Greetings On Day 26

Happy Wednesday friends I sincerely hope this finds you well. Yes today is day 26 of sheltering at home - my husband has done the marketing and with the exceptions of walks in our neighborhood I have been home since Friday March 13th. Here’s the link to my piece from March 25th Chaletbound if you missed our new normal. I’m blessed to say the King family is doing really well! Today I’m sharing some things from life around the Chalet along with some new treasures and inspiration.

I’ve been lighting more candles and everyone is really digging it. Click image for source.

I’ve shopped a bit (we are wiping everything down) in an effort to support small businesses and friends who run these enterprises during this crazy time. I ordered this Leopard Cotton Velvet Cover from Annabel Bleu. They have a ton of styles. Below are few more I’m really loving. (I sew covers but, I have not mastered zippers - I need to learn! )

The wonderfully talented Jill Rosenwald held a warehouse sale on 3/15 and this delightful center vessel Calypso Jilly is now mine!

Elena S. Boiardi is a tremendous artist and friend - I’m overjoyed to have two more pieces of her work here in the Chalet. The Tortoise Shagreen Egg and the Ziggy Heart Box.

We last went thrifting at the Black Rose Antiques Center in Philipsburg, NJ February 16th, my sister and brother in law met the three of us there - I bought a bunch of art books and after we shared a delicious sushi dinner! Oh those were the days! We’ve actually been thrifting less lately but, when Christina of The White Pepper Vintage put this remarkable enamel dish and brass egg box up for sale… I knew they were coming to the Chalet!

I will share that this time has been way more about homeschooling and doing my day-to-day Mom chores than about client work, my website or home projects. I sent a room schematic to a client last month and we’ll pick up again when we get to the other side of this. I had hoped to spend more time cleaning out the basement and I’ve made a bit of progress over the weekends but, focusing on Liam has been my top priority and honestly I can’t muster the energy with all the rainy days we’ve had to get down there. The other project is the kitchen. I didn’t buy paint, thinking I’d be able to go to Home Depot or this situation would not be stretching out before us - like it is. In the big scheme of things I know painting my kitchen is not a big deal - but man - it would be so great to do - to have a pretty project!

When I came across this image of Carlos Sánchez-García home on IG I was picking my jaw off the floor. I love the pattern and the infusion of color married with the warmth of his furnishings. LOVE LOVE LOVE! So this led me to start saving images of brightly patterned pillows. Like I said it’s all about simple and doable and we all know the easiest way to change the look of a room is with pillows! And for me the more the better! I’ve been pulling pillows from storage and swapping stuff and making wish-lists! ha!

Look at these fantastic pillows from Middle March Shop and then I popped over to Anthropologie - such unique pieces! The yarn details definitely started by wheels turning!

I have managed to do a few things: I did update the seat fabric of an old chair that was in the basement for months. So that’s off the To Do list. I finished the book Hillbilly Elegy. I tooled around here on my website - adding two new sections Blogs We Love and Floral Tips in the sidebar. I’ve swapping out some art by reusing frames I had on hand. I hung a new piece - I partnered with Mapiful on a personalized Zodiac Print. I’ve been looking through my huge stack of fiction and figuring out what I’ll read - I just started Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House. I’ve been looking through my art and design books - its been so pleasurable to sit with a stack and lazily peruse them.

Liam is on Spring Break this week so we’re concentrating on fun - art, games, Lego, movies, as much outdoor time as we can manage and of course museums - back in February my sister Noreen and I decided yesterday was going to be the day of spring break we’d ride the ferry into the City and visit The Met (our favorite museum) and she’s a member; but, instead we’re looking in books and on-line. A little Met is better than no Met! We’re also looking at other museums in NYC and around the world through You Tube and their websites.

Til next time - take good care - please stay home - please stay 6 feet away from everyone you do not live with - please wipe everything off before you bring it into your home.

Thanks as always for taking your precious time to be here! xoxo