Coastal French Gift Guide 2024: Some of these items are a steal; some are sensible; some are straight up luxe. ALL of them speak to my Coastal French heart. (Some links are affiliate, which
Read MoreSometimes, little genius things come along. Like the invention of toilet paper … or cell phones. Now imagine those worlds colliding. Because, let’s face it, that phone goes everywhere with you. When we renovated
Read MoreThe Paris 2024 Olympics have put the red, white, and blue (or if you’re French, blue white and red!) front and center again. At breakfast this morning, that thought made these lovely, perfect wonders
Read MoreIf you somehow missed the elderflower liqueur boat when it sped along 10-15 years ago, let’s get you aboard now with the St-Germain Spritz! St-Germain is a lovely botanical liqueur named after one of
Read MoreOnce upon a time, there was a young girl from Fairfield, Connecticut who wanted to go to the Fashion Institute of Technology. She had her sights set on becoming a buyer for fabulous stores
Read MoreLocations: 115 Main St. Unit 12 (Route 25), Monroe, CT + Etsy shop This is a full-fledged shout out for The Marketplace on Main in Monroe, CT. No, they aren’t paying me to say
Read MoreAfter two decades living in the Northeast, I can file this under ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ It took a drive north, into my bucket-list destiny of Montreal, to discover what I’ll forevermore
Read MoreAfter you get what Coastal French design is, you can set about making the change happen in your home like we did in our makeover. Finding a Coastal French dining room light fixture is
Read MoreDon’t ask me why it’s called chocolate chess pie. It has nothing to do with chess. I read up on it once, and everything I read was a guess… the best one being that
Read MoreI love to bake, but I don’t generate recipes. I usually pull them off the web, or out of books. However, I’ve lived in a lot of places and come across a handful of
Read MoreArhaus Furnishings for a Coastal French look – Living Room Stage 3 | Family Room Stage 2 | Kitchen Stage 7 We first took the financial plunge (during a Labor Day sale) with Arhaus
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