Springtime Highlights from Stories You May Have Missed!
How is it that April is a now just a memory, and March nearly forgotten? I wonder if you missed any of these springtime-ish stories?…
Which VIATERA Quartz Color is Your Fav?
As real life renovators, we’ve given love to more than a few homes since the eighties and collected expertise and opinions along the way. In…
All-Time Favorite Belgian Pearls Blog Retired, But We’ll Never …
Her elegant, understated, and timeless interiors have undeniably influenced our exposure to bespoke Belgian design (they have surely influenced mine!). Belgian Pearls Blog Retired revisits…
La Divine Comédie in Avignon Steps from the Palais …
It is Avignon Hôtel Particulier, also known as the luxurious La Divine Comédie. A revisit to this manse will awaken your senses with its energetic…
How in Bob’s Precious Pizza Pope Name Are Paint …
(Couldn’t help myself. A little tickled about a South Side of Chicago kid in the spotlight.) Are paint colors polarizing and truly contentious matters for…
Real Life Fantasy Interiors FOR NO GOOD REASON Now!
No, I’m not referring to artificial intelligence generated design renderings or nonexisting fanciful fantasy rooms that were once appreciated on my FB page and now…
White Roses & Words of Hope
I’m watching the landscape green right where I am. Those shades of green appear downright electric against pale skies after winter greys stretched so long.…
Hello Lovely Homes: Shopping Sources
Almost 20 years ago, we began designing the first home we built, and it has now been a decade since we left that French country…
Creator Spotlight: Curator Divine, Shannon Bowers’ MILIEU
Life can be awfully lifey, yes? When there is excess overwhelm from various realms of my modern life, it always feels comforting to return to…
Cool Toned White Paints to Sample
If you could use a little help finding the proper cool toned white paints to sample for walls, trim, or ceilings, this may help. So…
Peaceful Kitchen Refresh Ideas Now!
It happens to all of us busily living in modern culture, feeding families, and managing time as best we can. The kitchen becomes cluttered, and…
Enduring Appreciation for a Little Bistro Set
While my tendency is restraint when it comes to color and decorating (indoors AND out), look at nature! Thank goodness earth doesn’t hold back. (Although…
