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where julia shopped

One of the things on my to-do list when visiting Paris was to buy a copper sauce pot, either a useable antique one from the flea market or a new one from E. Dehillerin, the kitchen supply store that was Julia Child’s favorite. The copper at the flea market was mouthwateringly gorgeous, but it was way out of my price range. Most of the pots were in sets that were thousands of dollars and many of those needed to be re-tinned to be functional. Beautiful as they were, I decided to wait to purchase a new one. And I am so glad I did. I found the perfect copper pot… Shopping at E. Dehillerin was quite the experience, though! After a morning cruise on the Seine and a couple of hours at the Louvre, we walked over to E. Dehillerin, which was “just a short walk away”. Well, it

September 21, 2018 69 Comments

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the 1820’s silver dip pen

Well, I am in Paris and sitting on our balcony overlooking the Eiffel tower as I write this. There is just no way in the world I can write about all of the events of the past two days in one or two posts. I think that most of my writing will have to happen when I get home or on the airplane, so I’m not spending precious moments in Europe pecking away at a laptop. But, I do want to pop in here to share small stories and moments from my trip and then I’ll share the entire narrative (well, the parts that I deem interesting) to flesh out these little stories. Today, I am telling about the antique sterling silver dip pen I bought while at a flea market. We went to Marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen and were met there by a Paris Perfect tour guide. Eric

September 10, 2018 51 Comments

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but first…Europe

I recently had a Q&A session on my Instagram Stories and one question that was asked repeatedly was about furniture makeovers. (I will be answering some of the other questions in a blog post soon.) Will I do furniture makeovers again? Will I sell furniture again? Will I sell at shows again? The short answer to that is yes. The long answer is that I was burnt out and I needed a break from retail and the volume of furniture I was churning through my studio. My back needed a break. My creative brain needed a break. And I needed time to move my family across the country, get settled, work on our new house, and explore other creative endeavors, like fabric design and oil painting. Now that I’ve taken that break, I’m ready to start buying some furniture and painting it to sell. I think my shopping day at Gold

September 8, 2018 28 Comments

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apple tart recipe review – fall desserts

My mom and I leave for Paris on Saturday and I have been a bit of a crazy person the past few days. I’m pretty set when it comes to packing my suitcase, but it’s the backpack/purse I’m going to be carrying with me daily that has been causing all of the angst and I started to second-guess my plan. In a nutshell, I ended up buying two anti-theft bags and one was too small and one was the right size, but very uncomfortable. I’m returning both of them and sticking with my original plan! Does anyone else turn into a maniac and change your mind a million times before packing for a big trip?! I can’t wait until I’m all packed and out the door. I feel like then I can settle in and just be excited. Anyway, I decided I would try a French recipe before we leave,

September 7, 2018 No Comments

a slice of life

apple tart recipe review

September 6, 2018 37 Comments

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back to school deep cleaning

Now that our fall schedule is under way, I really needed to dust off my day planner and start making some lists of things I dropped at the beginning of the summer and was ready to pick back up again, so I worked on that some last week. I scheduled meetings and cleaned out my inbox and took care of some paperwork. It felt good to be sitting at my desk again, ready to dig into ideas and opportunities. But before I could really get going, I needed to do some serious cleaning. My fellow neatniks will understand that it’s really hard to get focused work done when the state of your home is below your cleanliness tolerance level. Those who get it, get it. Those who don’t, think we are a little crazy. Maybe we are. But, we will be crazy in a clean house, thank you very much.

September 5, 2018 34 Comments

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Europe shopping list

I already know, before I even set foot off the plane, that all of the offerings in France and Italy will be overwhelming. There will be so many yummy, tempting European goods to buy that I feel like I need to have some sort of a plan, so my head and suitcase don’t explode. I’ve learned that it helps to go into intensely exciting shopping situations with a list, even if it’s just a rough one, so that I can focus. I still might feel all over the place, but I have a piece of paper I can reference to help me take a deep breath and reign in the exhilaration. These are the things that are on my list… copper & kitchen gear I do have a lot of beautiful copper and great kitchen gear and some of it is even from France (and that big copper bunt pan

September 3, 2018 91 Comments

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antique german wardrobe

Before I share the wardrobe, I have to confess that I have been completely distracted by my obsession with my upcoming trip to France and Italy. I very rarely use the word obsessed about anything, but it’s true. I have been engrossed, consumed, and beset with all things having to do with this trip. It’s where my daydreams drift and what I’m reading about and the topic of my phone calls and what I’m thinking about when I’m shopping or cooking or painting. The future beyond the trip is just a small blip on my radar right now. Everything else is about creative workshops in Barga and leather shopping in Florence and museums in Paris. So, you have to just give me some latitude… I do have something non-trip related to share today, though. Remember the antique German wardrobe I found at Gold Rush a couple of weeks ago? Well,

August 31, 2018 53 Comments

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the 1820’s silver dip pen

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apple tart recipe review – fall desserts

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antique german wardrobe

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