Welcome to our holiday home! Can you believe Thanksgiving is behind us and now it's Christmastime? It seems that everyone is starting early this year, which I happen to love. Twinkle lights and candles make everything seem magical. Lynch Creek Farm is sponsoring the home tour again and has graciously offered to do a giveaway. They supplied each of the participating bloggers with wreaths, ...
The Simplest Holiday Gift Wrap Using Kraft Paper And Lights
Simple Holiday gift wrap starts with kraft paper and a sharpie! add fresh clipped evergreens . . . My favorite way to wrap holiday packages is using simple supplies from the hardware store or drug store and then a few clippings like I did here. At the holidays, I use evergreens, boxwood, or rosemary. Last year I used the Terrain newspaper that they give out in their stores for free. I love to ...
Meet Yvonne Claveloux + westport artist
My friend Diane introduces me to wonderful people and recently I had the chance to meet artist Yvonne Claveloux at her beautiful home and studio in Westport, Connecticut. Yvonne Claveloux What I love about Yvonne's home is that it's filled with collections, like white McCoy pottery, and mixed with white walls, exposed beams, and white slipcovered furniture. It is a perfect backdrop for her ...
Six Bloggers Share their holiday tables + party favors and a Giveaway
I love doing these Project Design posts with my friends Cindy, Mary Ann and/or guest bloggers TK because it gets me thinking waaaay ahead. When it comes to holiday tables, it's always a good idea to have it figured out and then when it gets closer to the party you can worry about the menu planning/shopping/cooking and all that other stuff. And besides, the table is my favorite part. I worked ...
Talking Shop with Cait O’keeffe of Serena & Lily
Serena & Lily (aka my favorite store) has opened up a new design shop in Pacific Palisades, California, and basically I just want to move in! The exterior of the shop is as stunning as the interior. I had the chance to chat with Cait O'Keeffe, the Merchandise Coordinator for Serena & Lily design shops nationwide. Cait and I met when we helped open the Westport Design Shop almost three ...
Thanksgiving Tables inspired by nature
This week Mary Ann and I had brunch at La Mercerie at Roman and Williams Guild in SoHo and I left feeling so inspired by everything we saw! Mary Ann and I always have fun and between the two of us, I don't think we missed a single detail. It's so much fun to explore with a friend! One thing we noticed was the use of very simple natural elements. Like little sprigs of dried grasses in simple ...