The Journal

5 Ways to Design A Dreamy Bedroom
Designing a soothing bedroom is easy. Here are a few of my favorite tips. Read more..... Read more...
Where Women Create Business Feature
I am so grateful to be in Jo Packham's magazine Where Women Create Business. Read more...
9 Ways to Change Your Life
As I look back on the year I can't believe it flew by as quickly as it did. But fly it did, and as I look over my shoulder, one... Read more...
6 Tips to Survive the Holidays Like A French Woman
Les Fetes are here! Lavish holiday meals, parties and family feasts, you can graciously survive them all while still embracing les plasirs de la vie {the pleasure's of life} like... Read more...
Holiday Home Tour
I'm so glad you are here! Please join me for a little tour inside our home, decorated for the holidays. Read more...
Brilliant friends | Chef Lisa Hatfield
I'm excited to introduce you to Lisa Hatfield, chef and author of the Delicious Table Blog. Read more...
Secret Life of Antiques | Antique Lockets
I am honored to join Phyllis Hoffman DePiano, publisher of Victoria Magazine, to talk about my favorite subject: Antiques! Collecting Victorian Lockets. Read more…. Read more...
Tips to Host Your Own Gilded Age Holiday Soiree
The holidays are the time to use the most beautiful things you own. An inviting table tells your guests how happy you are that they are part of your celebration.... Read more...
A Gilded Age Holiday Celebration
The Holiday VICTORIAN HOMES MAGAZINE features my "A Gilded Age Holiday." In the spirit of the opulence of this “gilded age”, revive the custom of a beautifully appointed formal holiday... Read more...
Thanksgiving Favorites | Beautiful & Easy Thanksgiving Centerpiece
Each holiday season, one of my favorite things to do is add seasonal fresh elements to our dining room table, the side tables, hall console and guest bathroom. To make... Read more...
The Art of Writing
There is something special about the {hand} written word. "Words are the medium with which the soul paints a picture." Robyn Freedman Spizman. Read MORE…. Read more...
Sunday Best
Do you have fond memories of Sunday dinners? As a little girl growing up in Europe some of my happiest memories are those when my family would gather around my... Read more...
French Lessons | 6 Tips for Living Like a French Woman
French women seem to have that je ne sais quoi: looking chic in an effortless way. Here are 6 tips I've learned read more…... Read more...
Fall in Love | Create a Glorious Buffet
October is the perfect time to entertain with an easy, beautiful buffet. Read More…. Read more...
Launch Your Creativity
I'm excited to be speaking at this fall's FLOURISH, a conference for women entrepreneurs, about blogging. Read more…. Read more...