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This Week’s Finds

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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating with your loved ones today.  Thankfully, it’s been an easy couple of days at our house, compared to the madness of previous weeks. Quiet moments spent in the company of books and favorite movies, considerable amounts of watermelon and orange cake, cuddles with my favorite girl, and lots of thinking and coffee drinking and jazz.

The family room, on a good day 🙂
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June Blooms

Happy Wednesday, dear friends!  It’s been a while… I hope you’re doing well! It’s the end of the school year here in Western Massachusetts and we’ve been busier than ever with school functions, recitals, dance performances, field trips, bake sales and, sadly, goodbye parties. Life has been filled with activity and I’ve been trying very hard to keep my head above the water. For the last few days we’ve had the joy of dog-sitting a gentle (and incredibly needy for affection) golden doodle and his company has brightened up my days. 

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This Week’s Finds

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Hope you had a great weekend, dear friends! Here are last week’s finds, most of them inspired by a delightful project we’ve seen published recently – the Nelson-Galt house in Colonial Williamsburg, circa 1695, redecorated by Birmingham-based interior designer Heather Chadduck Hillegas. We’ve seen a tour in Veranda magazine a few months back, but thanks to Frederic magazine (link below), we get to hear the designer in residence describe the entire process – a collaboration with great American brands such as Schumacher and Benjamin Moore.  Over the course of several months, the Nelson-Galt house was thoughtfully redecorated using paint & fabric selections both appropriate to a home steeped in American history, and relevant to a contemporary way of life and design. I find the project deeply inspiring, and I hope you will too.  

A House Tour of Nelson-Galt House at Colonial Williamsburg with Heather Chadduck Hillegas

Inspired by Early American designs and handmade in New England, the Rockland Hanging Lantern

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Life Lately

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Happy Tuesday, dear friends! I hope your week is off to a great start. After an unusually capricious month of April, we’ve had a string of gorgeous days here Western Mass. Summer temperatures and sunshine, day after day, and gentle breezes, have coaxed us all out of the comforts of our favorite armchairs and into the garden. 

Chives blooming in our garden
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Our Home | Painting a Brick Fireplace

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A roaring fire on cold winter nights, deep, comfortable seating and the company of loved ones (four-legged sweethearts included) make life in a country cottage infinitely sweeter. A fireplace is a wonderful thing to have in a home and when it’s in the right spot, it often becomes the focal point of a room’s entire decorating scheme.

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