The Blue Giraffe

You know that I cringe at rules, but now and again we all want a simple answer to something that we can’t quite figure out. We want to...

My phone is not very smart, and I still have to open it up like an old-fashioned, mirrored compact; it isn’t in a hurry, can take several...

I don’t like labels at all; they make me feel confined, and I don’t want to assume that something is the way it is just because we have...

Over ten years ago we had a sun-room added to the back of our house. I was lucky enough to be able to design it, and it instantly became...

Sometimes, we don’t know what we like until we like it, but, if we don’t know what we like, then how do we know what we like? We are all...

If you’ve been to my house before, you have probably had food served on something that wasn’t meant to have that particular food on it....

I never thought I would be so happy to see a dandelion! It is so nice to be able to run outside with no shoes on, and grab the mail...

To register for this, please click here for the Community School link, or if you have a question just email me at...

Did you know that most people will peek into your bathroom medicine cabinet? Apparently, in a survey by someone, more than 75% of people...

When we first started looking for a home, we had no idea what we wanted, other than a low price and the right neighborhood. It turned out...

Yesterday afternoon found me balancing precariously on a stool, skirt tucked into my undies (my outfit of choice when I have...

Not wanting to be ungrateful, I accepted the cabinets for years, because that seemed like the right thing to do; they were good quality,...

Classes are being held next Tuesday, April 14th, and Tuesday May 5th, from 7 – 9pm. To register, click here on the Roxbury Community...

You know when people ask what three things you couldn’t live without if you were stranded on a desert island? I am embarrassed to say...

In an ideal world, we want our home to be beautiful and practical all the time, but life is never ideal, and when we have to choose we...

Do you remember when graffiti used to be the bad boy of art? The illegitimate way of expressing yourself in a place where no-one else...

One of the most favorite questions I get asked is, “How do I choose a _________? There are too many, and I don’t know what I like, or...

After a week with lots of weather (yes, that is what I have decided to call it now; not bad weather, a Winter Storm, or the worst...

I read something the other day, and it became one of those Ah-ha moments; not exactly Oprah-worthy, but it definitely made me pause and...

He said that you should have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. This was very sound...