Our Home. My Canvas.
Did you know that some people put up more than one Christmas tree? And I’m not talking about the White House with their 37 trees. Or celebrities with their celebrity designers decking out their fifty-plus-room-mansion halls. I’m talking about real people. Living real lives. In real homes. Putting up a tree in (almost) every room … all by themselves. And not those little table top trees. I’m talking … [Read more...]
… why are your branches leaning?Every year it seems like our Christmas tree tilts. Either our house is crooked … or Mike and the kids – who are in charge of picking out the tree -- just can’t see straight.Oh well, it doesn’t really matter. In the end it looks pretty. Even if this year it has an extra Dr. Seuss-esq curve at the top.We don’t do a different ‘theme tree’ each year. A theme that involves red bows and baby’s … [Read more...]
Hi there! My name is Linda and I’m a Jersey-born-and-bred Midwestern transplant who lives in Chicago with my husband and two children. We've lived in our home since 1995 and over the years our style has changed and evolved. I wouldn't call my home a work-in-progress -- more like a rework-in-progress as I refresh and remodel things around here ... one room at a time.
