THIS WEEK has been a whirlwind. My home and my blog and my paintings reached an audience far bigger than ever before. Thousands and thousands of you. and I heard from so many of you… with comments about your Pets… ….Complimenting my home… Loving my paintings….calling the House Crash… “The Best Crash Ever!” Then there… Read More FLOATING DOWN TO EARTH – NOW WHAT?

AHHH the Holidays…. December is knocking on the door… Target looks like the back room of a Holiday Party on steroids and MY kids are starting all their sentences with… “The ONLY thing I REALLY REALLY REALLY  I want is….” And It is CHRISTMAS CARD PHOTO TIME AGAIN… Back in the old days…back when I used… Read More GET OFF YOUR BROTHER! OR THE CHRISTMAS CARD PHOTO

A FEW MORE HOURS LEFT TO SIGN UP FOR THE  HERE:  CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT!!! GIVEAWAY SEE THE  YOUNG HOUSE LOVE HOUSE CRASH  AND WIN!!!

(lost in the holiday shuffle…here is a reprise of a post from last week)…ENJOY ..AGAIN! I only have so much house to work with,  and thus I absolutely LOVE answering design dilemma questions… …hint hint…send me YOURS!!!  This one was sent to me by my cousin Amanda. DESIGN DILEMMA: the ROOM:Dining Room the DILEMMA: Too… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER- AMANDA’S DINING ROOM

HAPPY THANKSGIVING… I Have so very much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. So Much.. My Family   My Work My Home My Pets My Friends My Life Sometimes it is hard to be happy and not to also be kind of sad That my Dad is not here this Thanksgiving. How can I be… Read More THANKSGIVING

Okay, well 25 Dresses!!! YESTERDAY.  I Finally finished an order for 25 Wedding Dresses… ….they are for a Country Club that gives them to their Brides… as a Gift… “the dress”…X 255″ X 7″ Wooded – Birch Cradle  – “Canvas”   THANKSGIVING IS COMING!Over the river and through the woods…to Grandmother’s (MIMI’s) housewe go.I CANNOT… Read More 27 Dresses…

and the winner is… Pinwheels! and coming in second… …Under the category of “ALWAYS go with your FIRST answer!!”   …. both of these sets of pillows are the ones I got FIRST.     I am away at a soccer tournament with my daughter. She has been out with a dislocated knee cap (it… Read More PILLOW WINNER

I was updating my Blog the other day…and was stunned at how little playing time I have given our bedroom…I guess that is the story of my life…lol YEP, THAT’S MY CEILING! Still boarded up after… THE INCIDENT! My Old Country Dump. WALL COLOR: BERGMAN GRAY by ME I invented the wall color by mixing… Read More MASTER REVISITED

I HAVE A HUGE CRUSH on Caitlin Wilson of CWD  (Caitlin Wilson Designs) …her use of color is extraordinary….and she herself…is beautiful…inside and out. Her Textiles…OMG…I could get lost in them…do my whole house in there…in fact…I think I am going to do SOMETHING in this fabric…. the one on the top!I mean look how… Read More CAITLIN WILSON DESIGN