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Client Project: Custom Shutters

I am thrilled to share a client’s project with you today!  Custom shutters!  We honed in on the exact look and feel my client was wanting to achieve, and I can happily say we did just that… The client desired a tone on tone feel with a touch of elegance! The custom wood paneled shutters Read More

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Last night, Lily Garden Club was inspired by Angie from Botanica Gardens with orchids!  Orchids have to be one of my absolute favorite flowers!  I blogged about my very first orchid awhile back.  Read about it here.  Orchids are the perfect Valentine gift for a special someone or for yourself… This miniature orchid Read More

Spring Seminar at Botanica Gardens

I am delighted to announce a Spring Seminar that I will be teaching at Botanica Gardens in April!  Just to write the word “spring” is music to my ears especially with our “icy” weather today.  On April 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., we will explore the art of creating our own chalk paint Read More

Kitchen Tweaking

Not only have I been enjoying my new “BPR” way of thinking, but I also have been tweaking things around the house.  I started in the kitchen with a simple swap of a few items… I adore a lamp in the kitchen!  Your kitchen is not only a place where you prepare meals, but it is Read More

Welcome 2014!

It is hard to believe we have surpassed another year, but I do have to admit that I enjoy welcoming in a new one!  A new year symbolizes many things:  renewal, peace, a fresh start, etc.  I no longer make the typical “New Year’s resolutions.”  Instead, I think of ways to enrich my life.  This Read More

Merry Christmas!

From my family to yours…     May tomorrow bring you joy, love, and happiness! Merry Christmas! Jana                                  

Christmas Home Tour Part 2: Chris H. Olsen

Today we will complete our Christmas Home Tour of Chris H. Olsen’s spectacular home decorated for the Christmas season… AH-Mazing Dining Room! The dining table’s centerpiece is lovely and has such an organic feel! What a clever way of displaying ornaments! This sitting room is a winter wonderland! And who could resist this fabulous chandelier! Read More

Christmas Home Tour Part 1: Chris H. Olsen

WOW! Are you in for a treat!!!  This weekend the ever so talented, Chris H. Olsen, opened his home for a Christmas Open House.  Mother, Elizabeth, and I had a ball, and you will too… Welcome to Chris’s home! I began my tour in the kitchen with a glass of wine admiring these oversized Poinsettias! Read More

Away in a Manger

It is so very easy to get caught up in the “idea” of Christmas…gifts, parties, Santa, etc.!  And honestly, I would like to start traditions in our home that really relate to the “reason for the season!”  As I mentioned last year, our Nativity is very special.  It is the first Christmas item out of the Read More

Oh Christmas Tree!

Hello from icy Little Rock!  Were you hit by this lovely weather?  We are just oh so thankful for our electricity staying ON during these last few days!  The weather started turning early Friday morning.  School was canceled Friday (and today), and the Designer Breakfast and Wildwood Holiday Tour of Homes were canceled too.  That Read More