Groundhog Day..

Our home is next door neighbors to Punxsutawney. Is spring on the way??

Pics from home.

Faux Bois vase.

Valentines Scrap

Window display.

St. Valentines Decorating

The chandelier in the dining room has paper currents and paper dollies hearts bellow.

The top of the chandelier has little cherubs playing instruments.



Vintage valentines daisy chain.

Colorful poppies. I left the red bulbs from Christmas towards the front of storage because I wanted to use them a month later.

My little brass puttis.

Very heavy.

Some of my valentines like this garden waif was a scent bottles from avon .

Paper mache trays with valentine candy boxes.

Room Photographs.

I put tables next to my bed for a nightstand. They all end up being covered in books. The small pine stool is where I keep water or tea to drink.

After cleaning all day I forgot to put away extension cord I was using to buff floors.My closet in the foreground is still pink!

I'm on a country patchwork kick. Its timeless.

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.