antique french living

  Caroline Lee Bouvier, here with her older sister Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.   While Jackie looked exactly like her namesake and father  ...

  I still love getting in a car and taking off on a long drive.   Ben and I never fly to South Padre Island, we always opt for the six hou...

Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel, born into a well-to-do English family, started his illustrious career as a portrait painter which evolved i...

  It’s been a while since I’ve updated my list of the top ten design elements in an interior that I love.  These are the ten things that m...

  Continuing with the series Readers Kitchen, today we have a newly remodeled one to show.   Enjoy! BEFORE:   This kitchen had lots goin...

    This beautiful image of a poolhouse was recently featured on a couple of different blogs.  Isn't it just gorgeous?  The buildi...

Last month my baby left for college – moving from Texas to Boca Raton, Florida, to major in Photography at Lynn University.  You have to kno...

Three islands (with a small 4th and an extra rock) make up the grouping off the coast of Positano, Italy known as Li Galli.   The Ro...

  Elizabeth Munger, an interior designer from Houston, emailed me with a few pictures of some kitchen renos for the Readers Kitchens seri...

      Florence Italy, or Firenze, and the beautiful River Arno.   The holidays are over, finally!   I don’t know about you, but it s...