The Blue Giraffe

As soon as I earned my first paycheck, I started to buy clothes in green and purple. In hindsight, I think it was a reaction to wearing a...

Did you know that my birthday is almost the same day as Martha Stewart’s? Hmmm….maybe that is why I label everything in my freezer, and...

I was wiping the spider web off the front door again today, when I thought about how much that first impression counts. I’m not talking...

I never had Egg Cups in my house until I had my daughter. To me, soft boiled eggs were a memory from childhood, and definitely not part...

Doesn’t everybody want a Tree House at some point in their lives? I’m not talking about one of those fancy, I’m-in-a-tree-but-I-really-am...

If you ask any decorator what they find difficult to work around, most of them will say it is the television (and La-Z-Boy recliners, but...

Do you sit down quietly to get dressed, or do you rush around the room, trying to wiggle into whatever looks clean, before you pound down...

One of my favorite rooms to redo, is one for a teen. I love finding out what they want, and what is really important to them. Their...

We sometimes wonder if we don’t have any, or where we can get it, but really, your style is who you are. It’s that person sitting in...

If I had lovely feet, I would display my even more lovely shoes in a glass cabinet! Actually, even with my average feet, I would be very...

When I was little, all the cookies and cakes were divided into two categories – plain and fancy. The plain were for the everyday kind of...

I know lots of people who are moving house at the moment. Whether they are moving for work, or changing towns to be nearer to family, it...

Sometimes, it’s good to go back to the basics… I find, that when I organize the everyday things, it makes the rest of my life so much...

Years ago, we had a St Patrick’s Day party. Up until then, our parties had always been built around plastic; it was easy to buy,...

Growing up, we all had bookshelves…with books on them. That was what they were for; a practical way to keep books from sitting in a...

Most of the creative people I know think they are perfectionists, but are actually not perfect at all; attention to detail is there,...

I don’t understand why we have ugly lampshades in this world. Does it really cost more to make a nice one? Considering many homes don’t...

There are some things that I never imagined would happen in my life, and one of them, was that I would share our home with a one-eyed,...

I have a Ficus tree in my Living Room. I bought it a long time ago; unbraided the funky stems, repotted it, and it grows a little every...

If you Google Decorating Mistakes, you will get dozens of posts on what not to do; design rules, do’s and don’ts, and lots of ideas on...