Decorating a home office area can be tricky. I liked so many of these . . . click on the link and see each of the 34 wonderful ideas. I have lots of horizontal working space in my own personal home office and right now every single inch is covered with papers. Really! But ask me where anything is and I can put my hands right on it. via google images
Weegee | 1937 "Summer on the Lower East Side" Today would have been a good day for a repeat performance. It's very hot in the Northeast.
I felt as if I'd been on vacation after viewing the slideshow of this lake house on Flickr. House Dreams.
This is great! "Bookshelf mural painted on someone’s garage in the Hollywood Hills."
It's hard to believe that July 4th is just around the corner. Better get out all of your red, white and blue accessories and start decorating. 
Isn't this Vizsla puppy playing the cutest thing? He looks a little wobbly and a tad unsure of himself. via google images
"Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me." Audrey Hepburn
Such a nice chicken coop. It's really pretty, isn't it? found on Tumblr
It is going to be at least 91 degrees at my house today. Just looking at this room all decked out in white with the Robin's Egg Blue door makes me feel cool. I'll probably have to look at it numerous times today. google images
Doesn't this look like the perfect outing for the first days of summer?
I love this tile mosaic. It's a great design isn't it?
I really would love to own this beautiful book. I've always been interested in images of from The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. I think this is probably The Kelmscott Chaucer. I had a fine reproduction copy once and have always been sorry I sold it. Image via Flickr
I like this Vogue cover illustration of a woman reading a book. I'm not reading anything at the moment and I miss being involved in a story. Have a great day, Rosemary.
I had amazing luck at an estate sale just around the corner this past weekend. On the second day, somewhat late in the day I spotted and bought this early 19th century tilt-top tea table with a square top and cut corners. Doesn't it look perfect between my two early armchairs? Luckily I had already negotiated a better price before I started looking at it more closely, flipping up the top, turning it over to examine the base, vase-turned shaft, snake feet, etc. because there suddenly appeared in the wings a lady asking for second right of refusal. Poor table, rejected for a whole day and a half before being discovered by me to be loved again. Webster (behind chair) loves it too. My friend Jill gave me the flowers she arranged so beautifully right from her garden. I even had a small square black plate to put under her urn in case it leaks. The roses are shedding their petals but everything else is still going strong.
I never fail to burn something if I walk away from the stove with something cooking.
Poster for the U.S. Department of Agriculture promoting victory gardens, showing carrots, lettuce, onion, tomatoes, and potatoes growing.
I love this idea of making something from nothing, don't you? Use your recycled newspaper to make a tray or cookie sheet full of origami seed starter boxes for your seeds. Once the sprouts pop up you can plant the whole thing in the ground since the paper will decompose. Nice! Great project for children too. It's not too late in the year to plant seeds since there's plenty of time left in the growing season. It's a great winter project too for starting herb seeds for the windowsill or for gifts.
Wish I had hollyhocks here at the cottage. I had them one year and they never came back. I still have some seeds. Maybe I'll try again. Google images.
I've never been to Cornwall either. You know I love this Cornwall Cottage.
by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.