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“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…
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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…
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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…
