Late Summer Beyond the Blog and >50 Beauty
How are you holding up as summer winds down? After a couple of weeks of assorted GI woes, I feel almost human again. Which is…
Cotswolds Cottage Luxury from Boutique Retreats
What a breathtaking sight to behold in the English countryside! Amoretta is a fairytale getaway in the Cotswolds – a place I long to visit…
Hello Lovely’s Living Room Renovation: How to Get the …
This will be part pep talk and part before/during/after of Hello Lovely’s living room renovation (more of a sitting room than living room). Like our…
Contemplative Interiors: Spare & Nature-Informed Beauty
Last summer we explored an inspiring book featuring soulfully spare, contemplative interiors by Michael Del Piero. What’s the significance of this contemplative quality? For me,…
Hello Lovely’s Family Room (Prescription for Beige-y Furniture? MORE …
The prescription is unapologetically, authentically effective and true on planet Michele! I know, I know! Mostly colorless rooms with low-to-no contrast ’round here. Boring as…
Parisienne-Style Villa in Pacific Heights
With AI images everywhere online, I often get push back from FB followers insisting an interior I post is not real when it truly is.…
Where Can I Find a Great White Sofa?
If you are in the market for a white sofa for the living room, great room, or den, I have options! White upholstery is not…
Porch Sitting Glory & Outdoor Inspo
Raise your hand if you claim porch sitting as a sport at which you excel…hahaha, you’re in good company, mates. Summer is still with us,…
Coastal Great Room in a Dream Cottage (Paint Colors Too!)
Whenever I daydream about finishing our walk-out basement, I inevitably wind up stuck since the possibilities are wide open. Would we go in a summery…
Classic Paint Color Palette for Cottage Bedrooms
Sizzling hot days, summer vacation, and afternoons stretching long and balmy seem like conditions just right for crisp white and blue. Not-too-spacious cottage bedrooms with…
Paint it Quiet: BEDROOM PAINT COLORS to Consider
Have you heard rumblings of “color blandness” or “sad beige?” Such chatter has cluttered my social feeds, and I have to giggle. Is there anything…
PAJAMA RANT & Summer Pretty Things Whether You’re 25 or 75
Summer pretty things you may like whether you’re 25 or 75 isn’t reinventing anything. I’m 58, and while thoughts of beauty, design, and personal growth…
