While the boys are out on Boston Common throwing baseballs, I thought I’d see what kind of “bargains” I could find on 1st Dibs’ Saturday Sale. Here’s what I turned up: 1st Dibs Saturday Sale Italian Rostrato’ Chandelier from the 1940′s in the style of Barovier, $3,000, reduced from $8,250; Ed Hardy, San Francisco. Pair [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 25, 2009
Montage: Pure White Tubs
I finally had a bit of time to relax this weekend. No writing, no blogging (sorry, an electrical storm fried my modem – again!) and no cleaning. (I did plant cucumbers and peppers though.) For me, relaxing on Cape Cod means taking a bath, made extra wonderful with a book and Origins grapefruit bubbles. While [...]
May 20, 2009
Montage: Bunk Beds
I have no good reason for blogging about bunk beds today. I had them growing up. My 7-year-old has them in his room in Boston. My 8-year-old has them in his room on the Cape. Probably just about every other kid in America (and Europe? I don’t know, are bunk beds distinctly American?) has ‘em [...]
May 18, 2009
ARTmonday: Grace Hopkins-Lisle
Grace Hopkins-Lisle is an artist who grew up in NYC and is now based in Portland, Maine, with her husband, artist Andrew Lisle and her sweet little girl Gigi. Grace shows her work in galleries all over the Northeast. I discovered her work in Cape Cod. Her father, artist Budd Hopkins, is a longtime friend [...]
May 15, 2009
Montage: Colors of Sea and Sky
This weekend we’re heading out to Truro on the Cape. It’s finally warmed up, probably even out there. Might this weekend bring the first beach day of the season for us? To get me in the mood, I’ve compiled this collection of rooms inspired by ocean hues and summer skies. And they just happen to [...]
May 13, 2009
Get the Look: Your Backyard, A Resort
As summer approaches I am busily searching for a cute, friendly sitter to hang out with my boys at the beach all day while I lounge around indoors writing my blog. (Interested? They’re a bit of a handful . . . ) Last summer I spent my days ensconced in my pure white room, looking [...]
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