Christmas Decorating..

After the mess of the Thanksgiving meal, the next day is all out Christmas. Black Friday for my family is the day we buy our tree and begin decorating.


My moms little village.

Some of her Santa Collection.

More Santa's. A lot of these are Gurleys.

I so far have put up a tinsel garland around my game birds.

Old postcards adorned with snowmen.

Tinseled Copper Owl.

Holiday ribbon in the hurricanes.

I will post more pictures soon. We finished trimming the main tree this evening while watching Hercule Poirot's Christmas. I still have to get my own tree.

Room Shots 11/22..

Another bronze bird. Very heavy at 15 inches long.

I saw Kevin Sharkey blogged about Carolyne Roehm Friday. I to love all her books! Its funny that recently I was looking at her book and possibly at the same time so was he.

New sofa.

My new sofa arrived Thursday. It takes longer for custom furniture but its worth it!

It has a high back with a Chippendale leg.


My faux bois pillows from Pottery Barn look great!

I always cover the back with something. Here is an old damask throw. It was nice to hear Bunny Williams say that she does also on a recent episode of The Martha Stewart Show. Plus to have read that Kevin Sharkey is thinking of painting his apartment khaki. The former sofa will go to my mom.

Playing House..

Since birth I have wanted to be a housewife. I have always loved everything domestic related. That's why I adore Martha Stewart so much. The excitement I feel for things like a teapot or couch or even a vacuum cleaner, I would hope is similar to her feelings as well. When I was a child and fell in love with vacuums you would think it would be a phase and pass.
Years later it only resonated into the love of houses and everything that goes on inside them.
The first Electrolux I remember vividly! I bought this one on eBay years later. The one I remember had the power nozzle in the back of the photo with the smaller top so I had to find one that matched.
The Olympia. Still my favorite!!
The beautiful epic series.
I never use this one. It has been used less than 5 times.

Room Shots 11/04

I love this bronze bird. Missing a leg its still beautiful!

This luster owl dish reminds me of a elegant mask someone might wear to a ball.

Books covering my bedside. I will soon have a small path to my bed around myriad stacks of books.