These butterscotch brownies have been a favorite quick dessert recipe in our family for years! Easy-peasy because they can be whipped up using one bowl or saucepan and a wooden spoon! No dragging out a mixer or multiple bowls and beaters…it takes about 5 minutes to throw together the ingredients, and 25 minutes to bake them before you can have
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Fall(ing) Trees
Well today’s post is about what’s on my mind, or more accurately on my roof, at the moment. It gives the term “fall”, which presumably is for falling leaves, a whole new twist when the leaves come down with the rest of the tree!
Can you spot our exciting new fall exterior decoration??
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Farmhouse Style - Passing Trend or New Classic?
This is the decade of farmhouse décor. In the current American farmhouse era, you can’t scroll through Pinterest without tripping over a zillion posts on farmhouse style. This farmhouse has the iconic barn doors, tinware and rustic accessories, and an avalanche of mason jars, shiplap walls, and chalkboard labels.
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Color of the Year 2020
Benjamin Moore JUST announced their color of the year for 2020 and it is, surprisingly, a pale and complex pink shade called First Light. It is an appealing name, to be sure, and the color has undertones of gray-blue that keep it from being cloyingly sweet as pastels are wont to do.
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A Peek at the New Schumacher Wallpaper Collections
The new Schumacher library of wallcoverings just arrived and it is epic! It contains over 2000 patterns and 150 inspiration images.
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Easy Apple Dessert
Ahhhhhh….It’s fall in New England and THAT means apple season! We live close to several apple picking orchards and while we DO go apple picking
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Decorating with Shades of Gray
Is gray STILL popular? Maybe that’s not the right question. Popular is a moving target and not really the best yardstick for any interior decorating decision. You SHOULD be asking, is it right for the space? And does it spark joy?…no wait, that’s Marie Kondo decision making…but it IS relevant to choosing colors – you SHOULD love what you choose!
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An In-home Design Consultation
So what exactly happens at a design consultation? We offer a variety of services tailored to different needs - from full service design to long distance design consultations via email. One of the services we offer locally is a consultation “house call”. This is best suited to
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Plumbing and Lighting Showroom Visit
This week, while sourcing fixtures for a bathroom project, we visited a new(ish) Ferguson’s Plumbing Showroom in our area…They have always had a large display of plumbing fixtures and faucets, and an assortment of kitchen appliances, but historically, the lighting displayed is pretty minimal - not anymore! This new showroom had an incredible amount of lighting on display
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Brimfield Antiques Show
People come from all over the country to shop at the Brimfield Antiques Show which happens 3 times a year, May, June, and September. There are acres of fields all with many different venders in curated “shows”. A few of the fields require a fee to shop in, but most are free to enter.
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Peach Dessert Recipes
It is STILL peach season and I am savoring EVERY minute of it! Peach is one of my all-time favorite flavors and local fresh peaches are absolute heaven. If I buy enough peaches, maybe I’ll even have some to use in baking?! Today I am sharing my two favorite peach desserts.
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pantry organization
Organizing your Pantry
I love a pretty, organized pantry and fall seems like a great time to get organized for the busy season ahead! There are different types of pantries - there are kitchen pantries that are part of the cabinetry, walk in kitchen pantries which are more of a kitchen within a kitchen with work counters for using appliances and a lot of open storage. There are various sizes of step in pantries,
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