Yesterday my daughter and I went shopping in Dekalb, home to Northern Illinois University and the birthplace of barbed wire. Since it’s a university town, it has its share of little boutiques and an eclectic coffee house complete with stage for local performing artists. Bridget was looking for Boho style curtains and I was on…
After posting “before” photos of my kitchen, I decided I kinda liked the way it looked as is. Plus ya’ll gave me such wonderful feedback that it made me think twice before doing anything drastic (funny how popular opinion can change your mind). I just finished painting the ceiling, walls, bead board and trim this…
Santa visited me early, but before I tell you about that … I’d like to share that my holiday home is being featured over at Kelly’s blog, Eclectically Vintage. Kelly is featuring 4 holiday homes this weekend – one per day. Hope you check out the home tours at Kelly’s place. Now … onto the…
Remembering the Beautiful Souls of Sandy Hook School. May God’s merciful grace and peace be with you and your families.
Keeping Christmas simple, I brought touches of greenery into the kitchen. Three little pine trees all in a row, sitting on the windowsill. Leftover boxwood greens from the wreaths I made take up residence in an ironstone pitcher. I love decorating this windowsill through the seasons. An ironstone platter and another platter from Lima, Ohio…
Do you have a favorite place in your home where you like to enjoy a cup of coffee, thumb through a good book or grab your laptop and feast on some blog eye candy? Here’s my little corner of the world where I reflect on the concerns of the day or chat with my hubby….
Last night was a Holiday Open House at Carter’s Cottage and while I was shopping, I saw these beautiful pink Christmas ornaments that immediately made me think of my eldest daughter, Stephanie. Her favorite color is pink and lately I’ve been feeling blue about her because she’s suffering from a wicked sprained ankle. So I…
No, I’m not mad. The only red I’m seeing is a few pieces of red in the house. In about a month we’ll all be seeing a lot more red with all the holiday decorations that will be flying around the blogosphere. And speaking of blogs, November 5th is my one year blogiversary! Anywho ……
After the trick or treaters have come and gone, how will you spend what’s left of your hallowed evening? For me, it’s going to be a relaxing, candlelit bubble bath. Lots of autumn candles scented with pumpkin and cinnamon. Makes me wanna just climb on in. A good book is a must when you want…
Our Fall colors here in Illinois peaked last weekend and now the color is fading and leaves are falling. So when I looked back through my photos of our recent trip to Galena, I enjoyed seeing the changing leaves on the trees. So without further adieu, here’s the remaining photos of the beautiful, historic homes…
Who doesn’t want a creatively made home? Well, now that I’ve asked that question I can think of a few friends who don’t care what their home looks like. It’s simply not their priority and that’s perfectly fine with me. We all march to the beat of our own drum, after all. But I’m one…
Special Note: The winner of the French Box Giveaway is revealed at the end of this post. Each year, the church down the street from me has their big sale to raise money. Every year I find something and this year was no different. A couple of chairs were sitting outside just waiting for their…
Have you met Kathryn from The Dedicated House? She’s my Button Swap partner for the month of September, which is a fun get-together for bloggers to hook up. The button swap is hosted by Ethereal Plus What I Love. The idea is to get to know your button swap partner and give ’em some blog…
This past Wednesday I had the pleasure of going to my boss’ lake house in Wisconsin. Every year he appoints one week where groups of employees go to his lake house for the day. Did I mention we get paid for this day of boating and leisure? It’s true! I work as marketing communications manager…
My blog is dedicated to both Town and Country living, but it dawned on me I haven’t posted anything country as of late … other than country decorating. So this post is dedicated to country scenes not too far from my house. I love my old home in the center of town, but I’d love…
A couple months ago I had every intention of offering a giveaway for my 100th post. Well, my 100th post came and went. So now, a few blog posts beyond 100 I’m giving away 2 French style boxes. The first box is this little cream number that I just finished altering. It measures about 6.5″…
