Studio Life

Our house was built in 1958 and we like to call it “moderne” (we say it with a French accent).  Santa brought this tree to me about ten years ago to match our house … it was just waiting for me in the entry, with the multi-colored rotating light and all!   I heard through the grapevine that Santa found it

This year, we are sending our Christmas card via blog express because we wanted to be able to share it with you in video form. This past summer, we acquired a rescue pup, Neville, whose genealogy is rather vague. One of the interesting things he likes to do is to lie down under the piano while Margaret is practicing, and

We finally had time to find some candles for our advent wreath.  And since we were already well into the second week of Advent, I had to do my annual advent wreath candle catch-up, which is to say that we burn one candle for two dinners, then two candles for two more dinners, so that the candles will all be

Well, they look mighty festive and wintry, and I wish I could say that I only indulge around Christmas time, but Walgreens sells these Red Bird Peppermint Puffs year-round, and if it weren’t for the acute sugar-induced tooth-ache that too many of these amazing candies can bring on, I would be able to use the large plastic tubs in which

Attention personalized nursery art fans!  Ohdeedoh – part of the Apartment Therapy design blog group – is giving away one set of Cathy Heck personalized canvas nursery art for the next two days.  To enter, just fill out the entry form here and you could be getting a full set of your child’s name letters in any of Cathy’s seven