How a house greets guests is spoken in a language that isn’t heard, but is definitely felt. Once upon a time, our little house greeted its guests with wet grass and mud in the place of a walkway, followed by an impossibly steep set of imposing concrete steps. Once at the top, the storm door [...]

A few weeks ago, I had the surprise and honor of being asked to help design the tables for a bar mitzvah for a dear friend’s son.  I love doing new things, and learning that the theme for the event was going to be centered on TREES…wow! Couldn’t wait to get started!! Here is a [...]

In the past few days, while there has been progress made, it has felt that each two steps forward are followed by three steps back. Have you ever sat down to enjoy a meal (one you can’t wait to dig into) only to have a side dish of hiccups served with it?  Go ahead and [...]

Ordinarily, I keep my promises. However, in the case where each Monday I have promised to post some photos of progress at my project house…..well, that totally hasn’t happened. Although, if you look at the “before” picture above, you will see that a lot of other things have happened with some predictability and skill. In [...]