Not everything in our home has to be ‘company ready’ every day. Not every season needs to be a full-blown decorating production. Not every surface needs to be bedecked with a dazzling vignette or a statement arrangement. Sometimes, there is a season when our homes can just feel comforting, simple, cheerful, welcoming. For me, that season is now. By ‘now’, I mean early winter. …
Sewing
A Swing Through Christmas
A little bit late, but no less festive, is this quick little swing through Christmas 2024 at the Dupont house. Perhaps like you, I felt very rushed with those few short weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, with what felt like a crunched schedule, I tried to put together Christmas at the Dupont house in…
2024 Fall Living Room
Welcome to the 2024 Fall Living Room at the Dupont house. Right now, we are in the middle of October, and the whole of NE Indiana is ablaze in copper, terra cotta, golden yellows and burgundy reds. I simply cannot compete with that, so I won’t even try. When Sailor and I were taking down…
How I Manage 100s of Pillows
It was a little challenging to determine the title for this post. At first, I was going to title it “Let Me Introduce You to My Sewing System”. Except it’s not REALLY a sewing system. Then, I decided I really liked: “How I Organize my Pillow Covers”. But, that sounds so boring! So, I settled…
Blue + White Spring Living Room
Even though we have lived in the Dupont house for around 2 ½ years, this is the first post about Spring. I have titled it ‘A Blue + White Spring Living Room’…and yes, I realize, we are already half-way through Spring. And yes, I realize navy blue isn’t a true Spring color. And yes, I…
