Recent content by Viola

I see Retro Renovation already got a well-deserved mention. I do want to link a particular kitchen though: Because of the floor I really like black/white checkerboard floors too but the basketweave here really looked good to me. If I am reading correctly, the only colour you're devoted to...

I long for when I have room in my bedroom for a vanity table... it would be completely magical to liberate my makeup from the under-sink storage of our bathroom and my husband would love to get his bathroom back too. Also I think vanity tables are beautiful, especially with nice-looking...

I was a vegetarian for a couple months and then got sidetracked. I am not vegetarian at the moment but eat a lot of meatless dinners. That said, I am thinking about going back to it with an official starting date (as opposed to just happening to eat decreasing amounts of meat) this year for my...

I could abandon decades. But not vintage-inspired altogether, I don't think. I like "done"-ness too much. I like a dark lip and pale complexion. I like vintage hairstyles. I could go for a different vintage look than I do now though. I am not likely to wear everything I wear now forever...

Antique furniture has styles like anything else in design. Trying to sell a Hepplewhite right now would be an exercise in pain. It's very Swedish/Belgian right now. Gustavian stuff and old Mora clocks are going for twice what they did a decade ago... but other antiques have swung low, sweet...

I got told recently that women who don't wear sweatpants to the grocery store or put lipstick on regularly for "no real reason, just out to the shops..." are insecure, shallow, and sad. I said "you think women should be able to be comfortable, right?" and she said yes. I said "well I never...

I actually like pantyhose. Well, I like tights. And cable stockings, when I can find them. They are warm, and comfy. Opaque tights (not the footless kind) are really easy to wear and make a skirt easy. I don't have much use for nude pantyhose, but I do wear black, on occasion. Am I the only one?

Window candles are a good idea. We're right off a busy road so we keep the drapes drawn at night and it will look more cheerful with some candles. Is there symbolism for the number/colour of candles? The easiest ones to find are the single candlesticks. The little village houses are, oddly...

Mmm, steak.

It's odd, perhaps, but Gracie Allen's most equivalent entertainer today is, I think, not a comedienne at all but I see shades of her in Dolly Parton. I just get that sort of wry semi-innocence from Dolly. Dolly strikes me as a throwback to vaudeville in some ways - and yes, she definitely has...

I could kiss you, those are perfect.

I have a real soft spot for George Burns and Gracie Allen.

Pics, please, flyfishark. Of the guns and of the purse. :o

I don't like that photo of her either. I'm pretty sure I could photoshop a better one with her head and another body... which is what looks like what happened here.

Last Christmas was my first ever, and our first as a married couple, so we don't have many traditions yet. Or, for that matter, an extensive ornament collection. If you were suggesting really classic decorations/colour-schemes/knick-knacks, what would they be? We need a new tree, but bought a...