Hi Everyone! Wow, it has been a long week. Let's take a deep breath and talk about Thanksgiving Sides. I am joining five other fabulous cooks and we are sharing our favorite Thanksgiving Sides. We will have a very different Thanksgiving this year as I am sure many of you are as well. We will celebrate with our immediate family. Hopefully next year we can all get back together. Today let's talk about my favorite Cornbread Stuffing and a DIY Foraged Floral ...
Fall
Stay at Home, Slow Down and Enjoy Life’s Simpler Things
First I want to thank you so much for being here and sharing your experiences and knowledge. This is a very difficult time for all of us. As many of you know I am 65 (how did that happen). Here in California, anyone over the age of 65 is required to stay at home. Perhaps it is a good time for all of us to slow down and enjoy life's simpler things. I have my garden to work in and I have this blog. We will get through this as long as we all keep the greater good in mind. That being said I want ...
Collected Fall Mantle Four Ways
Today Mary Ann, Annie and I are joining three other bloggers and we are sharing our fall mantles. I prefer a collected look on my mantle. To give my fireplace a simple fall makeover I shopped my house and added some pretty fall leaves. No need to purchase a lot of new supplies. Shop your home and gather some items from nature. You will be amazed at what you can find. Here's how I styled my collected fall mantle four ways. Before you start ask yourself some questions about your particular ...
Creative Ways to Decorate with Christmas Ornaments all Year Long
I am not a fan of Christmas decor that can be used once a year and never again. I have some beautiful Christmas Ornaments that I have used different times throughout the year. When Artful Home asked me to collaborate with them and come up with some creative ways to reuse and recycle their beautiful hand blown art glass ornaments I intentionally selected colors that were not specific to Christmas. If you don't choose ornaments that are too literal you can find creative ways to decorate with ...
DIY Wreath from Foraged Materials and Details Direct Cashmere
I prefer to use natural organic materials in my holiday decor so I can't decorate too early. Last weekend I foraged my own yard and that of my daughters neighbor for the ingredients to make a fall wreath. I will use this same wreath for Christmas by simply changing out the branches for Christmas greens. You can DIY this wreath with foraged materials from your own neighborhood. ...
Organic Fall Tablescape
Welcome to our latest Project Design. Today I am sharing my Organic Fall Tablescape. Fall is my favorite time to decorate so let's get this party started. Today, I am joined by my team members Mary Ann of Classic Casual Home and Annie of Most Lovely Things. We are so happy to welcome Jane of Jane at Home and welcome back Sheila of Maison de Cinq and Melanie of My Sweet Savannah We recently had our son and daughter in law over to celebrate their fall birthdays. We served a simple soup ...
How to Transition your Christmas Ornaments from Holiday to Any day
If you avoid the overtly literal Christmas items (anything red and green, with santa, sleighbells or reindeer) it is possible to upcycle and use your beautiful ornaments year round. Artful Home has some gorgeous art glass ornaments that can do just that. They asked me to choose some favorites and come up with some creative ways to use them now and later. I started with two groups in order to show you how to transition your Christmas Ornaments from Holiday to any day. I thought initially these ...
Rough Luxe Lifestyle Readers’ 10 Favorite Posts 2017
Happy New Year ! I hope you all enjoyed or are still enjoying the holiday season. I always find it interesting to look back at the end of the year to see which posts you all enjoyed the most. In 2017 the Contessa and I debuted our Ageless Style Series. Of those we interviewed ,Andy Poupart and Catherine Robinson were your standouts. Annie' from Most Lovely Things. joined Mary Ann, (Classic Casual Home) and I as a third host in our Project Design Series. I think you enjoyed her ...
The Bristol Shirt for Artful Home and Monterey Wine Country Beauty
This has been a trying time of late, and I am super busy with work (everyone wants everything done by Christmas!) I have been posting on Instagram, but have done little else. My dad fell right before Thanksgiving (he will be 95 next week) and was in the hospital for 5 days. He is now in Rehab 30 minutes South of my home. Between dementia and his age, I think we are going to be looking at a skilled facility. I know he would never want to live this way but what do you do when the mind goes ...
