Why We Gravitate to Mod Op-Art Style You may have heard that gray is the new beige, well that's not gonna work for people who like color.After visiting the Art by the Yard exhibit at the Textile Museum, which I'll write about in a subsequent post, I realized when I opened my Elle Decor this month that their feature on the Op Art (optical - psychedelic design) Continue Reading
Revisiting Some of the Great Lady Decorators – Part One
Elsie de Wolfe is a Great Lady Decorator. I'm reading a wonderful book, The Great Lady Decorators, The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955, by Adam Lewis. There are a dozen, but don't worry, I'm only going to cover a few and not all in one post!Elsie de Wolfe was the first professional interior designer in America. Until Elsie came on the scene, well Continue Reading
Labor Day Rules
Not Labor Day rules as in something to follow by the rules but as in it's awesome, as well as referring to weird rules about not wearing white. I never understood this myself so I had fun doing a little research for this post. Labor Day Rules about Wearing White According to WiseGeek and Fletch (AskYahoo.com), the "it is not appropriate to wear white after Labor Continue Reading
Inspiration For Your Grand Baby
Play on last post's Baby Grand with Grand Baby Great minds, they say think alike. I don't know about great minds, but mothers and daughters often think alike. Lindsey just did a post on nurseries Wednesday so this will be a second look at the same subject from a different perspective. Last Wednesday her post was titled Inspiration For Your Baby Grand so mine is a Continue Reading







