Category: Around the House

My son and his fiance left for Ireland, and for some reason I am exhausted.   I have sympathetic jet lag I think.   Napped all afternoon yesterday.  In fact, my house was full of nappers.  Baby E in the bedroom, Grandpa in his chair, Ozzie in his dog bed, and me in the living […]

This was my studio when I first saw it a year ago.  The man who owned the house we bought used it as his woodworking shop.  I have to say, it is the tidiest shop I have ever seen!  It had a concrete floor and some funky cabinets and shelves on the walls.  It was […]

In January I always feel like I need to clear the clutter and have a more pristine style of decorating around the house.  My mother was always a "blue" person,  and she surrounded herself with shades of soothing blue in every room of her home 12 months out of the year.  My taste runs to […]

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves".  ~Bill Vaughan I am not sure who Bill Vaughan is, but he hit the nail on the head with that little quote.  I used to consider myself an optimist, but the past […]

Chris from Cats On My Quilts did a little give away recently, and I was the lucky winner.  Isn't this little tea mat the cutest thing you have ever seen?  She created the pattern from some block ideas that were in this book, which she also sent me: The book is full of cute and […]

 This past weekend, I got out some of my fall decorations.  Gosh, I do love this time of year!  I was dying to tack this sweet little autumnal plaque on a wall somewhere, but my husband wouldn't let me put a nail hole in the wall.   That's ok, I had other fish to fry.  My […]

 Is this not the weirdest creature you have ever seen?  It is a gigantic praying mantis that has decided to visit my hummingbird feeder.  These big bugs seem to be common in my new garden.  In fact, last week, I went down to the Studio-That-Isn't and there was one right on the door knob!  Luckily […]

I found the perfect paint color for the studio!  Limestone for the walls and Light Breeze for the ceiling.  You can hardly tell the difference between the two colors, but Sea Breeze is lighter.  I would describe them as a pale sage.  Very pale.  I love the scent of fresh paint!  I just can't wait […]