The other day, as the "mitigation" crew was walking off with the walls of our basement , and the plumber was installing the second...

What a day! The flood did a lot more damage than we originally thought. We had many demolition men walking off with the walls of our baseme...

As we returned Christmas weekend to a smokey-smelling house, we realized that the entire basement was under a foot of water. No heat, no hot...

I just wanted to wish all of you a wonderful Christmas! I've been somewhat struggling lately to keep up with this blog...and my life! My...

I saw this chic powder room in the latest edition of Elle Decor . I think it's so stylish, but at the same time, I'm a little iffy o...

I love looking at photos of lovely gift wrapped packages, and ornately decorated houses for the holidays. For some lovely photos, you can cl...

As I've mentioned before , I've been trying to come up with a solution to deal with all the shoes and jackets (and hats, and mittens...

Thanks to all of you who participated in my first giveaways! The lucky winners are: Nikki of: Lovely Scribbles (a fun design blog...check i...

Hi Everyone, Today's Holiday giveaway is this fun Night Before Christmas Shadow book that I designed. The illustrations are printed on a...

Merry Christmas friends, and Happy Holidays!   To celebrate the season, I'd like to give one of you this super fun Merry Christmas Scrat...

Somehow in our frenzy to buy a Christmas tree before naptime, we forgot to get a wreath. Personally, I think it's quite an accomplishmen...

Now that I am a mother of a little boy (who seems to like pink), I'm wondering why and how the color got to be associated with little gi...

Now that all the great home decorating magazines have (so sadly) been folding, I think these books would be great sources of inspiration. An...

And thanks to all my readers for stopping by...I love the sweet comments and kind words of encouragement. I hope you all have a great Thanks...

Nothing like a new box of crayons, right? Well, I'm being lured in by tv commercials for the really, REALLY, cool looking "color me...