Category Archives: Decorating
← Older posts Newer posts →Ten Ways to Naturally Combat Dry Winter Air.
February 5, 2014What is it about the word MOIST that offends our delicate senses? Certainly you agree that many things in life are preferable when moist. Chocolate cake, Thanksgiving turkey, our eyeballs, the rainforest, Ryan Gosling. So why … Continue reading
Posted in Decorating, DIY Projects, Life Tagged adding moisture to your home, cloves, combatting dry winter air, dry air, moist, moisture, plants, stove top simmerTen Years!
January 14, 2014Winter of 2004 – Just after I got the keys to my house. Ten years ago I bought this house. I was 25 , and although Mike D and I were dating, we had no immediate plans to … Continue reading
Posted in Decorating, DIY Projects, Life, Vintage Tagged 1980's, decorating, dusty rose carpet, home, homeownership, house, ten years, wood paneling2013 in Review.
December 31, 2013Image from 200 Cigarettes Well friends, it’s been quite a year. 2013 was good to me. I traveled to Europe, I spent time in the sun, I shot hundreds of Polaroids, I wandered all over this city that … Continue reading
Posted in Decorating, DIY Projects, Life, Photography, Vintage, Wanderlust Tagged 2013, happy new year, retrospective, thanksChristmas Happenings are Afoot.
December 10, 2013And all of a sudden, it’s December. The magic of Christmas has crept in. The house is filled with the smell of vanilla & pine, A Charlie Brown Christmas is on heavy rotation, and the halls have … Continue reading
Posted in Decorating, Life, Vintage Tagged christmas, decorations, john watersVintage Finds and the Woeful Ennui of a 1930’s Homemaker.
December 5, 2013If you know me, and I think you do, you are aware that I’m often popping in to estate sales, thrift stores, and fleamarkets, searching for treasures and a ruddy bargain or two. It’s my strange addiction. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Decorating, Vintage Tagged chauvinism, gender roles, good housekeeping, oddfellows, saltillo, sexism, spaghetti poodle, thrift store, thrifting, vintage, vogue vintage← Older posts Newer posts →