Phoebe and Cooper, Tate was not wanting his photo taken much this trip…but I did manage to sneak in a few Monday Monday Spring Break is OVER. The Sprint to the finish line has begun …  I have a million things lined up…to do… Two kids graduating…One from Fifth Grade one from Eighth… I will… Read More BYE BYE BEACH – Hello Life

While I am attempting to make it a rule not to blog on the weekends  I am posting today anyway because I have a little story to tell you…… that I needed to tell you… today! 8 years ago today, on a Saturday, the day before Easter…we packed up our very first house and we moved… Read More HAPPY EASTER and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Thank You for Visiting my Old Country House! Please make sure to “follow” this blog and to let me know how I can follow you!

I have said it before and I will say it again… Decorating is an on-going process… It evolves over time, as you and your family and your life evolve and grow… … it reflects where you ARE at any given point in time. 5 Years ago,  my children were 5 years younger,  smaller and their needs were… Read More the NEW SEA GRASS RUGS

Here are the BARNS in my latest Gallery Show!!! “OLD RED”16″ x 20″ “BIG BLUE”30″ x 30″ “SUNNY”30″ x 30″ “Waiting”16″ x 20″ THE Colors are better and more accurate in this photo below…  …and here is the secret deal.  FIRST – sign up as a follower of THIS blog  THEN – Let me know… Read More MY BARNS – and a SECRET DEAL for Followers!!!

  You know HOW I LOVE to do makeovers of rooms in my house. And you know that it has been a while since I have done a good makeover. The last BIG one, besides the kitchen cabinets, was my Daughter’s 13 year old Birthday Bedroom Makeover almost a year ago. HERE I have been… Read More THE DINING ROOM MAKEOVER!

It was just a matter fo time. I have been so consumed with my paintings that I have not had time to obsess about the house, change colors…

We are at the Beach for Spring Break. we have been here for 2 days and  and I have written no blog posts and have taken few pictures but I have read 2 books  I have taken 5 naps and I am incredibly relaxed. Charlie loves the beach…because we are always around him… I feel like… Read More BEACH

“GRACIOUS”16″ X 20″$290 When I was 11-I was  Horse Crazy. It all started …not because I was obsessed with horses,  but because my best friend Alison Burnett was. Alison was from England and even had a bit of an English accent. Her Dad was was in the military and she moved about as much as… Read More GRACIOUS

 I DID IT! The show is UP! It was like one of those “Top Chef” or  “Work of Art” episodes where it is down to the wire and some last minute “loop hole” is thrown in to confound the process…in my case it was the realization at 9:30, after 3 paintings (of the total 16)… Read More ANOTHER OPENING – ANOTHER SHOW!!!