For the love of......cloches!

I recently began using cloches around my home to enhance and highlight favorite objects on shelves and tables. They add a great "finished" look to your favorite collections - especially seasonal items that so many of us use for holidays decorating. I received the new Williams Sonoma catalog this week and instantly fell for these cloches above with the nests in them - perfect for a spring tabletop!I...

Happy Spring

May the sun be shining, the birds chirping and flowers budding at your cottage.Sincere...

Feathering Your Nest - It's a Tough Job but Somebody has to do it!

Thought I would share some of my adventures in decorating this week. Feeling inspired by all the great spring images in recent blog posts and the warm temps at my Minnesota cottage, I headed out in search of ways to freshen up my Forever Cottage.First stop, a mega-fabric-emporium! I had heard this no-frills, hit or miss, inexpensive (cheap) fabric store existed but had not had the need to visit until...

Happy Friday!

What a wonderfully busy week this has been. In absence of having any fabulous house/decorating/antiquing pictures to share, I thought I would share this picture of one of our dogs "Zoe". BTW - there is a fabulous table in the background that used to belong to Ki(of Junk Market fame), but that's another story!For me, our home would not be the same without some animal accessories. Our dogs, Zoe and...

Sharing.....

I was recently asked to submit photos of my home to a regional publication for possible publication. Thought I would share some here with all of you....

I'm Going to Farm Chicks, ya'll!

I am so excited! My last trip to the Farm Chicks Antiques Show was about 3 years ago. I really never thought it would be possible to go again now that I don't live in the Pacific Northwest. BUT, due to reasonable airfares and a generous husband, I am going to be there! I am really looking forward to spending time with my good junking friends and seeing some favorite northwest dealers like Barn...

For the love of ......brown transferware

I have collected brown transferware for years. It is one of my home's signature items. In the many homes our family has lived in, my brown transferware collection has been displayed on plate racks, in glass cupboards, hung on walls and individual pieces used on tables etc... Since we moved into our current home almost a year ago, my transferware has been hidden in a cupboard in my dining room -...

Blog Neglect

Hello friends in blogland. Life has been busy - a little thing called, "how stupid was I to chair the school auction this year?" It has totally kept me away from my house and my "baby blog".Feathering my nest has taken a backseat to auction item procurement (no, chippy french burlapy furniture and junk does not count!), menu planning, picking up invites from the printer and numerous phone calling...