isle of palms | part one | the house & the beach
This trip was supposed to happen last year in celebration of my parent’s wedding anniversary. I remember in February of 2020, when I spent a few days with Shaunna at her parent’s condo in Florida, thinking how much I was looking forward to a week at the beach that summer. I wouldn’t call myself a […]
easing into hosting again
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by . As always, all words and opinions are honest and my own. One of the things I’ve enjoyed in recent weeks is getting together with friends and family again! We were able to have dinner with some friends on our trip to PA and we had a small get-together […]
some of my favorite frames for art
In recent weeks and months, I’ve been asked a few times about framing original art, so I thought I would share some of my favorite frames in a blog post. Let me kick this off by saying I don’t think there is a “wrong way” to frame art. A frame becomes a part of the […]
little bits from ponder & purchase
The Kitchin Sketchbooks I bought from Julia of have proven to be just the beginning. Since the two of us first started talking about the sketchbooks, a friendship has been formed over our appreciation of history and a mutual love of antiques. When Julia shipped out the box of sketchbooks to me, she said she […]
my favorite period drama miniseries | part 2
I wrote a blog post about my favorite period dramas miniseries a few years ago and it was such a popular post that it was worth adding to the list. Period drama miniseries are my absolute favorites, especially the ones based on Jane Austen and Charles Dickens novels. I will give any of them a […]
collections | civil war era flatware
When I was asking for blog post/theme suggestions back in March, one of my readers suggested sharing some of my collections. I have done that in the past, posting about ironstone and other things that catch my eye, but it’s been a while since I wrote a post specifically sharing about one of my collections […]
getting out of a creative slump
If you drew out the first five years of my business on a graph, it would show a pretty consistent line that started at the bottom lefthand corner of the page and disappeared off the top right corner. There was so much new, so much growth, and there really was nowhere to go but up. […]
family room makeover | plans & inspiration
Well, it’s time! This summer is the summer I’m going to start working on the basement family room. Well, we’re going to do some work on all the basement, including the playroom and the bathroom. I’m also going to get the storage areas truly purged and organized. I’ve organized them and tidied up, but I […]