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When All You Have Is Tuna, Bagels, Water and Rocks

I have a few cans of tuna and some bagels in my cupboard (and at this point, not a heck of a lot more!) Do you think that’s close enough to five loaves and two fish? There are also a few remaining bottles of water in my fridge. Good material for wine making?...

Now Every Day's A Birth-Day

Fifty-one years ago today, a beautiful baby boy graced this planet.  With a full head of dark hair and a sweet round face, he joined a unit of three and made it a family of four (which would later become five). For 29 years his smile charmed anyone he met and his huge...

This Little Old House, My Little Heart's Home

Over the weekend, my childhood friend, Susan, put a post on my Facebook timeline. The Redfin listing of the house I grew up in. And something happened in me I was not prepared for. Memories flooded.  Old emotions rose to the surface. Faces flashed before me and...

When A Little Does A Lot

The difference between decorating or designing a home or room and staging it is that in staging you primarily work with what is already there (unless the home is vacant and you bring in furniture) and make it as pleasing to the eye as you possibly can. This often...

Comfort Violation

“I feel violated.” Not the response you want to get when staging a person’s home. Definitely not what I expected to hear when I was in the process of transforming a rental home for selling last week. I wasn’t there to disrupt a family or make...

Making It Official

This is my new business card that is subject to change, depending on the final product of my new website (still in the works). With things happening so quickly, I needed something to give to people for future references and referrals. While I was designing this, I got...