Before my birthday bash, I went shopping at Crate & Barrel for some “necessities.” Here’s a sampling! Zazz candleholders: I love their Raya Collection, and bought two pitchers and the condiment dishes: I also bought some new dishtowels, the Petula Blue-Green Dishtowels (x 2 sets!): Thanks to Crate and Barrel for all photos except the [...]
Several weeks ago, we finished painting our downstairs. Living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen/sunroom, kitchen, and powder room are all finished! (Well, not the decor, but at least the painting’s done!) Here are some shots! The living room color and fireplace: Dining room accent wall (Same color used on half-walls in dining room): You can [...]
Sorry for the delay between posts–I was traveling for work last week, and did a lot of eating, but not much cooking or reading or decorating while I was gone. This week is just as busy, just less traveling. This week, we’ve been contemplating (more heavily than usual) the colors we’ll be painting our downstairs. [...]
A few weeks ago, I posted about our new bedding here. Since then, we’ve been able to sleep under the new bedding for a few days, and we LOVE IT! The jersey sheets are fabulous–soft, comfortable, and cozy. They look great with the new duvet cover, which is also light and comfortable. It’s noticeably lighter [...]
Today turned out to be a great day in bedding-world! I have been lusting after this Raymond Waites duvet cover since we put our wedding registries together about three years ago, and I decided that today was going to be the day we bought it! I ended up buying the duvet cover, two accent pillows [...]
Welcome to my blog! This will chronicle my adventures through a few projects–including: Reading and processing The Complete Works of Shakespeare; Reading and baking my way through Mastering the Art and Craft of Baking and Pastry, Published by the Culinary Institute of America; and Other books and cooking adventures in my life. There may be [...]
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