By Lidy | Published: December 17, 2012
Offering hospitality with an old fashioned flair envelops your guests in a charming spirit of warmth, generosity and good will. You may not have a houseful of servants to cater to your guests’ every whim, but you can anticipate their needs and help them feel welcomed and pampered. Here are a few tips I wrote [...]
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By Lidy | Published: September 16, 2012
Amongst my very most favorite things…..Silver!! I love it, and can spy a good piece from miles away. {good meaning unusual, Victorian, monogrammed, in fabulous condition, or just the opposite, slightly dinged, worn and dark with years of patina} Not just for Sundays or Holidays….try using your old pieces at home right now with a [...]
By Lidy | Published: April 13, 2012
Taking care of your Antique and Vintage Silver is part of the pleasure of owning it. There is something satisfying about taking a piece of Silver with lots of tarnish {unless you Love tarnish!} and making it shine and glow again. And, contrary to popular opinion, it’s not difficult nor all that time consuming. Silver [...]
By Lidy | Published: January 18, 2011
One of the pieces we just recently “found” on our buying spree is this sweet guy. He’s a doll, {ummm, Putto actually} isn’t he? He looks like marble, but he’s actually a piece of Parian Ware. Every properly furnished Victorian parlor contained at least one piece of it. It’s been said that Parian had the [...]