I am blown away at all of the links for the Copy Me challenge!  All of the ones I’ve looked at are ah-ma-zing!  You are all sharing projects inspired by me and my style and I’ve had a rather odd and unexpected reaction to looking at your wonderful vignettes, rooms, furniture and projects.  Let me explain.  My house has become a casualty of my business.  You are all creating beautiful corners in your homes and I’m picking mine apart.  Plucking things to sell, rearranging things for photo shoots, and storing things for “when I finally get around to that room.”  My business takes priority over my house. I take great care to set up a room or part of a room or a vignette for photos… …and then I take it all down. I make pieces I fall in love with…  …and then I have to let them go. Between all of

Mitzi left this comment today: “Marian, I think a lot of your readers, including me, would like to know how long it takes you to upholster a chair, such as the one in this post. I have a feeling you work very fast. I fear that if I attempt real upholstering on a real piece of furniture, it would take me a couple months to complete!” Yes.  I work fast and efficient, which sounds great, but it has some down sides.  You see, I suffer from SDAS (Short Design Attention Span.)  I get bored and impatient if something takes me too long to finish.  I will never in my life make a quilt or a cross stitch sampler or anything that is a lengthy labor of love.  I will only make things that can be whipped out in a few hours.  Maybe something that spans a few days, but that’s

You know those two voices on your shoulder? Yeah…they’re whispering to me. About my corner cabinets in my dining room. Sorry for the picture.  My old 28-80mm lens finally totally crapped out and won’t focus on anything at all, so I’m having to share an old picture where the cabinets are cut off.  My new lenses are arriving tomorrow.  Hallelujah!! Back to the cabinets.  One voice tells me, “They’re beautiful wood.  There’s not a scratch on them.  You would regret painting them.  There are people who might even pass out if you painted pieces that were that nice.”  The other tells me, “You love painted furniture.  A soft chippy white and gray finish with blue interiors would look amazing.  It would make these pieces custom and extraordinary.  Just look at the piece in this dining room…” Country Living – Lauren Ross The reply, “Yeah, but you may regret it and