I am so excited that furniture is showing up at my house! There was an awful lot of thought that went into how to choose a dining table for the new place. The first table I needed is a table for our tavern room. This will be where the family gathers to share meals.Size is perhaps…
When we moved into our new home we had this huge problem. It was a big dark wood fireplace mantel with paneling and trim that went all the way up to the ceiling. Yes, all the way up to the 11 foot ceiling. It was TOO. MUCH. BROWN. We couldn’t even begin to decide what color…
When we first married 35 years ago we lived in a small apartment and I didn’t have a very strong opinion about our interior design. My husband felt strongly that he wanted a blue interior, so we went with blue. the only problem was, he sort of “blued” me to death. Blue wallpaper, blue sofa,…
Come on inside my new home, but don’t get too excited, this is the “before” tour! This house was built in 1998 and has been home to two other families. My hubby and I absolutely LOVE our new home. That doesn’t mean it is totally perfect and there is nothing to do, there is A…
I hadn’t really thought much about homes that are still around from the Civil War era – nor about the positives and negatives of them until I came across an article in The Wall Street Journal. One gentleman who owns such a home and knows that slaves were kept on the property admits that the home “has…