Inspiring ideas for the handmade home.
— Download Outside, Inside as PDF –Part of my renovation includes editing my furniture and collections. Replacing old pieces with different ones that will fit the space better and not having quite as many antique small wares. To that end, I had a tag sale. As usual, I tapped my good friend Vince Maggio, merchandiser […]
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— Download Utter Simplicity as PDF –Hello Old Friends, It has been a while! I have moved out of my house for the renovation and am firmly ensconced in my new digs, although I am not fully settled in. More about that in another post. For now, I am posting something I should have posted […]
[Continue reading...]Folks, A quick update. My website has been experiencing some technical difficulties. I will resume posting once they are resolved. Loads to post about. It should be fixed within the next week or so. Thank you for your patience. 🙂 Always, Cindy
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Folks…I have been remiss in posting lately. Life is very busy right now and now that I have (finally) chosen a contractor for my renovation, the next month will be off the charts busy between closing, packing, storing and finally, a tag sale to get rid of many things I don’t want or won’t have […]
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Folks, my posting has been pretty spotty lately. It’s mostly because I have packed up a lot of my DIY tools and supplies in anticipation of my upcoming renovation. To that end, we have a ta-dah moment. We have two things: The Look and The Plans. The Plans are completed and embedded below. My […]
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Spring can’t get here soon enough. This weekend, Saturday was a lovely 78 degrees and the next day, Sunday it didn’t get above freezing. Since hunkering down and staying in was the best option, I refreshed some of my interior vignettes. If you look closely, you will see a number of antiques and vintage […]
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My renovation has got me thinking I want to change the entrance to my home. Right now, I have two French doors for my front entrance and I think I would like to have a single door point of entry. I intend to set the tone with the curb view of my house. My dream […]
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2014 promises to be very busy for me. I nervously take the steps towards my home renovation by meeting with architects next week. The vision is easy and of my bones. After living in this house almost 11 years, I know it intimately and understand the way I live within these walls. I am the […]
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I have become quite keen on a new cooking show on Food Network, Farmhouse Rules. Basically, anything with the word Farmhouse always catches my attention. In one episode, they made cocktails using a mason jar cocktail shaker. I was hooked…I had to have it. A little mining the internet and voila. I found the website: http://www.masonshaker.com/ […]
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I stumbled on a lovely little show on the cooking channel, hosted by Rachel Khoo. She lives in a little (and I mean little) Parisian flat and hosts a cooking show from her kitchen which is literally the span of her arm’s length deep and wide. I would imagine that out of necessity, she would […]
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