Some new furniture has come to live at our house. Simon’s mom is selling a house that was full of some crazy old furniture. Simon spotted this pair of green chairs. I wish they weren’t quite so dirty (and they are dirrrrrrty) because the color really floats my boat. But I can imagine them in […]

Friends, Allow me to impart my knowledge to you. This knowledge has been carefully retained from my experience, and  – yes, yes! – my mistakes. Allow me to save you from a similar fate. Or as my husband, in good spirits,  is happy to call it: “I told you so.” Back story: Last week when […]

When we went to LA, we checked out the Helms Bakery District, a former bread bakery that has now been converted into a really amazing home-decor outdoor shopping center. Touted as a modern design mecca, the complex was sparkling clean and had not only amazing home decor shops, but some hip restaurants, too.  It was […]

Ballard Designs seems to only be getting better with time. I’m really loving a lot of the things they come out with and their pricing is so reasonable. And of course, it only gets more reasonable when they have a big sale! I ordered a pair of drapes for our living room yesterday and there […]