Recently, my Chicago bud Michelle, and her mom Kay came to spend the night with me in Englewood, Florida. We had two full days of shopping and hunting for hidden gems at several of my favorite stomping grounds. First stop……FUNKY THRIFTY! As you can see, the girls left...
Over the summer, I had a skin reaction that made my face puffy and blotchy. I am pretty sure that I over-exfoliated while showering. Ouch! I went to my favorite Skin Guru, Will, at Bloomingdale’s. He immediately took one look and walked me over to his friend Cynthia, at the Sisley counter....
For the past twelve years, we have been making changes to our cabin. When we purchased it in 2001……well, it was rustic to say the least. The good news? It was on the water where the sun set every night. Sold! What’s not to love about that? Priceless. So we began the...
About ten years ago, Mark added a counter to our very small kitchen here at the cabin. What I loved about it was the space for his All Clad, and Le Creuset pots. They were bulky and heavy. I love our kitchen here (let’s call it cabin sweet), but it...
OK…..so now that I am semi retired…..I read magazines like REDBOOK, Women’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Women’s Health….I don’t even know when the transition was made, but suddenly I began receiving these magazines at my door. Such is life. I buy old decorating magazines at the Thrift Store now. Some are just...
Log cabin life can be interesting, and even an adventure when it comes to decorating and developing a style that will look fresh and current. For many years, our cabin was a getaway that if we were lucky, we made it 4 times over the summer. Now things are a...
Recently, I had the occasion to makeover a closet for a client, here in SW Florida. We chatted over the phone, set a date, and with my garment rack and a few supplies in tow, off I went to meet her. She was tall, slim, pretty, with a beautiful home,...
If you have ever been to Florida, you would know that storage, in general, is at a premium. No basements, and usually just one level. Now that I am retired, I need a place to call a “workshop.” So I thought, why not use what my Dad used here in...
Did you get one of those big beautiful armoires in the 90’s? I did, I admit it. It was so expensive but I bought it as an investment knowing that I would have it forever. But then along came flat screen TVs. My armoire was a big square box…….my...
I like to organize………no question. But after a full 2 days in the car with a trailer in tow filled with “stuff”……..and a cat, a litter box and a dog well, I was just in no mood to deal with the items you see in the pictures above. In just a...
