Small Town Life-Crumbling Places

Small Town Life-Crumbling Places

I’ve written about how opening a shop brought back my sense of community. Walking around our little square, lots of the same people in and out of our shop, eating at the same local spots over and over…it really has a certain Mayberry charm.  One of my most...
Fall is in the Air- Inspiration

Fall is in the Air- Inspiration

We are gearing up for a whole bunch of fall projects and I’ve been pinning to my Fall Pinterest board like crazy. source We’re planning events at the shop and The Chapel Market and projects for the blog, and I find myself seeking less literal inspiration....
Antique Settee

Antique Settee

I actually got to go antiquing this weekend. To a real live store, and not just hopping on Etsy. We are gearing up for The Chapel Market around here, and while I’m spending most of my days at the computer or doing a new project for the book, it was time to get...
Favorite Home Decor Coffee Table Books

Favorite Home Decor Coffee Table Books

You know my love affair with books.  Vintage books, literature, children’s books, decorating books–you name it, I’m reading it.  The more into design I’ve gotten, the larger my decorating book collection has grown.  Nothing makes me happier...
Last Moments of Summer

Last Moments of Summer

Oh, if I could squeeze the sun tightly and eek out any extra moments of this summer.  It was too fast, too fleeting. I have a four year old now who loves dirt and ball gowns and Despicable Me and lip gloss. And snails. And a boy who is growing inches by the day it...
The Chapel Market-What I’m Bringing

The Chapel Market-What I’m Bringing

Happy Monday, friends!  We spent the weekend helping a certain friend of ours build some walls in his office space.  More accurately, Matt spent the weekend doing that and I spent it a little under the weather.  New day, though. I hope to get a ton done this week, but...