by Marian Parsons | Jan 14, 2016 | a slice of life, Balance, my business story, Running a Business
Sunday night, I was conflicted. We had just flown in from our trip to the Vintage Whites Market. I had been “working” all weekend and I really wanted (and needed) to just spend Monday at home…cleaning, hitting the grocery store, unpacking, etc....
by Marian Parsons | Nov 6, 2015 | All Things Home, Decorating, decorating dilemmas
A few weeks ago, I received a question from Jan and figured I would answer it in a post. Especially since I’ve learned a lot about this over the past few years. “I have a question….picture me waving my hand in the air…..oh oh Miss Marian!!!!...
by Marian Parsons | Nov 5, 2015 | a slice of life, All Things Home, Antiques, Favorite Finds, Style
A few weeks ago, I received an invitation to “breakfast at Ballards” a celebration of the opening of the new Ballard Designs store in the King of Prussia mall near Philly. Usually, invitations like this are too far for me to travel, but this one was just...
by Marian Parsons | Oct 12, 2015 | All Things Home, Decorating, Gardening, My House
This was the first year I gave gardening a good effort. I started strong and I stuck with it. And I learned a lot along the way about what worked, what didn’t and what I could do better next season. First off, I’ve learned to move plants around to find...
by Marian Parsons | Sep 29, 2015 | All Things Home, Decorating
Dear Reader, Have you ever had a moment when you look around your current place of residence, make a mental list of things you’d like to do, things that would make you really love the space, and then you resign and decide to just wait for the next house? You...