Happy March everyone! Since the weather is getting warmer, I thought I’d celebrate with some spring kitchen island decor! Why not set up a table setting on the island?… Yes, I guess it sounds like I am on an island…a tropical island! Oh, I wish! Well, it is a gorgeous sunny day here so I…
Yesterday, I headed down to Princeton to shop at the Princeton Market Fair. This small mall along Rt. 1 contains a few fun stores including Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Anthropologie and West Elm among others. My goal was to check out more items in Pottery Barn which are not carried in the store closer…
Like most of you, I shop online all the time. Usually, websites are easy to navigate and I am happy with my overall shopping experience. But sometimes shopping online can be frustrating. Here are a few of my suggestions for any retailer who would like to listen… Dear Online Retailers, For the most part, you…
This week I have been auditioning counter stools for my kitchen. As you can see above, I bought a white leather stool from Kirkland’s and the black and brown Stratmoor stool from Pier 1 Imports. The other two on the side are the temporary ones we have been using. Starting with the Kirkland’s white leather…
Well, I might be a little dramatic using the word, ‘disastrous’, but then again I tend to get a bit extreme when I obsess over things… Recently, we ordered bar stools for the kitchen of our ski condo in Vermont. The old stools were a bit worn out from many years of renting the place…
The snowstorm last week made me realize we still have a couple months left of winter around here. I think I was in denial right after Christmas when I decorated my mantel. The weather had been so mild that I pretty much skipped right over winter and jumped into vacation mode. But then it snowed….