Blog

Healthy Home Healthier Life

Healthy Home Healthier Life

 If you had a cast, or recent surgery, or a recent knee or hip replacement, what bathroom in your current home would work for you to easily take a shower? Do you even have a first floor bathroom where you can maneuver safely and easily for your basic needs if you...

read more
3 Tips to Healthier Holidays

3 Tips to Healthier Holidays

 DO WE EVER REALLY THINK ABOUT THE COMMON PHRASE, “MAKE UP YOUR MIND?” WELL, MY DEAR FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT KEY! LET’S NOT UNDO ALL WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ACCOMPLISH BY NOT BEING DESIGN SMART, IE DESIGNING OUR HOLIDAY...

read more
3 LIFESTAGE LESSONS LEARNED WHILE TRAVELING

3 LIFESTAGE LESSONS LEARNED WHILE TRAVELING

My major shocks on a recent traveling experience and what I learned...read on Major lesson: Even in traveling, we can choose our outcome or we can take a chance, ie not choose our outcome. Most of us realize that traveling is tiring. However, I do not recall having...

read more
WHY PETS AT ANY AGE?

WHY PETS AT ANY AGE?

BUT I TRAVEL? OR I CANNOT GO THROUGH LOSING ANOTHER PET…….. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE VALID REASONS  NOT TO HAVE A PET. BELIEVE ME, BOB AND I SOUL SEARCHED THESE SAME QUESTIONS. BUT IN THE END, HERE’S WHY WE HAVE OUR BELOVED JAKE. I cannot begin to tell you how...

read more
Downsizing Reality; Stuff Fills Up Storage Available

Downsizing Reality; Stuff Fills Up Storage Available

For all of us, but especially for those who are changing lifestyles or homes, this post on clothes storage  is for you! Exactly 2 years ago, Bob and I relocated to NE Ohio leaving behind my beloved design studio and full service interior design business. Why...

read more
Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast  + Healthy Lifestyle Tips

Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast + Healthy Lifestyle Tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1bF_L7egXM Starting your Aging Gracefully day with a healthy breakfast is a major must. This is a post from my archives. Would you believe it from 2012? Please forgive the sound etc but realize this was almost 10 years ago when I was a...

read more
MY NEW ONLINE COURSE: KITCHENS WHERE LIFE HAPPENS!

MY NEW ONLINE COURSE: KITCHENS WHERE LIFE HAPPENS!

ARE YOU READY FOR THE KITCHEN OF YOUR DREAMS? Whether you are a homeowner working with a designer or contractor, or you are a DIYer, a realtor, or even a designer wanting a kitchen design refresher, this course is for any of you! Why?  The design or building...

read more
THE AFTER OF OUR REPURPOSED DINING ROOM TO TV/DEN

THE AFTER OF OUR REPURPOSED DINING ROOM TO TV/DEN

It seems like everyone these days is repurposing their extra rooms for home offices, including those unused dining rooms.  But for Bob and I, we repurposed our dining room to this nurturing, intimate, cozy sanctuary TV/Den that we enjoy almost every evening. Our...

read more