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just paint it

I love painted furniture and hence, most of the furniture I own I have painted. This sweet secretary desk, that my Dad bought me for my very first New York City apartment, over 20 years ago, has escaped my paint brush all these years. but this week, it didn’t run fast enough and I caught… Read More just paint it

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moments

there are moments, like these, millions of them, where I pass by a room, and I see my children, just “being” and my heart does a flip, and I look to the heavens and say “thank you.”

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Samantha Pynn

 Lately, I have been contemplating  “Navy”.  I have friends and family for whom this has been their “go-to” and their “anchor” color, and has been…forever.  It does not seem to be a flighty or trendy color, though it’s relative popularity might go in and out. Navy, like so many of the things is symbolizes, it… Read More Samantha Pynn

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I Miss Domino

…if you love Fresh Authentic Unique and Approachable Design, you like me,  LOVED Domino Magazine.  sidebar: True confessions: I know that this makes absolutely NO sense at all,  but sometimes I would buy two copies of the same issue of Domino,  just to have MORE of their take on things. …I was completely inspired by… Read More I Miss Domino