Elsie de Wolfe is a Great Lady Decorator. Update: Read our Design History Guide page for further cross references. 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 Continue Reading
Now What?
I'm asking myself, now what? We recently moved and I'm just now finding things even though boxes were labeled. I stumbled across a rather large piece of glass that was originally affixed to the top of a wine crate used as a side table. The wine crate has since turned into our one and only toy bin for the children. Now what to do with the toys? If the toy doesn't 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
Nursery Basics
Nursery Basics This Time Round Baby number three is due in a few months and this time around I'm definitely doing things differently. Usually Mom's go all out crazy with nursery decor with the first child and by the time the third or fourth arrives they're lucky to get a crib to sleep in instead of a drawer. Keep the decor simple and pretty neutral so there isn't Continue Reading
