February 11, 2019 Once upon a time, inside a happy yellow house on a tree-lined street, there lived a storybook room. The neglected, attic-like space sat at the far end of the second floor, where almost no one went. From the moment I crossed the threshold of this room while house shopping 18 months ago, […]
February 4, 2019 The bird did me in. It perched on the upper edge of the sculptural wooden headboard as if it had just flown in the window and came to sit a spell. It spoke to me. It sang to me. And I knew from that moment that no other headboard would do for […]
January 28, 2019 Everything I learned about finding a mate I learned from hiring a contractor. So, men and women, listen up. If you’re entering a relationship or looking for one, you won’t find any better advice than this. As a recently remarried woman who has gotten relationships right and wrong over the years, and […]
January 21, 2019 As my Scottish mother used to say when the holidays were over: Back tae auld claes and porridge. Translated that’s back to old clothes and porridge, or the fun is over and it’s time to tighten our belts. Indeed, in households across America, two words are currently echoing throughout the freshly undecked […]
January 14, 2018 In my final two columns of the year, I traditionally share highlights from the past 12 months. Last week’s column featured lessons from the first half of 2018. Here’s what I learned in the second half: IN JULY, I made the biggest design decision of my life. Big as in if it’s […]
January 7, 2018 Every year at this time, I review the 50 some columns I have shared with you over the past 12 months, which is a bit like watching a Charlie Chaplin silent film backward. I ferret out one bit of wisdom per month, a lesson learned, often the hard way, and wrap those […]
December 31, 2018 A dozen throw pillow contestants lined the off-white corner sectional as if auditioning for a talent show. I stood back judging. Which would go? Ever since the new family room sectional arrived — a decision that in itself cost me a dozen sleepless nights, two bottles of Excedrin and a pint of […]
December 24, 2018 All right. All right. All right already. So my column a few weeks ago about “Seven Christmas Tree Mistakes (and their Fixes)” went over with many of you like a lead ornament. Boy did I hear from readers. Even my husband said I’d stepped in reindeer doo. “A Christmas tree is not […]
December 17, 2018 “It doesn’t have much of a living room,” I still remember DC saying, when we looked at the house we ultimately bought and moved into one year ago this weekend. “Don’t let the furniture deceive you,” I said, looking past the décor. The 10 x 12 room with a fireplace and view […]
December 10, 2018 All right. All right. All right already. So my column a few weeks ago about “Seven Christmas Tree Mistakes (and their Fixes)” went over with many of you like a lead ornament. Boy did I hear from readers. Even my husband said I’d stepped in reindeer doo. “A Christmas tree is not […]
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