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!

….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!

Thank you, Thank You Thank you  for all of your wonderful heart felt feedback  regarding my blog name.  I got more than I dreamed or bargained for and it all served to validate  the direction I am heading.  Like I told my friend Emily, it is not my nature to ask directions, and yet, sometimes,… Read More HUTCH STYLE done right!!!

…okay, I am going to be like that annoying friend, that asks your advice, about some loser guy,and then does what she does and then months later asks your advice…about the same loser guy. Except in my case it is not a loser guy, but a blog name, perhaps a loser one and I really… Read More IDENTITY CRISIS