http://www.justapinch.com/

http://www.justapinch.com/
Just have to share a great find- Just A Pinch- love the recipes- I have discovered old family favorites, have put in a couple of ingredients from my fridge and found great new evening dinners. What a great site-

Homework Interiors: Preview "Pull Up A Chair"

Homework Interiors: Preview "Pull Up A Chair"

Pull Up A Chair

A few years ago, while I was at High Point Market, I left my husband in charge of our new puppy. He was left with strict instructions to watch for signs of hunger, needs to go out, what I failed to remind him of was the need to watch what he was chewing. We expected to lose a shoe or sock but imagine my surprise when it turned out to be wood, as in our dining room chairs. Home again, watching TV, I glanced through to my dining room and glanced down to see that four out of six chairs had been chewed to an unrecognizable Louis XVI styling. When I screeched to my husband, oh my God, what happened to the chairs, his pronouncement was, what chairs?!?! Big sigh, our table was my grandmother's Kindel dining table with breakfront and the chairs were from Grand Rapids Chair Co. Beautiful! So many other priorities in life, I have pretty much ignored the chair legs for the last

few years. Now we have moved, the movers reminded me that the chairs were damaged like they would have chewed on the legs?!?! So, I have started the hunt for the perfect dining chairs. Have narrowed it down to the top ten chairs that I have coveted over the years which work so well with French and English country- even a nice look with a more contemporized look to soften the edge.
So, in no particular order, theseGrand Rapids Made are a few of my favorite chairs.....don't even get me started on the upholstery.

Mirrors- A Reflection On Life

Quite frankly, I have a love/hatred of mirrors for personal use. Mirrors are meant to reflect, quite often, I don't want to see myself reflected. The hair is wrong, the makeup is not right or worse yet, the body is out of shape. But in a room, mirrors reflect, in most cases, a wonderful view, enlarge a seemingly small room, provide a surprisingly brilliant source of light or just hang there looking lovely. The most important thing to remember when hanging a mirror is to stop, look and think what is this mirror reflecting and is it worthy of that reflection. Nobody wants to look at a blank wall, messy kitchen from the dining room or worse yet, the water closet.
So here are a few of my favorite mirrors of the moment: