Happy New Year everyone! I can't begin to tell you how much I've looked forward to this new year! The past few years have been so full of crazy schedules and projects and stresses that somewhere along the way (8 or 9 months ago) I stopped in the middle of what I was doing ... looked at Renaissance Man ... and slowly said: "2012" He probably thought I'd finally lost it, but then I calmly explained that I'd decided 2012 would be the year I was going to take time to re-group ... before I really did lose it! I was going to do what I wanted to do ... like checking things off of my Sally List (how's yours going, by the way?), maintenance projects (they can only be put off so long when you live in an old house!), cooking more ... Keep Reading...
CLEANING VINTAGE LINENS: How to Make Your Holiday Linens Love You!
Christmas celebrations are passed ... and I suspect some of you have vintage linens you had hoped to use at Christmas ... but you never found/made time to get out the storage stains before the holiday rush. Maybe next year, right? May I offer a suggestion? (It's also called The Voice of Experience.) NOW is the perfect time to take care of those stains ... while schedules are still offering a few slower-paced days than usual. My favorite all-time favorite linen cleaner.? It's called Restoration, and it's available HERE at My Place to Yours on Etsy. You can read the testimonials -- Click the Vintage Linens tab above, then select Restoration ... or you can just see for ... Keep Reading...
2012: A Clean Slate
I always love the week between Christmas and New Years. If I'm home without company, I take down Christmas decorations and start the new year with not only the proverbial "clean slate," but a clean house as well. If, however, I am blessed to have after-Christmas company or am traveling, that just has to wait a little longer. This year, it has to wait. After a quiet "table for two" on Christmas Day, Renaissance Man and I drove to North Carolina to visit our youngest daughter and her family (aka Little Man and his parents). We're playing and working on some DIY projects they wanted to tackle, so today's post is a tablescape inspiration board -- because I've had no time to tablescape! (I hope to show you some DIYs ... Keep Reading...
