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

Exciting Announcements!

Hello all!  It’s been awhile since we’ve chatted!  My plate has been very full, and my blog is currently taking a backseat.  I’m thrilled to be working with some new and fabulous clients and very excited to announce that our home will be part of Wildwood’s Holiday Tour of Homes this Christmas season on December 7! Read More

Magnolia Wreath

For a few years, I longed for a wreath for the mirror in the dining room which is now the living room.  I thought about creating one but waited.  So glad I did!  Last year, I found this fabulous magnolia wreath!  Magnolias are the quintessential Southern tree staple.  We planted one honoring Daniel’s birth.  (It Read More

Winter Weather and The 12 Days of Christmas

Wow, what a week!  On Christmas night (thankfully after dinner), our power went out and returned Friday at 2:00 p.m. due to an intensive snow blizzard.  Yes, a blizzard…10 inches worth.  For us, that’s a blizzard!  Handyman Husband stayed in the freezing house with the gas logs, and the kids and I went to our Read More

The Gift of Giving

Last week, our neighborhood experienced an awful event…a family lost their home to a fire.  Lost everything.  But all are safe…and that’s what matters.  It happened during a beautiful time.  A time of giving.  People from all over, many strangers, gave to this family.  And this family’s attitude has been one of an uplifting spirit, Read More