I'm teaming up with my friends Cindy and Mary Ann and joining us for this Project Design: Summer Barbecue is Melaine from My Sweet Savannah, Sue from The View From Great Island, and Sheri Silver as each share their favorites for the barbecue. I'm sharing our favorite recipe for salmon and a diy citronella candle too! Grilled Salmon, cucumber salad & a strawberry-rhubarb crumble for ...
Home Tour: Cindy Hattersley
Today I am sharing the beautiful home and gardens of my friend Cindy Hattersley. Cindy and I met through our mutual friend Mary Ann of Classic Casual Home a few years ago. Mary Ann is also sharing Cindy's home, so make sure you check out her post today! Cindy lives with her husband in a home in the Salinas Valley they built for their family over 35 years ago! Cindy and Steve met in college in ...
Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Rose Slab Pie
Your New Favorite Summer Dessert: Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Rose Slab Pie We were a tad early for rhubarb season, but we really wanted to make a strawberry rhubarb pie for Memorial Day Weekend. We were especially interested in trying to recreate a pie Claire Saffitz served at a bake sale in NYC that featured rosewater as a special ingredient.We managed to get our hands on some fresh rhubarb at ...
Our new beach cottage porch + a simple appetizer
Our new porch is quite a bit bigger than our last one. We actually have room for a real seating area. We could bring out a table and host a dinner party with a few minor adjustments. I worked with Garnet Hill to create a porch that feels like an extension of the house during the summer months. The first thing we added were rugs. We chose the black & natural stripe rugs from Dash & Albert. ...
Container Gardens for every porch or patio style + a diy gardener’s hand cream
I'm joining some lovely and very talented ladies to talk about container gardens. I do love a container garden because they are so manageable. Spring has come very late here in the New York/Connecticut area so I took a day and visited two of my favorite nurseries to get some inspiration. The day I decided to visit the nurseries turned out to be a beautiful day and would have actually been a ...
Serena & Lily Design Shop + Westport, Connecticut
Memorial Day Sale May 22nd - 28th Right before I left for Phoenix and a quick 24 hours in Southern California with my sister, I stopped in to see my friends at Serena & Lily in Westport. I love to see the changes they make in each space. Like the loft space where pretty much everyone that sees it, comments that they want to move in! Take a look and you'll see why. At Serena ...