Shelf decorating is like making soup. You can have all the ingredients but it all depends on what you do with them. As in any recipe, you can improvise and create wonders if you know the rules and how to break them. Shelf styling or decorating is no different, darling. So, before you start placing your pretty things read this carefully drafted article with images from my own … [Read more...]
How to Quickly Update a Traditional Interior Design Home
If you mention Traditional Interior design decorating, I immediately see the images of my grandmother's twenty-five piece the same color dark wood dining room, making me cringe. Now imagine the same room but only with solid color simple panels, less white moldings, upholstered chairs with modern, understated patterns,s and a simple chandelier instead of crystals. Better? I … [Read more...]
Ukrainian Women and Children. Art that Will Touch your Heart
Beauty alters the grain of reality.-Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch Since February I wake up every day with the hope that the war in Ukraine is over. Being a Ukrainian-American mother myself the thoughts about Ukrainian women and children come in powerful waves. It is remarkable that despite a nearly impossible load on their shoulders the courage and resilience of the … [Read more...]
Why I Buy Inexpensive Art from Ukrainian Kids All the Time
Buying art directly from Ukrainian kids for $3-$5 gives me some level of satisfaction. I go on Etsy and type "Ukrainian art" or "Ukraine children art" and the whole bunch of shops pop up. The best part is that I can write a review after the purchase. This is great because I can express myself and wish them all I want. The best part of this is that I buy directly rather … [Read more...]
Ukraine Will NEVER Fall!
Keeping my bewildered eyes on the news, photos, and videos about the war in Ukraine is what I have been doing for the last week. Then I came across an article by one of the popular bloggers The Roaming Boomers, Ukraine, War, and Travel who wrote a short matter-of-fact little post about European travel where he states: "The sad and likely scenario is that Ukraine will fall … [Read more...]
