The Blue Giraffe

I don’t read as much as I should (or that I think I should) and I am more inclined to curl up with a magazine or cookery book on a Sunday...

There is still time to sign up for our last design class of the season.  If you have any questions, just ask, and if you would like to...

The Perfect Lemonade 3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute) 1 cup lemon juice 1 cup water (for the simple syrup) 1 cup sugar (can reduce to...

We are a culture of excess, and while I can’t explain my obsession with vintage silverware (does anyone else sit and lovingly clean their...

My very first design conference had me almost in tears with the amount of talent that could fill a room, but from the moment I sat down...

Even though it is cold and rainy outside, I am optimistically determined to get my clothes ready for Spring. With a closet that is...

Today was “take your child to work day”, and as part of the deal, I dragged my daughter around a furniture store looking for items for...

I can’t take credit for the title of this blog; I read it somewhere recently, and I think my heart actually skipped a beat because I knew...

Lots of people I meet have a hatred for the mail; it’s shoved in drawers, overflowing from plastic bags, or abandoned in boxes for days...

Anyone who knows me, knows that I have a slight crush on Nigella Lawson; her cooking style is really similar to mine, and while I will...

Just when you thought that you had read everything you could about clutter, along comes another kind ….. invisible clutter. So, now, as...

I feel sad for rooms that are left alone and unused. It’s funny, often the largest of rooms are the most neglected; initially praised for...

The other day I went to visit someone, and I knocked the end cap off their gate. Because I didn’t know them very well, and it was in the...

Did you know that the Playboy Mansion (above) is up for sale? $200 million is the asking price, with the extremely odd caveat that Hugh...

They estimate that 1 in 10 Americans own a storage locker, and that at least 2 out of every 10 lockers will become abandoned and...

Y’know when you just have a good feeling about a place? It’s that inexplicable thing that is there, that you want, but can’t quite see....

Beginning in March, I will be lucky enough to be teaching more design classes at the Roxbury High School, in Succasunna, New Jersey. The...

Pie is a happy word. Isn’t it funny; I actually prefer to eat cake, but the word pie makes me happier to say than the word cake. I find...

Remember when our dad’s could fix almost anything with a roll of duct tape and some chewing gum? I think some of them still can, but now...

Removing Christmas from my house requires a lot of loud music, comfy clothes, and perhaps the occasional glass of wine. While I love my...