It seems quilting is showing up in surprising places from fabric to furniture to accessories to, yes, even shoes! I found quilted platform heels!The January/February Elle Decor showed a full page of various quilted objects including flatware, crystal and pillows. Hmm, since we now have pillow covers, perhaps that will be our next design.The new Continue Reading
Our Huge Designer Deal to Shop
We're starting the New Year off right with a huge designer deal for our January Sale. Our designer wallcoverings are seen in House Beautiful. Check out the Mary Douglas Drysdale Wallcovering collection for Casart Coverings before the sale is gone!-- Casart Crew Continue Reading
Come Along With Me
Having recently returned from a cruise to the Canary Islands from Barcelona with stops along the way at Malaga, Cadiz and Casablanca, I'd like to invite you to come along with me. This will be mostly pictures of the highlights. The Canary Islands (pronounced like Steinbeck's Cannery Row, not the yellow bird) belong to Spain and sit off the northwest coast of Continue Reading
A Second Spring
Albert Camus said, "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." True, Halloween is over, so is daylight savings time, but the first day of winter is more than a month away on December 22nd, so...I usually become invigorated with the onset of cooler weather and treat it like another spring. In the October 14 Parade, Nate Berkus says about offering Continue Reading
Pattern Cure
We are thinking of a pattern cure during this Happy Columbus Day! Discovering a new world can change the world. Thanks to Christopher Columbus, "America" as it as first called got her debut to the world. Now, with The Internet and modern technology, other cultures are fast becoming more globally connected and the world around us doesn't seem so far-reaching.You Continue Reading
