Category: Making it home
Cozy, friendly, orderly, fun, inspiring. That’s what I want when I walk in the door.
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Kate’s been gone a while. Years. Today, while tidying the electronic desktop, I stumbled on several images that made me smile. Kate loved investigating a lower kitchen cupboard during late-night wanderings. The open cupboard door next morning always revealed her secret. This particular morning was the beginning of a gut-the-first-floor house remodel. We’d set up…
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Sometimes a day’s task list gets a bit long and you find yourself emptying the compost at 9:30 p.m. or so. Get out the flashlight, grab the little metal bucket, go outside to the bin tucked along a path of overhanging bamboo. In the flashlight stream the bamboo leaves are so green, bright and sharp-shaped…
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I brought home an idea from our summer visit to Stockholm where I learned that the Swedes make a conscious effort to create a cozy ambiance during their long dark winters. They bring light and warmth indoors, and perhaps a sense of slowing down, not being rushed, to the season. I’ve added strings of light…
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