My Potting Shed

By |2019-05-29T17:24:39+00:00January 26th, 2019|Antique Pottery, Design Projects, Garden Ornaments, Houseplants, Instagram, Our Garden, Our Home, Topiary, Winter|

A warm greeting on this January day!I hope you are enjoying a wonderful start to 2019. I have settled into a routine of working from my design studio at home. I do love my new flexible schedule, and uniform of cozy flannel plus fuzzy slippers (on days that I'm not [...]

Summer House Tour

By |2019-05-29T17:18:55+00:00June 13th, 2017|Flowers, Instagram, Kitchens, Mora Clocks, Our Home|

Hello, there - Remember me? It's been too long! Tom and I are 95% finished with our renovation here in Maryland. We're almost done in Maine, too. The pace of the last ten months has been fast and furious. Let's back up to September 2016. We sold our historic house [...]

Christmas at our Home

By |2019-05-29T17:18:54+00:00December 15th, 2016|Christmas, Instagram, Mantels, Mercury Glass, Our Home, Pillows, Swedish Antiques|

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....everywhere you go! From Maine to Maryland, we love this festive time of year.Tom and I are back from Maine, and we're thrilled to be spending the holidays in our Tudor. And we just finished adding seasonal decor to our home, so please [...]

Arrangements in White

By |2019-05-29T17:18:51+00:00April 10th, 2016|Featured Designers, Flowers, Instagram, Our Shop, Spring, White Ironstone|

Is there a prettier season than spring? Just walk outside and behold: all of nature is in BLOOM! So grab your clippers and bring a few branches, blooms and buds to enjoy inside. Even in the simplest vase, it's sure to cheer up any room. Speaking of vases, I recently [...]

November Greetings

By |2019-05-29T17:18:48+00:00November 18th, 2015|Autumn, Brown and White Transferware, Christmas, Design Projects, Instagram, Our Shop, Swedish Antiques|

Well, it's been a while! Great to be back on the blog. All good here, just lots going on.To start, we recently received a packed 40-foot container at the shop. That's twice the amount of antique goodies we normally bring over from Europe. And, that's twice the amount of dusting! [...]

Martha, Mary and More

By |2019-05-29T17:18:43+00:00April 8th, 2015|Flowers, Instagram, Our Home, Our Shop, Swedish Antiques, Travels|

Tom and I have had a bit of excitement at the house. Our home and collections were photographed for Martha Stewart Living. Yes, indeed! Hence my absence from the blog - we were busy cleaning, scrubbing, waxing, and polishing everything. Just for Martha :) I want to thank photographer Helen [...]

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