Happy New Year..

Starting Christmas ...

Martha said it best when she made the wedding cake and said you have to know when to stop..
I never got the memo that it applies to decorating.



If I could I would put a chandelier in every room.

Some of the Santas. I love the tiger oak grain of this chest.

Small tree in Dining Room.

I have little tinsel trees in gold and silver in my bedroom.

Channeling Martha 3..

When I was 10 I discovered Martha Stewart. My mother allowed me to transform her own modest kitchen. I was sort of playing house. My mom loves the 50's so her kitchen had red checkered wall print.

Martha always had photographs around her telephones in her Westport kitchen. I followed suit.

I even had the soap bottle dispenser.

Our kitchen know still has all of my copper molds. I have the french copper owl which I would of killed for when I was 14.


I even bought the style of KitchenAid Martha had. I had to have one that said Hobart. I would reenact the segment from the original season where she makes madeleines. I would even wear a big stainless Swiss Army watch.

Utensils in crocks. Most of the utensils are almost 15 years old. Don't put them in dishwasher and they will last forever.


I love Martha's butlers pantry. The way she displays a collection is very inspiring to me.

Room Photographs.

Little home grown Jack Be Littles.

Cleaning, waxing everything needs a good dusting.Next weekend my brother will help me put in recessed lights and a switch near the door.

A new Faux Bois blankey.

Hot Summer

Its very hot! I picked some Lotus flowers from the pond.

I feel like I'm in the tropics!

Wild Phlox.

Arrangement of phlox that grows along the river bank behind the house.

New Restoration Glass.

I have been replacing the former hideous glass of this curio with these beautiful wavy panes.

The panels on the left are the former glass. It looks like water droplets all over. Its quite ugly!
Six more pieces and the installation will be complete.

May 1.

I love James Bond! I love bond girls.
And when I think of May Day I think of one thing..


Grace Jones.

Lilacs Already!!

It was the 6th of May last year before I was able to make arrangements last year.
It seems like in 2 weeks and we'll have peonies.

Room Shots 04/12

My friend Cindy gave me all these fragrant daffodils Saturday. I still have lots of unopened daffs in the garden. Its been a long early spring!

My new Gilt Pier mirror. The box it came in in the foreground.

English Pottery.

I just received this old Beswick planter in this Faux Bois pattern

Spring Flowers 2010.

This past week has been amazing! My mom says this is the first time March went out as a lamb since 84. Well I cant seem to remember but it is glorious outside. I'm also LOVING Martha on Hallmark! Everyday is like Christmas with all these beauties being re-aired!


Everyday there is more flowers! Here is a little assortment in a blue ware bowl. It smells lovely!

Spring Cleaning..

My new Faux Bois Ottoman!

Technology has become so sleek. Cleaning all of this stuff takes a while.

Cords

Tons of stuff!

Consoles.

I try to keep it all organized!
Its the Martha Stewart of it all.

Its everywhere!

Some of my Easter decorations this year.

Spring Cleaning..

Snow day..

My town has been shut down today. Snow covers everything!

The little Guinea Fowl are trying to stay warm.
They have a heated roost but choose the snow.

Another Guinea bracing against the wind.

Unfortunately it wasn't like this at Christmas time.

Channeling Martha Part 2.

Everything I do has some relation to Martha Stewart.
Its like six degrees of separation. I think the only thing not is maybe video games.

I found this mirror. I was trying to emulate Martha's acanthus leaf mirror that hung in the formal dining room at Turkey Hill. MS partnership with Bernhardt offered a almost exact replica of the original. It was more of a white wash finish than luster.

This is my homage to her over mantle looking glass.

And another.

I put stacks of books everywhere. I'm running out of room. This marble table top has deep veining similar to her brown room dining table.

I have a center table like Martha's Skylands main hall table. However I noticed that in the September premier its no longer the large round table but a long faux bois table.
I also have my faux bois cachepots.

Valentines Decoration.

Cherubs and copper luster.

Paper heart doilies.

Finally can get to that pumpkin. It had been buried under piles of snow. It also looks like two clay pots were left out. Pulverized by the winter wetness.

Valentine wreath. Handmade of course.

I love this little container. Usually you can find it missing all its red hearts. Probably due to the dishwasher.

Room Shots 01/12

Two old but new to me Paris porcelain compotes.

My game fowl set up high while I paint the cabinet. The drab color didn't fare well.
Back to the paint store for a solution.

The most used area of my room.

Pretty green damask drapes from the Cotswold's.