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Cyber Monday 2017 - New Book: From Classic to Contemporary: Decorating with...
Cyber Monday is an extension of Black Friday where shoppers can once again take advantage of the after Thanksgiving sales, but from the comfort of their own home. I always find that books are a great...
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Spring: "A Simple Guide to the Wildflowers of Britain"
Growing up my mother would take us on "floral expeditions" each Spring. Sometimes it was to a floral show, or a garden cutting display at a local church, but mainly it was in search of hillsides or...
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Pretty is ... A Connecticut Weekend Home by Designer Ashley Whittaker
New York designer Ashley Whittaker has turned a Greek Revival home in Connecticut into a light and airy breath of Spring. Color, pattern, beautiful linens, and de Gournay wallpaper of course, taking...
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Designer Ray Booth's New Book: EVOCATIVE INTERIORS
Isn't this breathtaking. . . The balance of nuances, simplicity and scale, light and color, current and contemporary, expressing simplicity and function with the richness of warmth and hospitality....
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A Book Store - A wonderful start for a Wednesday
The morning is soft with a lovely breeze, and a Trenta Black Iced Tea - Lemonade no sugar is in my hand. I have the desire to hunker in a really good bookstore for several hours. The one in my head...
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Amanda Brooks: A City Girl in the Country has a New Book and a New Shop
A city girl in the country was only for one year, so Amanda Brooks thought when she moved her family to her husband's family farm in 2012 but happily it has become a way of life; one that is focused,...
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Architect Jeffrey Dungan THE NATURE OF HOME: Creating Timeless Houses
"They say you only get one chance at a first impression. The same goes for anything we design and build, especially something as epic and enduring as a house. It is critical that the architecture is...
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A Gathered Life
Fall is starting its arrival this weekend with the temperature dropping and the leaves just beginning to fall, soon it will be a glorious tapestry of color and earthiness and I always long for...
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Interior and Hospitality Design: Patrick Sutton's New Book STORIED INTERIORS
I received a gift in the mail from award-winning Baltimore-based architect and interior designer Patrick Sutton who sent me his new design book STORIED INTERIORS, penned inside was a lovely note...
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President George H.W. Bush 1924-2018
Our family was in Kennebunkport, Maine years ago and every person we spoke with, (waiters, hotel staff, retail personnel, Democrats or Republicans) said he and Barbara were wonderful, never forgot...
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Country Life British Edition - Pitshill House England & Sharon Santoni's Pain...
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me .... Pain Perdu. This Holiday Season I want to incorporate timeless traditions that the whole family can help with during the celebrations,...
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Comfort and Joy: Farm House Living and Beautiful Linens
Comfort and Joy...There is something absolutely beautiful about snow gently falling, simple but stylish living that captures an easy, yet beautiful lifestyle. One where there is a sense of comfort,...
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Welcome to the Beautiful World of Designer Suzanne Kasler
December is wearing its lovely winter colors, the perfect backdrop for Christmas decorations, family feasts and thoughtful gift-giving. A season where we carefully layer in some of our most favorite...
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The Song "Known" by @taurenwells and Merry Christmas
Merry ChristmasI have been listening to @taurenwells song "Known" this morning, what a voice and a great talent.The chorus begins:"I'm fully known and loved by YouYou won't let go no matter what I...
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Intentional Living: Weekday Mornings
A lovely table scape of green cabbage-ware and yellow lemons and daffodils...and what a beautiful view out her door by @melissa_penfold. Build in time for intentional living during the weekday...
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Early Spring: Intentional Living - Pursuing Beauty in the Everyday
Early Spring in Angélique's Lovely Greenhouse @country.chique🌱🌸🌱If you are like me and don't have a greenhouse: buy tulips, plant them in pots with green moss covering the soil, placing them on antique...
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Weekend Chic Video: At Home with Designer Isabel López-Quesada
"My main idea, and usually regardless of the project, is authenticity."~Isabel López-QuesadaThis Weekend Chic is a combination of design and a video showcasing the designer's personal home in her own...
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Collections: Intentional Living - Living with what you love & Beautiful...
🌿💙🌿Blue and White is always timeless and it never looks better then when gathered in a collection. This beautiful glass front cabinet of @verandahhouse showcases a lovely gathering of items. 🌿💙🌿There...
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Joy
Living in the Bay Area of California as a child there was a neighborhood church who played the bells on Saturdays and Sundays. The church was just an old building really, no charm in it or the...
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Sunday Chic: Australian Designer Cameron Kimber's Love of English...
Inspired by the late American Philanthropist Bunny Melon, Australian designer Cameron Kimber built a new home in New South Wales and filled it with his love of English Country."I wanted a simple House...
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