I agree that text-as-decorating has probably seen its day. This is my home, not a retail store telling me what's for sale in this room. And the last thing I need to see when I'm in a crappy mood ...

On a recent episode of "Mad Men", Betty Draper's housekeeper suggests that she ought to put the dirty dishes into the basement so Betty can go to bed after putting on a big dinner party. I thought...

With all of this scary economy stuff going on lately, I was JUST thinking about the glut of mcmansions and wondering if it ever came to it, would they divied those houses like they did in the depre...

Put me down for cilantro aversion. It tastes like something you're not actually supposed to eat. I can't even stand to smell it in the grocery store. I love fennel, the root and the s...

I've had a little accent lamp on the back of the toilet forever. The only time I ever use the overhead light in the bathroom is when I clean (to be fair, I'm lucky enough to have two big casement ...

I love sticking things in my garden. It's totally possible to overdo it, but I love the interest and surprise that it gives the garden. This year I picked up a couple of colorful ceramic mushroom...

This is what's always been known in my family as the "Ravinia Table". A couple of us have them and we put them together for one large table to spread the feast out on.

I like the idea, not crazy about the designs they offer, though.

Is that the building Maddie Hayes hung from in the Moonlighting pilot?

Art, Krylon has a spray paint called "Fusion" that is specifically for plastics. I just painted my bistro table/chairs and all of my plastic flower pots with it. It's rea...