HOW TO UPHOLSTER A VINTAGE EASTLAKE CHAISE LOUNGE

HOW TO UPHOLSTER A VINTAGE EASTLAKE CHAISE LOUNGE

Eastlake chaise lounge DIY project Early in the 2020 pandemic, I saw an amazing Eastlake chaise lounge on Facebook marketplace. Remember those early pandemic days when you spent hours imagining creative home projects? There it was staring me in the face — an upholstery project for the woman who knows nothing about upholstery. The couch was a…

COLLECTING VINTAGE CROSS-STITCH AND EMBROIDERY

COLLECTING VINTAGE CROSS-STITCH AND EMBROIDERY

Drawn to vintage cross-stitch I love to sew, but I have never had the gift for cross-stitch and embroidery. That detailed work just drives me crazy. Maybe that’s why I so appreciate the incredible needlework that (mostly) women have created over the centuries.  The weirder, the better I’m particularly drawn to unusual designs. I found…

ROASTED SQUASH AND APPLE SALAD WITH WILD RICE, PANCETTA AND POMEGRANATE
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ROASTED SQUASH AND APPLE SALAD WITH WILD RICE, PANCETTA AND POMEGRANATE

Roasted squash and apple salad Sweet, salty, sour — and delicious! This savory roasted squash and apple salad combines delicata squash, apples, pancetta, wild rice and pomegranate seeds for a perfectly balanced and healthy autumn dinner.  You don’t have to use delicata squash – butternut squash, acorn squash or even roasted sweet potatoes would be…