If you were to come to Charlottesville and pick up the FALL issue of…. LOCALLY CHARLOTTESVILLE ….you would be able to read an article about me…and well, My Old Country House. I was contacted shortly after a photo of the now infamous Pink Cabinet Makeover appeared in the June 2012 issue of House Beautiful. The… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – FAUX BAMBOO TABLE REVISIT
Here is what the TARGET parking lot surveillance camera probably saw…. THE BOTTOM HALF of a woman is sticking out of the trunk of her minivan, she appears to be getting stuff out and then the trunk begins to close, with her the upper half of her body… still in the trunk.and in a move she… Read More FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS
When I was a kid, and I would tell someone I had a Retarded brother… they would say things like… “Wow, you don’t SEEM like you have a Retarded brother!” Really? My older brother Reve, is Mentally Retarded. It was a birth accident, something about a difficult delivery and a country Doctor and the missuse of… Read More THE "R" WORD
One of my most popular Pinterest Boards is entitled “A STAIRCASE IS A ROOM”… Staircases are works of art in my book, completely functional and architecturally dynamic at the same time.. I hope I always live in a house with a staircase…. I come by my sturdy , if often unshaven, legs Honestly and by… Read More STAIRCASE IS A ROOM
LAST FRIDAY, I got exciting news. I (or rather Phoebe’s room) has been selected as a FINALIST in the Washington Post Kids Room Contest!!! woot! woot! Please go HERE to vote for Phoebe’s room!!! There are two winners, 1.A winner who is recognized by the number of votes from the public 2.and a winner chosen by… Read More WASHINGTON POST FINALIST – VOTE FOR ME!!!
THE KIDS and I have this thing we do…when we see “a heart” somewhere….accidentally, like in a cloud or a freckle or a cookie that got too ambitious…a rock at the creek… or in the case photo above … when I dropped strawberries on the floor at the beach…we get very excited. And if we have our… Read More RANDOM HEARTS
OH – What a busy week! While I spent most of Monday in AIRPORTS, returning from a much needed respitewith my girlfriends in Dallas…and while I was flying in over my beautiful GREEN Blue Ridge Mountainsand the University of Virginia Campus…to reunite with my family and my Charlie dog… Young House Love hosted a Lesli… Read More PLANES TO FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Cassie from Primitive and Proper Blog did a “ME in NUMBERS” post yesterday. Taking a step back and reflecting on what really matters. and she threw out the challenge for other bloggers to examine their selves… in numbers as well. I’m in.. ….but I would like to put a different spin on it… I agree…. there is… Read More THE NUMBERS GAME
GOOD NEWS! I think it will be ONE STOP shopping for me this Christmas. There are design books out the WAZOO YESTERDAY I confessed my design book addiction to you and Now I will show WHY it is so hard for mE AND WHY I have such a hard time saying no… to these books,… Read More DESIGN BOOKS are coming – PART II
My lamp and dresser addictions are by now…. legendary.But it is now time to come clean…Far worsethan my insatiable desire for lighting fixtures orHANDSOME “PRACTICAL” storage options….in particular…ones under $50….Is myPASSION for HOME DECOR etc books….THERE…I SAID IT! my all time favoriteDOMINO and Apparently I am not the only one who cannot get enoughof her… Read More HOT of the press – NATHAN TURNER – AND MORE!
