You want a fence for Mother’s Day? They asked incredulously, only half-believing this odd request

There’s that whoosh of relief and exultant euphoria when you’re able to finally deliver that thing you’ve been quietly nurturing for so long.

It was about two years ago that the first inkling of a tiny idea bubbled up.

It’s no secret that I’ve got a thing for houses. Large or small, old or new, I’m a student of their structure and story, of their place and time.

You’ve been anxiously awaiting my interpretation and plan for the mountain home guest suite!

I couldn’t let this Earth Day go by without sharing a fun interlude with you

Would you like to come along on a design journey with me?

It’s just beginning to lighten into a cloud-covered, gently snowing day. I’m watching a small bunch of deer playfully skitter

It was the idea of texture that started it all

Spring’s eyelids are beginning to flutter in her sleep. Just over two weeks from now, the calendar says she’ll arrive

In keeping house. It might not be where you’d think to find it, but there’s simplicity there, too. A stack of white cotton cloths, a sponge, an assortment of natural bristle brushes

You can learn a lot by looking back. Two years ago, as part of my Small Ways series, I wrote about my morning and evening routines