Hi Friends,  I hope you’re doing well. Me? I’m enjoying life, smelling the roses, working with lovely clients, and piddling along with my online shop.  I wouldn’t say I am any more or less productive or determined than I have ever been. I’m not searching or looking for my next step any more or less...Read More

Hi Friends, How are you? I do hope you’re ok. Me, I’m ok. Pretty good, actually. Other than fantasies of never leaving Tuscany when we visit there this June (I am SOOOO excited, it has always been a dream!). Just staying in a warm safe happy non-toxic bubble with good and simple food and wine...Read More

This new website is the third iteration in 12 years. As I sent off my Farrow and Ball color choices (always look to F & B for a limited palatte of perfection) to my designer a few months ago, I realized they were EXACTLY THE SAME as my first website. Colors do come and go...Read More

Click on the video for good clean fun!Read More

Adding products to my store is supposed to be easy, and it is, if I can remember all 37 steps that must be done in order, the same way every time. It’s the images that are making me insane. I am so very frustrated by this new photo program. Learning it is #16899 on my...Read More

My Dear Friends, I’m baack! I know, most of you probably did not realize I was gone. I don’t know why it happened (I was sad, I lost my mojo, I lost my motivation, I had ennui), and I am not sure how I came back. I do know that it happens to so many...Read More

Very much looking forward to 2017. This pic took back in May in the hills behind our house. My favorite.Read More

Dear Friends, I wish you peace, joy, love, happiness, and whatever it is you need in your life this holiday season.  For me, I am hoping for strength and clarity. My website is 99.9% done, showcasing interior design and great products in my shop, but I feel something else is also in my future. I have not yet...Read More

I am drooling over all of the new samples I got in from Kravet Fabrics and Winfield-Thybony Wallpaper. This paper, metallic with glass beads, is perfect for an entry I am working on. It will bring light and elegance, without being too fancy.Read More

Hello Friends, I first want to thank you if you were one of the MANY who came out for my last day in the shop and helped me clear it out, I had a blast and I think you did too! There was very little left at the end, Santa Cruz MAH took the final...Read More