The Blue Giraffe

When I moved into my house, over twenty years ago, there was a lot of tiny floral wallpaper (and contact paper – remember that?) all over...

Do you remember the romance of travel? Exciting days spent planning a trip, deciding what to wear, and knowing that you would be well...

Time and time again, I let my home fill up with too many things. I always begin with a large piece, admiring how it looks, alone and...

My laundry is in the basement. It’s filled with cold concrete, and at night we get those horrible cave crickets; their beady eyes...

I was passing a paving place (is that what you call them?) today, and right in the front they had a sign saying “Take Me Home”, above a...

As many of you know, I taught some Design Classes through the Roxbury Community School in February. We had so much fun, that we have...

It began as a Tea Table (“… used for serving hot drinks or putting down one’s cup between sips”). It sounds so fancy, and really did...

I love to watch a show called “Home By Novogratz”. With seven children, and a busy Interior Design company, it piqued my interest from...

There is a paper clip on my floor, by the red cabinet. It has been there for over a week. It was there before I vacuumed, and it was...

As a mom who has spent way too much time baking these last few months, I often find myself piling homemade cookies into a glass jar....

One thing I get asked all the time is, “What color should I use on my walls?” This is often followed by, “Well, I want a color, but….”....

I love this photograph. Have to admit, I know nothing about horses, but I do know that the composition is simply beautiful (good grief, I...

Truth is, I would rather look at snow, than gray dirt and brittle trees, but what drives me crazy is the eternal pile of boots and coats...

Years ago, I asked a friend for a phone number, and she immediately opened her kitchen cupboard. Inside, was what appeared, to me, to be...

Number 59 was my favorite kitchen ever. In the back of a quirky Victorian home in London, it fed every part of my creative being (I just...

Years ago, I fell in love with someone else’s bedroom; the furniture, the simplicity, and the color on the walls were absolutely...

Until last week, when I received notifications that there were some new subscribers. Grateful, of  course, that my work was being read,...

Click here to read our January newsletter Photograph from the UK daily mail (originally Tiffany Mumford) For more by Wendy and the Blue...

Well, I finally took down my Christmas Tree, and a small part of me was glad to see the house back to normal. For most people, normal...

and a HAPPY, comfortable, peaceful HOME for 2014. (Words and drawings borrowed, with admiration, from Neil Gaiman) HAPPY NEW YEAR...