Today, I'm sharing summer on the screened porch.  Creating this warm and welcoming look is easy. The graphic black and white with po...

I love French food.  There's something about the sound of the words that makes everything sound fancy...and delicious. Take for exam...

I'm celebrating the first few  real  days of summer by making lemonade. You won't find me selling this lemonade at a roadside st...

I did some restyling at the shop over the holiday weekend (Vintage Fresh in Downers Grove, IL).    I installed a new summer-themed displ...

 Today, I finally got a couple of bins of 4th of July decorations out of the attic and decided to put a few vintage red white and blue th...

   Summer has finally arrived in the Midwest and after a cold and seemingly endless winter it has been so much fun to be able to fil...

Looking for a last minute DIY Mother's Day gift or a quick pick me up for your porch or patio that's both cheap and easy? Well, y...

Michigan peaches are in season at my local farmer's market and let me just say that, this year, they're amazing!  Oh My Gosh! Hav...

Aren't summer berries amazing right now!?  They're fabulous in Illinois where I live!  From the local grocer to the farmer's ...

I've been designing and planting gardens, urns and planters for over thirty years and my favorites are still  That sounds like a ...

Have you ever flown a kite?  I have. Lots of them. I think that I started when I was six or seven years old. I think that this is large...

In the words of  the band, The Who , (to whom I may or may not have listened at some point in my lifetime), "...There ain't no ...

It's July 2nd and I'm finally able to come up for a breath of air, albeit hot, humid, Midwestern air! I'm thankful for the op...

 When summer berries look like this right now, how could I possibly not bake some type of berry pie tonight?! As I was running throug...

Completed  pillows for the Barn Sale this weekend.  Natural cotton canvas with block printed letters and hand painted images. ...

My copy of Martha Stewart Living came in the mail today. I've saved them all. From the very first issue. In a time back before ...

I like to "pare down" our decor for the summer. Not minimalist. Not completely barren (like my lawn in August). Not "Call t...