I love birds in decor.  Not, alas, real live birds - they give me the creeps.  But I love birds in fabrics, wallcovering, onplates, bird figurines.  My newest bird is a rectangular John Derian plate.  I also have three pairs of Asian parrotts in that amazing jade green glaze that is probably loaded with lead! [...]

With recycling top of mind this year, I dug around in all my many plastic bins of Christmas decorations and found a small box filled with seashore ornaments.  When we lived in Los Angeles I put up a small ocean-themed tree every year in our powder bath, but since moving to Kansas City six years [...]

A great way to add holiday spirit to a room is by embellishing a painting that is hanging in your home.  Pick a piece of art that really commands the space.  Like a painting in a dining room above a buffet, in a foyer, or above a fireplace mantle.  Just start poking stems of artificial [...]

I’m excited to announce that my  house is one of four on the Johnson County Young Matrons Holiday Homes Tour on Wednesday, November 19, 2008.  The houses are on tour from 9:30 am to 8:00 pm.  Tickets are on sale in advance for $18 at Price Chopper and Hen House markets or $20 at any [...]

Holiday decorating doesn’t have to be expensive – in fact – it can be free. One of my favorite fall through winter accents is using hedge apples– or as we call them in the Midwest – Osage Oranges. They are called hedge apples because the trees they grow on mark the boundaries of fields and were planted closely [...]

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