They Bloomed!

September 10, 2012

Finally!  An update on those flow­ers I started from seeds way back in the early spring.  ( And FYI, I did NOT fall off the end of the earth, I had this thing called sum­mer vaca­tion which involved these peo­ple called “chil­dren”, who seemed to be all over the place con­stantly mak­ing incred­i­bly insight­ful statements […]

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How I Started Perennials From Seed

June 22, 2012

A while back I told you about an arti­cle that I had seen where some­one told how to start peren­nial seeds in milk jugs in the fall. They planted their seeds in the jug with only the hole at the top open,  and then put them out­side to weather the elements…snow and all.  In the […]

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Restoration Hardware Inspired Lamp

May 10, 2012

I love Restora­tion Hard­ware.  The neu­tral palette that they often fea­ture works well as a solu­tion to my big beige room. Unfor­tu­nately for me, their prices don’t work well with my solu­tion, so for the time being, I just look to them for some cre­ative inspi­ra­tion.  I needed a read­ing lamp next to a chair […]

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