Hi friends. Sorry to have neglected this place for so long. Spring comes with so many distractions, doesn’t it? So this post will have no real theme, and a lot of less than ideal iphone pictures, but I wanted to check in and let you know what I’ve been up to. Earlier this month I traveled to Florida […]
A Romantic House and Garden Tour
April 9, 2016 Filed Under: Home Tours, House & Home, Kansas City
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 […]
Vintage Jars and Spring Blooms
March 31, 2016 Filed Under: House & Home, Seasons and Holidays, Secondhand Finds
A few years back I picked up some vintage dairy jars at an estate sale. Since that time I have pulled those jars out a number of times to hold flowers or silverware, and I always enjoy them. So when I ran across this small, vintage honey jar at an antique mall recently I happily added it to the […]
Spring Colors and Weekend Links
March 18, 2016 Filed Under: Favorite Things, House & Home, Links I Love, Seasons and Holidays
I’ve been craving color lately, so I added a little to the family room to welcome spring. Blue and white always works, so I added this Delft lidded jar, which was an estate sale find, to the mantel in the family room. And when the forsythia started blooming, I clipped some branches to add next […]
Artwork Finds
February 10, 2016 Filed Under: Artwork, House & Home, Secondhand Finds
Last month I picked up a framed, vintage English poster at an estate sale. Artwork like this is why I continue to go to estate sales and walk the aisles of antique malls. You never know when you’re going to happen on something unique for your home. This piece appealed to me because I’m a sucker […]
Vintage Soup Spoons and Two Favorite Soup Recipes
January 14, 2016 Filed Under: Food & Celebrations, House & Home, Recipes, Secondhand Finds
Several years ago I pinned a picture of some vintage soup spoons, the kind with round bowls (I think these are sometimes called gumbo spoons), on Pinterest. I loved the round shape of them…a shape you don’t see much of anymore. I made a mental note to look for some of these spoons in my antique booth […]
Happy New Year
January 5, 2016 Filed Under: Holidays, House & Home, Seasons and Holidays
I hope you all had a wonderful New Year. Our celebration was quiet. Very quiet. As in we stayed home and watched football and neither of us made it to midnight. We did have a New Year’s Eve lunch at a favorite restaurant, where I couldn’t help but sneak a pic of their gorgeous dome. My […]
Christmas at Our House
December 14, 2015 Filed Under: Around the House, House & Home, Seasons and Holidays
I finally got around to taking some pictures of our house at Christmas this year on this, the gloomiest of days. If you were a reader of the blog last year at this time, these pictures will look very familiar as I decorated much the same. But I promise they are all new pictures. One […]
White Holiday Flowers
December 2, 2015 Filed Under: Holidays, House & Home, Seasons and Holidays
Confession: I haven’t done a bit of Christmas decorating yet. I only got all the Fall/Thanksgiving things put away last night. And technically this post is about Thanksgiving flowers, but I’m calling them holiday flowers to make myself feel better. White flowers are my favorite, so when I was buying flowers for our Thanksgiving table I decided […]
Pin ItAround the House and Some Links I’m Loving
November 13, 2015 Filed Under: Around the House, Favorite Things, House & Home, Links I Love
In September my dad was in KC for some business and a golf tournament and my mom sent with him some fabric she had that she knew I liked. I was ready to change out my kitchen cafe curtains, so I took the fabric back to Florida with me when we visited earlier this month and […]
