Create Academy Course Review: How to Design Your Dream Home, by Bunny Williams

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As the new year gently unfolds and the bitterly cold New England winter sets in, there are few things as satisfying to me as productive hibernation. Online classes have become a favorite way to keep curious and inspired, and if you, like me, are wanting to escape reality and enter a world of glamour and beauty and infinite possibilities, online learning platforms such as Create Academy or Masterclass will provide a productive and invaluable escape. I’ve just finished Bunny Williams’s course on Create Academy, How to Design Your Dream Home, and I wanted to share a detailed review of it while my impressions were still fresh.

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Happy Holidays! & Favorite Thrifted Finds

Drink your coffee, read your books – it’s chaos out there. ” Anonymous

Happy almost Christmas, dear friends! I didn’t mean to keep away for so long but, as you all know, December has a pace and will of its own. So far it’s been a fun month over here, filled with things to do, people to see, pets to care for. School concerts, recitals, bake sales, ballet performances (my daughter’s, not my own, haha), and a few precious moments of quiet contentment in between, have made it nearly impossible to touch the keyboards at a leisurely pace. 

December light in our living room last week, before we decked the halls…

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Book Review: New English Interiors – At Home with Today’s Creatives, by Elizabeth Metcalfe

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For those of you enchanted with cozy cottages filled with joyous color, exuberant patterns and welcoming rooms, Elizabeth Metclafe’s book, New English Interiors- At Home with Today’s Creatives, is a must read! Have you seen it? 

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Happy Thanksgiving! & Some Awesome Black Friday Deals


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Happy Thanksgiving, dear friends! I hope you’re having a lovely time, wherever you are! We’ve been having some peaceful days sharing our home with friends, and have dived deep into the culinary arts, experimenting with some fresh takes on traditional recipes. There’s a chocolate pie waiting to be served, roasted carrots and Brussels sprouts and  mushrooms, and of course, the star of today’s show – the bird. And while the pie sets, I sneaked in here to wish you all a beautiful holiday, and to share some great Black Friday deals to keep an eye on. 

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This Week’s Finds

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Happy Sunday, dear friends! I hope you’ve had a joyous and relaxing weekend!  It’s been a busy one for us, with an interesting mix of work and play. We’ve had an overnight visit from a dear friend, and I’ve had the pleasure to prepare and observe our hard-working family room being used as a guest bedroom. I love sharing our house – be it sleepovers, dinner parties or visits from our (many) four-legged friends. Having friends over somehow, breaking the laws of physics, makes our tiny house feel larger, more useful, and certainly happier. Laughter and good times are design essentials.

A glimpse of the family room, with the last of this year’s anemones.

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