Extra! Extra! Shari Went Blue With Her Spring Décor!

Blue, Yellow, Sage Green And Jute Textured Pillows For Spring

Sort of, anyway. I was planning on having a furniture reveal for you today, but some things didn’t work out on my end and time got away from me, so instead, a peek at my spring touches will be my post du jour.   {New feature:  If you hover over the upper, right corner of each picture, a "Pin It" button will appear … [Read more...]

These Christmas Vignettes Lead To A Christmas House Tour. Come See!

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Good morning all. Do you know that I have been blogging about home, design, furniture, styling, etc.. now for a little over a year and I have never taken you on a tour of my home? I don’t want that to sound indulgent.   It is just that most bloggers in the home design and styling niche have welcomed their readers … [Read more...]

Christmas Mantel 2012: BELIEVE

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I hope you all had a great weekend.  Ours was full – a little bit of everything. We saw Red Dawn (and I must say, it was good.  Because it was a remake, I wasn’t expecting much.)  We got our trees.  Three of them – and there is a story that goes along with that expedition that I’ll share when I show my … [Read more...]

So…Just How DO You Harvest A Nut?

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TGIF everybody! It has been raining at our place. Not the kind of rain that stereotypes the Pacific Northwest.  We haven’t seen that kind of rain since early June.  This week, it has been raining nuts.  Lots of them.  Filberts here. Filberts there.  Filberts everywhere.  Filberts – aka Hazelnuts. We … [Read more...]

My Crazy Commute To Work

My Crazy Commute To Work By Turnstyle Vogue

  Leaving home…   The carpool lane… Rush hour traffic ahead… Quick stop through the drive-thru… (hmmm, looks like I might have to wait a while for it to be ready) And then the rest area… Road block… Oh, the glare…   Local … [Read more...]

My Summer Porches

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Good morning! I’m probably a little late to the party, but with all of the activities, I haven’t had a chance to post about my summer porches.  My porches run the length of the house, on both sides, which allows me to create little vignettes of relaxation.  Our entry stays pretty much the same throughout the year, I … [Read more...]

Touches Of Spring Décor @ Home

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Good morning, As we approach Easter, I thought I’d share how I put a little spring in my home and make it fresh.WARNING:  This is kind of a long post…a lot of pictures.  For color, I go green.  Green is one of my favorite colors to use throughout the year.  For spring, it is happy green.  You know … [Read more...]

Spring Porch 2012

Good morning,While we can still see snow in the mountains around us, we can finally see our grass and orchard again which motivated me to go ahead and get our porch ready to welcome guests and welcome spring.  Yesterday, I showed you my doormat so today is the whole she-bang. I found this basket at Pottery Barn late … [Read more...]

Is it Spring? Really??!

Just a random Saturday post …Winter is beautiful.  I love winter.  I love snow.  I don’t like it in March.By now, I'm ready for sunshine and to hear those baseball cleats go clickety-clank on pavement.  I'm ready for bloomin' beauties and the first grillin' of the season.  Our seasons have been … [Read more...]

Girl vs. Dust: A Story About Shelves

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Is everyone making it through the week ok?  Any project casualties?  I was attacked by dust.  In my den.  I have neglected it over the last couple of weeks.  Good thing it has big sliding doors with baroque glass - can't see a thing when you walk on by.  I'm a genius!Genius until the guilt set … [Read more...]