When we first started our search for a place in California with clean air, affordable housing, and a good place to raise a kid, I didn’t exactly expect to find it. It was 2015, and we had already been priced
*** Update *** Since writing this post, California has gone on lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, we will be holding off on selling our house for a while. So, if you see me writing from the
You, dear reader, would know I was lying if I said I didn’t spend part of every day on Etsy. As someone who has had run two Etsy shops, I really got to know and LOVE the community there. When
Southern California is suffering in 100 degree weather and even on our more temperate mountain, the thermometers are reading in the 80s. So, why then have I been scouring eBay and Etsy for a warm, vintage winter coat in July?
Since Prince Harry presented Meghan Markle with that gorgeous, large aquamarine ring as a wedding gift, the world of antique jewelry collectors has been going a little crazy for aquamarine rings. And rightfully so. The blue stone is dreamy, watery,
If you’ve explored modern interior design blogs in the past couple of years, you’ve probably noticed the vintage portrait painting trend. In 19th Century English literature, fancy homes are often described as having large portrait paintings of the head of
