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Summer Collection: Set a RED WHITE & BLUE Table Outdoors
What I love about summer most? I love to entertain, and in the summer, I think of our garden patio as another room of our home. Read more...
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Simple French Supper with Antiques at the Table
Today I am sharing a simple dinner tablesetting I set up on the kitchen table a while ago when 8 of my friends came to dinner, using French Country antique plates, antique French monogrammed Napkins and a vintage Hotel Silver Carafe filled with herbs and lavender from the garden as the centerpiece. Read more...
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An Invitation to CHÂTEAU DU GRAND-LUCÉ
Today I am sharing photos from the French Chateau Design Book written by owner and top designer Timothy Corrigan. So gorgeous, you won't believe it! Read more...
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Secret Life of Antiques: Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? Silver
Antiques at the table are back. Entertaining has become an art again. More of us are appreciating the items that once adorned a beautifully set table, and have discovered the lasting beauty of fine antique sterling, and silver plated pieces. Read more...
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Secret Life of Antiques: Spode Mandarin {Blue Willow}
The history and romance of BLUE WILLOW PORCELAIN.
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Cottage Style Magazine Garden Feature
I am so thrilled! for my favorite European gardener.
That would be Mr. FgH....he is the one who toils and labors to make our gardening dreams come true. Long ago, when having our own home was only a distant dream, I bought him a beautiful gardening book when we lived in Europe, and wrote that someday we would have our own little gardening paradise. Fast forward 28 years, and he is the one who made that dream a reality!
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In Loving Memory of Annie
Her name was Annie. Born in Holland in 1926, she was the eldest of six, three girls and three boys. She had the bluest eyes, dark curly hair, an {some called it abnormal} avid love of reading and books.
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