Friday, January 10, 2014. I enjoy seeing family and stuffing my face full of food but as soon as it is over I want no sight of it till next year! All of our Christmas stuff gets packed up on Dec 27 and with the tree down and the mantel cleaned off it starts to look pretty bare in the house! Nothing says winter wonderland like silvers, whites, fire, and cozy blankets! Links to this post.

It was great to reconnect with a wide variety of Canadian bloggers! Vitania organized a terrific event. Lisa Murphy, House and Home Magazine. 8220;It was a pleasure for Delta Faucet to sponsor yet another fabulous Canadian Design Bloggers meet-up! Anita Griffin, Canadian brand manager of Delta Faucet.

I was very fortunate to see Bill Bryson in person at a live interview about a year ago. Believe it or not, it was at a Microsoft conference! Anyway, it was his casual wit and his obvious intelligence that made me miss his Notes from a Small Island. And I decided to pick up its sequel. That was about 5 months ago. And the gag about the John Lewis shopping experience.

The Coal Slider featured in the latest Emerson Fry. Are we there yet? I hope very soon.

Simply great design and style that inspires. Simply great design and style that inspires. Mullein sparrow, a handmade, holistic apothecary. The bohemian and bright design of amber interiors. The sublimely nostalgic, moody, feminine flowers of amy merrick. I really like it,.