Not too long ago, I took a cake decorating class at Joanne’s Craft Store. One night while passing thru the store to get to the class room, I noticed the coolest looking sewing machine situated right along the aisle. It pretty much stopped me in my tracks. I asked the sales person about it, and she said it was a limited edition and would be
Shade tolerant & deer resistant plants
Hey garden lovers! Is it my imagination, or are deer everywhere lately? At our former house in NY, they had been known to come right up to our stoop, and we were NOT in a rural area. Unbelievable! At our cabin in Massachusetts, they’re regular vegomatics. Although I do have plenty of hosta there, I have to spray regularly. In White Plains, for whatever reason, they left
Anne Sloan Barn Red Dresser
Whooo Hoooo! I’m an Anne Sloan virgin NO MORE! Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the blogosphere, you know everyone has been shouting the virtues of Anne Sloan paint for quite some time. I finally had the opportunity to try this paint out for myself when I spotted this cute little dresser at a garage sale and snapped it up for $20. I
Before/After Photos of our Cabin
When I decided to do a before/after post, I had to go searching for the before pics and found them in a photo album that has those nasty plastic pages that cover the pictures which are so convenient, but not so great for the pictures. I didn’t care though…I figured the pictures were so ugly anyway, what’s a little deterioration or discoloration in the scheme
I should have taken pictures…
Lots and lots of pictures! I was never a big picture taker. Now, you’ll rarely see me without my camera. If I had taken pictures way back when, I would have been able to come up with some tutorials for the many, many projects I’ve done over the years. Here’s a very small sampling. These first two are stained glass panels about two and a
Hosta Lovin’ (A mini garden tour)
Let me say straight out of the gate I am NOT a gardener. I know very little about flowers, shrubs, perennials or even annuals. But I do know what I like, and I try to incorporate plants into my garden(s) that are indigenous to the area. I have found that if I do that and make sure that the plants are in decent soil, have the
Come cozy up to our piano bar
When we purchased our weekend cabin several years ago, the previous owners left behind an upright piano. After living with the space hogging, rather unattractive behomoth for several years, we decided to try and sell it. No luck. Then we just wanted to give it away. No luck with that either. We tried flyers, calling schools, you name it. No one wanted our piano, and she was
Bali – Beyond Eat, Pray, Love
I had the opportunity to visit Bali for a few days recently. I was visiting my daughter in Singapore, and decided to take advantage of the convenience of a two hour plane ride to one of the most beautiful places on earth. It’s difficult to talk about Bali without thinking of Melissa Gilbert’s book, Eat, Pray, Love, but there is so much more to Bali
A Tree That Will Never Die
The inspiration for this project came from a book by Katie Brown called ‘Weekends’. It was one of the first projects I did at our cabin back in 2006 and I was pleased with how easy and inexpensive it was, not to mention it has great impact. I’ve changed it up a bit, but overall it’s the same project as indicated in the book. The reasons
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