Well Instagram  ruined blogging for me. Why spend 30 minutes coding, writing and updating a blog when you can post a pic in two seconds ...

Dining Room Great Room Kitchen Playing with the Panoramic feature on the phone.

The last twelve months have flown by, hardly time to post to the blog what with all the twitter twaddle and facebook folies to constantly u...

Somewhere between this post and the end of the year I forced The Guy to move some of the art around. Again. I thought the steel colour of t...

Last month we hung most of the art that had been casually leaning on various credenzas and consoles throughout The Cool House. One piece, ...

The new kitchen has been up and running for a few months now and it occurred to me that I never posted a product list nor talked about h...

Last week I picked up the art I'd selected at the Festivus Art show , along with a few extra surprises. Noted artist Nadine Bouler had...

The angle of the sun going down behind the hill opposite the house casts deep early afternoon shadows at this time of year.

Can I pour you a cup?

Pretty - if you aren't traveling in or out of NY area airports

Happy Thanksgiving! This year I am thankful that I beat my neighbor to the finish in the great ground floor renovation: New kitchen; redone ...

After a very long wait George* stopped by last night. He was supposed to come with Warren but he met with an accident and we decided to po...

This bugs me on so many levels Take the back wall: The sink off-centered between two windows - although the faucet seems dead centre; the...

Another CFL downlight blew in the kitchen last week. They are supposed to last 5 years but we have averaged 18 months, not really good enoug...

courtesy of Nadine, James and the ever-delightful Olivia and Jackson the cute felt tie and fab retro mid-century owls on an oven mitt, per...

It took four entire months to convince the carpenter that not having a backsplash was a viable option for the kitchen renovation. That's...