I've had this little chair for a long time. When I bought it in the 1990's the woven seat had broken and been covered with a leather seat. After years of use, it broke also. I have a plan to repair it without having to weave a new seat. That reveal you'll have to wait for. I think it's going to be white.
I bought this pretty chair at an estate sale. I think this one is for sure going to be black.
I've probably bitten off more than I can chew in two weeks, especially since I'm going out of town twice in those two weeks. Well, I'm hoping to finish one chair, at the very least. No fabric or foam has been bought yet for any of these. YIKES! My husband will be thrilled to get these out of the garage. You know we store everything in our garages in California.
I just made this really great salad for dinner. In fact, I'm still eating it as I type. The greens are Arugula, which is seriously my favorite salad green. I steamed some green beans, sliced some strawberries and green onion. Topped it with blue cheese, some shredded Asiago and pine nuts. Actually, I forgot to add the pine nuts until half-way through the salad, so they aren't in the photo. I topped it all off with my favorite bottled dressing, Newman's Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing. I was going to make lemon vinegarette, but was hungry. How is it that I can NEVER spell that right the first time? Actually, I think there's more than one way to spell viniagrette. Just checked Websters. It's really too bad that I'm eating this all alone tonight. DH would've liked it. I think he's at the Smithsonian tonight, poor guy.
My sweet daughter baked her first cake from scratch totally by herself. It's a German pound cake with my grandmother's fudge frosting on top. YUMMY! It's the kind of frosting that you scrape the pan of every possible remnant afterwards. 
Here's another truth. The kitchen was/is a mess. And I'm having pound cake for breakfast today. Isn't it pretty much like coffee cake? Yep, I think so.
On a more fun note, my parents who live in the Kansas City area have actually bought me a gift card to Curious Sofa for my birthday! I don't have my next visit planned, but I'm excited! So, I'm just going to drag out this BIG birthday as long as possible. Visit Debbie from Curious Sofa at her blog here. 
These cute little handmade birds are from Anthropologie. You will be surprised at their price!
I just bought this little wire cloche at work on Friday. I think it looks perfect perched on my urn. 
I actually have a few more birds around, but enough is enough. How do you use birds in your decorating?
Basil is probably my favorite. I love pesto, but you need ALOT of basil to make it. 
Chives is probably one herb that I use the most. Who doesn't like chives in their baked potatoes? 
I actually have 4 Rosemary bushes at the moment. Out here in SoCal, they're part of my regular landscaping. I just cut back two of them and filled up the "green" dumpster. The other two are slated for next week. 
I grow herbs to cook with mainly. And, I don't seem to do that enough. They are definitely charming and aromatic plants. I think they'd be worth growing just for sweet little arrangements like these. It think I'll go pick a bunch. . .
Her identity is hidden in order to protect the innocent, or guilty as the case may be. 
This idea below is my favorite. I actually bought some of these drawer pulls to try this. Problem is they don't really show you that it's not on a wall. These pulls have long screws that hold on the pull. They need to be put on to a picture frame, which if you look closely, I think they've done.
This photo is more difficult to see. If you click on the photo you can see the details. There are several frames that are used as bulletin boards. They covered foam core or cork with pretty papers and fabrics. I'm going to do something similar over our desk. Wait and see!
