Austrian Foxglove Bowl

Now that I am feeling healthier, I finally am able to be excited about my upcoming painting class.  I am biting the bullet and ordering all my supplies in advance. It really is only a five day workshop, so you have to show up day one with everything at hand.  Fingers crossed everything [...]

Victorian Chair

Sunday morning I looked at Craigslist furniture-by-owner listings.  Force of habit, really.  I am not seriously looking for anything other than a matched set of two chairs suitable for a guest room and keeping my options open for storage possibilities for the office.  Craigslist leisure browsing really. I do secretly dream of finding a [...]

My Fake Inaugural Invitation

This morning Llewellyn handed me a large envelope and sarcastically suggested my inaugural invitation would be contained within.  Oddly, it was though merely a “commemorative” inaugural invitation, along with a brochure selling inaugural collectibles.  There was also a letter describing other events (the Inaugural Balls, to be specific) that will be online for our observation [...]

First of all allow me to mention the wallpaper.  Have I ordered it yet?  No.  However I did actually call and speak with a nice woman named June from Bradbury.  We know for certain what we want for one of the bedrooms (William Morris “Woodland” roomset) but are waffling on the other room.  On the one [...]