RENOVATE – REMODEL – DECORATE
We're almost halfway through May and I have barely noticed. I don't want to be a person who brag-complains about how busy they are, but it's. been. busy. and time feels like it's speeding up. I'm someone who needs a little daydream time built into my work week to keep me feeling creative and I've… Continue reading Interiors for Spring from this Daydream Believer
Ever since the incredibly destructive Marshall Fire in 2021, when I look at my phone in the morning for the day's weather, I see two words on a regular basis: "Fire Weather." What a great way to wake up. This week we've had Fire Weather almost every day. If you're not from here and you're… Continue reading Shrugging at Fire Weather
I have tremendous Spring Fever over here on Cedar Street. Last year was my first year of attempting a Prairie Garden in the front yard and it was semi-successful? The question mark is there because we only got one letter from the city requesting that we clear it and that was at the end of… Continue reading Vintage Style Bathrooms: My obsession continues
It's been a rough couple of weeks for me and mine. My daughter's school was swatted last week and even though she knew it was most likely a hoax, she felt terrific fear and sadness while hiding in a small practice room in the dark in the school's band room. My husband's school had a… Continue reading Spring Can’t Get Here Soon Enough: Decorating with Color
How are you faring this last week before Christmas? As I write this, we have extreme cold blowing into town. I was at a local plumbing store this morning that was jam-packed with plumbers picking up supplies. If you're the spouse of a plumber, I guess just know they'll be making some money, but they'll… Continue reading A Year in the Life of this Denver Designer (Part 2)
We're about halfway through the last month of the year and as an old boss used to say to me, "I'm good there." I gave myself permission a few years ago to not cookie bake, to not send out cards and to not have the shopping done early unless, of course, I had the inclination.… Continue reading A Year in the Life of this Denver Designer (Part 1)
I really like Christmas lights this time of year. I am powered by sunshine and when it gets so dark so early my natural instinct is to hunker inside for the season which does no one any good. Twinkle lights are an easy way to lift my spirits and they are better for me than… Continue reading We Could Call it Even: Decorating for the Holidays
School has started again out here in Colorado and I wonder when did it change to going back in early to mid August? When I was a kid it was always the day after Labor Day and I relished those last weeks of August when it was still hot and the days were still long.… Continue reading A Dramatic Black & White Kitchen
There are so many things I'd love to complain to you about but this is a design and decorating blog and I think you could probably use some peace. We both know what's going on in the world and hopefully you're here because you could use a break from the 24 hour a day news… Continue reading Current Sensibility: Never Panic: Let’s look at pretty images together and smile.
This end of summer heat we're experiencing has thrown me a little. Nelson, the lab mix, is shedding like it's July and every day I sweep up snowdrifts of fur from the places around the house where it likes to settle. I've been having fun decorating the new addition in our home but that's been… Continue reading Turning a Craigslist Dresser into a Sink
The Colorado Nest 