Sweaters, she said . Sweaters! Oh gawd--it'll be like ripping off the band aid, I promised myself--quick, ruthless, still painful. ...

For years, I resisted "styling" my bookshelves. It seems a particularly precocious thing to do. Shelves are for books--or ga...

In some ways: so much changed! In others, not so much. Makeovers inside the house tend to be decorative in nature, low budget and somewha...

On this very day, eight years ago, I started this blog. There are more than a thousand published posts. I started it to record my partic...

As you know, I stalled out during the makeover of my dining room/study during the One Room Challenge last spring. One of the (many) reasons...

The Fall is like a fresh start, isn't it? It's like the New Year for me--full of beginnings and promise. It is certainly a sea...

This was supposed to have been a picture from my trip to Vancouver. But it was cancelled . A couple of days spent planning at my desk is ...