Garden Paths

Garden Paths

“A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.”   ...Continue reading...

Glamorous Gray ~ Furlow Gatewood~

Glamorous Gray ~ Furlow Gatewood~

The rural but now very chic southern home below was slated for demolition, but the partner and associate of John Rosselli Interiors of New York City , could not stand by and let that happen. The associates name is Furlow Gatewood.....wonderful name...and for fifty years he worked as Mr. Rosselli's  antiques buyer, purchasing throughout the south. He is considered a bona fide expert in antiques and vernacular architecture, and happened to be 90 years old when he saved this home. Mr. Gatewood is ...Continue reading...

What Does Your Living Room Say About You?

What Does Your Living Room Say About You?

Today's I have a guest post by Loren Thorburn. Loren lives and works in Wales in the British Isles and loves to ...Continue reading...

Scandinavian Modern With a Surprise Twist

Scandinavian Modern With a Surprise Twist

This home is decorated simply, has ultra clean lines and is a totally  built green home. It's sustainable, it's prefab, but I will save the biggest surprise about it for the very end. ...Continue reading...

Best Flowers to Attract Butterflies

Best Flowers to Attract Butterflies

I have had a few readers ask me about attracting butterflies to the garden. The main reason that butterflies and hummingbirds will consistently  visit your garden is because of ...Continue reading...

Classic, Yet Colorful and Playful

Classic, Yet Colorful and Playful

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. We are having a sunny day, and I am appreciating it immeasurable. Today, from Architectural Digest, comes a home that was totally redone, rather than bulldozed and rebuilt as another mansion.....unusual for the ...Continue reading...

Knock Out Roses

Knock Out Roses

Do you like roses but don't want to deal with all the fuss it takes to have some roses in the garden? Then this is a rose to consider. ...Continue reading...

Iceland… And How Original !!

Iceland… And How Original !!

Originality, imagination and engineering combine to solve a source of visual pollution that we see all over the world. It's a design disaster I say! What am I speaking of? ...Continue reading...

Pocket Gardens

Pocket Gardens

I live on over 6 wooded acres, and only around the house is it cleared enough to allow for a decent amount of gardening space. Over the years I have added small garden areas I call pocket gardens. This post is about the one I added ...Continue reading...

Palatial Brazil – Stunning Achievement Part II

Palatial Brazil – Stunning Achievement Part II

On to the interior of this home designed by Eduarda Correa, who established his architecture and design firm in 1994 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. First, a couple of notes for inquiring minds from yesterday's post. The ceiling in the pool area is ...Continue reading...