Peacock tail feathers up close.
Peacock tail feathers up close.

Month: March 2013

  • “The Office”… on a Saturday.

    Early on in my career as office manager, at a little non-profit called Partners for Development, I was asked to re-do the office. They decided that I had an artsy look about me and was therefore qualified to re-design the whole space. That is non-profit mentality for you in a nutshell. Painting the PFD logo…

  • My Cabana Boy

    The world of blogging decorators is full of husbands. The behind-the-scenes kind that don’t grumble about having to hang a blind or put together furniture. At Young House Love, they work together as a team and live and breathe their blog and they are successful. I cannot begin to speculate about their marriage. I was…

  • Let There Be Light!

    A recent one-act dramedy, taking place in the living room. Setting: Me, standing on a ladder wielding the drill and trying to put a large hole in the plaster ceiling. In walks Stuart, looks up at me, face twisting into a grimace. Stuart: “Usually when I walk in and witness you holding the drill and…