I love staging a party. And I love staging an hor d’oeuvres table. Rather than serving lunch or dinner, schedule your party for a time that assumes lunch or dinner has already been eaten. Then you are free to choose an assortment of prepackaged frozen...
Coffee tables. You gotta love them. They only became popular in the early 1900’s – before that, your only option to put down a drink was a petite tea table. Now we have lots of options for what sits in front of our sofas, and lots of options to...
I have a few pieces of green depression glass that belonged to my grandmother. I keep them in a cupboard in my dining room. I saw an episode of Cash in the Attic last week where a couple sold their depression glass for over $1000. They had a whole lot more of it...
This is a picture of how my bedroom looked when we moved into this house 8 years ago. Dark green walls, very bad floral border, ceiling fan. Oh my. The first thing we had to do was strip down that border, which was apparently put up with superglue. We had an...
I love to come up with interesting ways to use everyday items in decorating. Yes, I have even been known to go through my children’s toy box for styling ideas. Who doesn’t have a game of Scrabble somewhere in their home? Scrabble tiles are a great way...
