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Woodland Christmas

Holidays· Home Tours· House & Home· Seasons and Holidays December 10, 2019

Probably like a lot of you, my Christmas decorating has evolved a lot over the years. More and more I’m trying to simplify down to the things I really love. My favorite combination is rustic with a lot of glitter, so woodland-themed Christmas decorations always catch my eye. So I’ve kept that theme in mind…

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Garden Tour Part 2

Home Tours· House & Home· Kansas City· Travel & KC June 6, 2016

Yesterday I shared some pictures from a garden tour that Tom and I took over the weekend. Today I want to show you the pictures from my favorite stop on the tour, a tudor home in the Sunset Hill area of KC. This planted urn on a pedestal and antique fountain are two of the first things…

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Kansas City Garden Tour

Home Tours· House & Home· Kansas City· Travel & KC June 5, 2016

Tom and I have discovered garden tours. Well, I have discovered them and he’s happy to go along. We went on our first tour a couple of weeks ago, and it was interesting and the gardens were impressive, but not quite our taste. Yesterday, however, we went on the Wornall/Majors Kansas City Garden Tour and had the best…

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A Romantic House and Garden Tour

Home Tours· House & Home· Kansas City April 9, 2016

Last fall I ran across a garden in Kansas City Spaces magazine that had me poring over the pictures. So many details to take in. That’s a mirror in the above picture, by the way. And note the chandelier hanging from a branch over the table. The gardens are amazing, as you can see, and I…

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Mary Carol Garrity’s New Lake House

Home Tours· House & Home· Kansas City· Travel & KC August 28, 2014

Last September I posted my photos of Mary Carol Garrity’s historic home in Atchison, Kansas (see part one here and part two here). Mary Carol is the owner of Nell Hills and I took the photos during her Fall Open House. Shortly after that I began to hear noises that last year’s Christmas Open House would be…

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Nell Hill’s Day Trip: Mary Carol Garrity’s Atchison, KS Home Part 2

Home Tours· House & Home· Kansas City· Travel & KC September 25, 2013

If you missed part one of this tour, you can find it here. When I left off on part one, we were headed to the kitchen and I teased you with this shot of the breakfast nook. Here’s another look at it. I love the framed map! This is an older home, so the kitchen…

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Nell Hill’s Day Trip: Mary Carol Garrity’s Atchison, KS Home

Home Tours· House & Home· Kansas City· Travel & KC September 24, 2013

You know how when you live somewhere, you hardly ever do the things that are right in your back yard? Well earlier this month I did something that I’ve been wanting to do forever: tour Mary Carol Garrity’s home. Mary Carol Garrity is the owner of the home decor store, Nell Hill’s. (I mentioned Nell Hill’s…

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An Oregon Garden in Pictures

Home Tours· House & Home August 31, 2013

My Aunt Janice is an amazing woman. She’s a talented artist, inspired decorator, an incredible gardener as you’ll soon see. She’a graciously allowed me to share her pictures of her Oregon garden here. As the summer heat has turned everything here in the midwest brown, I am loving looking at these lush pictures.

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