Fall Feels in My Home & Heart
Wherever this finds you, I hope the season is unfolding gently. If it isn’t, at least you are in good company, and my hope is…
Repose Gray (Sherwin-Williams) Vs. Pavilion Gray (F&B)
If you remain on the lookout for just right, elegant, dreamy silvery grey paint colors, you may fall for Sherwin-Williams Repose Gray or Farrow &…
Is a “Dream House” Actually a Longing for Certainty?
I’m drawing you into my inner sanctum as I dig deeper into the inquiry. How much of the home improvement and pleasant daydreaming about our…
Unapologetic Devotion to the Serenity of Pale Interiors
It’s chaotic out there; come on inside our home. We haven’t always lived within the serenity of pale interiors with a rainbow of whites at…
Housework & Soul-keeping
Just when I thought the season was beginning to change here in Northern Illinois? *record scratch* Nope. Downright tropical and oppressive heat descended on the…
Easy DIY for a Timeless Natural Accent
Many of us have one room at home that needs a lil’ somethin. If you’re a terminally slow decorator like moi, the remedy may stretch…
Mixing High With Low is More Than Just Sensible
Mixing high with low at home is anything but new, yet my own persistent frugality could surprise some. My parents were devoted to lives of…
The Shrink is In: Spare Interiors & Implications
It’s a topic I seem to routinely address here and on social channels, yet it is rarely explored too deeply. This is curious considering my…
House Whispering
When you have moved around as much as I have, after six decades, you learn lessons from simply experiencing an eclectic range of interiors. In…
Visit My Serene Modern French Summer Kitchen
Color me a believer in unfussy lightened up traditional style that defies trends. It’s more about timelessness than purely traditional…an evolving look that isn’t perfectly…
Favorite Timeless & Tranquil Bedroom Details
Hardly one for seasonal “refreshes,” I don’t often tire of timeless design elements I have taken the time to curate. It’s why I’m shy about…
When Grace Meets You Right Where You Are
This will be a little health, wellness, and soul check-in from a spirit of unknowing. I still don’t know if my suffering is progressive Crohn’s…
