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Have You Seen . . . Monitors With Wood Frames?
High design and high touch have finally merged to bring wood framed monitors and keyboards to fruition. Except for the pricing, I am an eager customer. What an improvement in warming up the work and homeplace. Hoping they will come up with some affordable versions soon, the ones I saw in Home Magazine were $5800-$8900.…
The War of Art
The War of Art, Stephen Pressfield This book really gave me a kick in the butt! Pressfield nails out propensity to procrastinate and resist success and the realization of our own creative genius brilliantly. He is succinct, to the point, and uses personal examples to illustrate. No more excuses, because that is all they are.…
Atlanta, GA – Dogwood Festival
It was an incredible day, not too hot, but warm enough to really feel like Spring. The crowds were intense but still worth the trek. Definitely saw some art worth mentioning and have shared just a handful here. I was really awed by the handcrafted leather bound books at Iona Hand Crafted Books. The delightful…
Climbing the Eiffel Tower . . .
Well, it was raining and windy and a bit cool, but we did it anyway! Climbed the Eiffel Tower, that is. You can actually climb all the way to the second landing platform. The only disappointment is that there is not plaque with how far you have actually climbed and no certificate for even 20…
Domino . . . The Source
Gotta say I am generally not a fan of shopping publications, but Domino has done a terrific job. It is concise, clear, and provides valuable comparisons. It is also not all budget oriented as some may think but does give the real dish on sources for all manner of interior elements. It also features some…
Roswell, GA – Roswell Women’s Showcase Home
Well, I just wrapped this up. There were two showcase homes this year, next door to each other. I designed and furnished the entry and stairwell of the Bill Grant home. I opted for a well-collected feeling with art borrowed from two of my favorite galleries, The Reinike Gallery and The Gardner Gallery, both in…
Sex and Americans . . .
When did we become so prudish? Was it the Puritans? Does it have a religious base? When I was in Paris recently, I had the privilege of touring the Louvre and the Musee D’Orsy and was reminded of the beauty of the human body and how artists used to celebrate it in sculpture and in…
Motherisms . . . .Home Grown Anything
I’ll never forget how excited Mother used to get when she’d have a homegrown tomato. Now I don’t mean an organic one from the grocery store, but I mean one that either we grew or a friend shared with her. She would literally go off into a full drama performance about the virtues of a…
Motherisms . . . Living in a Barn
Did your Mother ever get after you to close doors with the reminder that “we don’t live in a barn?” Goodness I remember that one so well and to this day I am a big door closer. I keep my closet doors closed. (I don’t really think my clothes need to be on display or…
I love to fly . . . Delta!
Well, believe it or not, I really enjoyed the long flight to Paris. The seating was spacious and with so many adjustments I had to learn the control panel. The food was actually quite good and a menu with options was offered (it has been a long time since that happened), and the service was…
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