We walk out to the larger Patio either through the dining-room or the Master Bedroom. Designing this limited space to include all these containers was a challenge. Manning the Woodland Whimble directed us well. He has a very very good sense of proportion. When we had every plant and the teak…

I am happiest when I BELIEVE.

Some years there isn't time, money, or occasion to travel to a remote beach for vacation. What to do? One remedy I absolutely swear by is to create the reminiscence of the perfect ocean discovery right in my home.

I have a shell collection…

This diminutive basil is, for fairies, a very large shrub or a glorious tree that often lines their winding walkways each summer. It grows like a perfect boxwood but with the breath of Irish emerald green. The fairies surrounding the globes told me something a few years ago. They instructed…

Most of us have a holiday wreath we haven't used for some time. Why not embellish it with small treasures that lay hidden in a drawer or a box somewhere not being seen? That's what I did here. 

This…

I decided it was time to invent. I have some wonderful fabric. I needed a truly magical, almost medieval drapery treatment for my entrance hall. I washed yards of hand-dyed habotai silk that I twisted while wet and then air dried. That takes some time so if there is a fan available or a place…