Happy New Year

My youngest daughter had to do a special assignment for school. She had to re enact the image of Amor and Psyche. And it came out beautifully! The original The reenactment My son helped them with the wings, by photoshopping them in later. The girls had made real wings, but they were too big to...

I love trunks and vintage suitcases! And no, I don't mean men's swimwear kind of trunks. Nor the one that elephants sport. And I definitely do not mean that stupid Dragon Ball character, called Trunks. I mean trunks as in big suitcases. Vintage trunks in your home I especially love vintage trunks. They remind me...

A Christmas tree can be, without doubt, a wonderful decoration for your home. You can turn a simple green tree into quite the stunner with the right assortment of ornaments. There are lots of stores offering great decorations. Like Neiman Marcus. They've got a big selection to choose from, at very attractive prices right now. Ornaments at...

We were having dinner, and I was bored senseless waiting for my seventeen year old daughter to finally clear her plate. But what's a parent to do?! You're supposed to teach your kids to stay at the table until everybody's finished, so I was held hostage by my own parenting etiquette. This meant I was...

When my husband and I got married, my two sisters gave us this beautiful house name sign with both our names on it. Since then we've moved three times, but the sign always came with us. Do you have a house name sign? What does it look like?

  'Into each life some rain must fall,' sung Ella Fitzgerald. And indeed, there's no way around it: there will be times in your life when the going gets tough and you must weather stormy times. The best thing to do, I've learned is to just lean in. Don't fight it. That's the best way...