Craving a Beautiful Closet

By Barbara Bussey | May 31, 2012 |

There must be some serious organizing happening in Blogland! I just saw that Kathysue, at Good Life of Design, had a very in-depth closet organization tutorial Thursday. I admire her…

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Monday on a Tuesday

By Barbara Bussey | May 29, 2012 |

Hello!, First of all, for a really fun movie, treat…and we hadn’t been to the movies in months…I highly recommend “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”! Judi Dench and the entire…

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Taking Inventory

By Barbara Bussey | May 27, 2012 |

Manifesto – man-i-fes-to: a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization This morning, Marian, at Miss Mustard Seed has one…

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My Deal of the Week!

By Barbara Bussey | May 25, 2012 |

This week, I made a great find, at Veranda Antiques, of course! Having 6 sets of china, purchased or passed on to us by family, we certainly didn’t need another,…

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4th of July Banner

By Barbara Bussey | May 23, 2012 |

As I mentioned yesterday, Stacey at Conspicuous Design, is letting me guest post at her wonderful blog soon, about decorating for a 4th of July party. I started out yesterday,…

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Back to the Work Shop

By Barbara Bussey | May 20, 2012 |

We had a great weekend at Veranda Antiques! Between yesterday’s parking lot sale and customers buying at Veranda, I had better get back to painting and sourcing more treasures! That’s…

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Come On By!

By Barbara Bussey | May 19, 2012 |

Let’s make a deal at today’s parking lot sale! (Seeing a crazy woman with a stop sign will probably keep people driving on by. Kind of scary!) 9900 Fair Oaks…

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Twilight In the Garden

By Barbara Bussey | May 18, 2012 |

It’s 8 p.m., on Friday night. My favorite time of my favorite day. May is a wonderful time of the year, here in northern California…before the string of 100 degree…

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