Give A Daisy

I used to have a credit card that earned mini vacations at the Ritz-Carlton. So I earned the points and in those years I would savor 48 hours in a luxury room overlooking the ocean. To this day I can feel the sand beneath my feet, taste the salt air,…

What do you do when, after trying different furniture and styling ideas, no one (including you) enjoys hanging out in your dining room?    That’s not uncommon, especially in older homes that have a separate room for dining. Everyone loves to be where the action is and often that’s the…

Most Tidy Homes Have a Secret Most orderly homes have a drawer or room that’s an absolute dump. Maybe it's purgatory for things that are hard to face, or that junk pulled from the tidy rooms, or my fave: the secret staging area for things we vowed we wouldn't buy…