Halloween may be near but the brooms in today’s post are not your run-of-the-mill witch’s stick! These are handcrafted artisan brooms—one-of-a-kind, functional pieces of art made with time-honored…
Found object assemblage, reclaimed creations or garbage design—whatever you choose to call it—the trend to upcycle, repurpose and transform discarded materials is gaining momentum. Fans of NBC’s Making…
There was a time when local newspapers printed a society page with a full accounting of who visited whom in the community. They even reported who poured tea. …
In last week’s post I introduced the idea of turning a mundane wall hook into a piece of wall art. Wall hooks, coat hooks, robe hooks, back-of-door hooks—when…
There’s a full-blown beauty pageant underway in our flower garden these days! The leading contestants, Clematis ‘Ramona Blue’, purple bearded iris and Allium ‘Purple Sensation’, are trying their…