Karen

Old, Imperfect and Beautiful

When an older couple (neighbors from my childhood years) decided to downsize and leave snowy New York for Florida, they

This morning I went to a yard sale that promised to be huge. (Not just big, but HUGE.) I got

Wasn’t planning on buying stuff last weekend, but the church rummage sale was only a few miles from my house.

Yesterday I had a “To Do” list that started with “Pick up diamonds.” (True!) Said diamonds had been removed from the 14kt gold

I LOVE quilts. We use them everyday in our house. Maybe this love stems back to my gram who was an

Let me just say, estate sales have fabulous vintage stuff. Typically the sale is for an aged person who has lived in

Gosh, I don’t know if this is my “find of the week.” It could be…or not! I found it at

Okay…not really. But it has made buying retail really, really hard. The other day I went with my oldest daughter

I’ll admit I sometimes buy things that I know are old fashioned and out of vogue because I find them charming.

I loved celebrating the 4th of July when I was a kid. The parade, the fireworks, the picnic tables groaning