I love Mount Vernon and it is on my ‘dream places to live’ list because: It is on the water with a spectacular water view! Thanks to some smart folks with the foresight to buy the land across the river and turn it into a park it will always remain that way. The grounds are [...] Read more »
Colors for a Florida lakefront home
Today’s color dilemma… Thanks for finally addressing the bricks…The front of my home has partial red brick and the rest is stucco. I am in Florida on a small lake. The house was painted beige with the mauve trim, plenty of trim includes the garage. The house next to me had the mauve color shot [...] Read more »
Newell paints the living room
About two months ago I started following along as Newell Turner, Style Director of House Beautiful magazine blogs about the renovation of his farmhouse in Upstate New York. Newell selected the colors some time ago but I hadn’t gone back and read many of his older posts until now which is why I am just [...] Read more »



