmet Tutorial REVISITED!!!
Well, apparently YOU LOVE PINK TOO!!! for more of this room click this photo… I might just change my Blog Title to My Old PINK Country House” or “My PINK Old Country House” or even “My Old Country PINK House” and upstairs…. for more of this room…click here… Thank you for visiting Have a Great weekend!!! and… Read More SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS AND YOU too Love PINK!
My youngest just turned 11 and so we have not used our bassinet in a while. But we still have it. I will never part with it. Too many yummy memories. Too many memories of waiting for so long to fill it and staring while my belly grew Three times. God, I loved my babies.… Read More FRIDAY MAKEOVERS- The Baby Bassinet…and the Vintage Table Cloth
after… Before …we had a nice, simple inexpensive sofa which I got from FunkySofa.com in their clearance section for under $300!!! The upholstery was a simple chenille, pretty comfy… nothing awful, just… nothing special either. it worked just fine… Certainly the sofa did not rank high on the list of “must dos”… but then..enter the… Read More THURSDAY QUICKIE- The Newly REupholstered CHEVRON Funky Sofa….
Part of the issue with featuring my Entryway (or the reason why I never DO) is because it is always a BIG MESS!!! …or rather…”Lived in” yeah, we rock the Lived in look. I was so embarrassed today when I returned home from the gym, to find that a friend had dropped off a Birthday… Read More Do come in…Welcome to our Old Country House…THE ENTRYWAY!
I love pink……one day in a moment of boredom (original post HERE.), I took my sweet but sedate cabinet form this…. to THIS: THE PINK CABINET MAKEOVER cost of this makeover – $12.00! sometimes it just takes a little color…TO make a BIG difference…look around you… is there something that has just been sleeping away,… Read More For the LOVE of PINK… MISSONI for Target and ZIG ZAG!!!
….and it wasn’t even MY Birthday!!! remember this summer when we went to NYC and we saw my paintings in the gallery there? Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! to Tana and Don and Dryden Gallery in NYC and ESPECIALLY to my dear friend Marc… Not one, not two… BUT Three more of my paintings sold this… Read More Cows and Goats! SOLD… in New York City!!!
My youngest son said to me last week… “You know Mom. My Birthday is a Holiday now.” I said that I knew that and that for me….. his birthday was always a holiday. Having been born on the last “Normal” September 11, (2000) we used to joke that our most “urgently dramatic child”… the one who… Read More September 11 and Golden Birthdays
Once upon a time there was a very old house. With NO light fixture in a very big room. Everyday, the woman who lived in the very old house… …would sigh…and say “One day, I hope to have a Big Chandelier, and then, there will be light!! Instead of a Chandelier, the old woman got… Read More Let There Be Light! Part II – The NEW Dining Room Chandelier and the Rolling Stones are right!
