This 'n that. House photos, store sale and more.

Hi there everybody.

I have been adding new photos to the MY HOME 

section on my blog.  Its basically my house tour

with photos taken by both stellar photographer 

Matthew Mead and myself. 

You will see lots more pics than they were able to put

in the recent magazine covering my home.

My master bathroom and my bedroom and 

lots of pics of my dining room and living room and kitchen.

Click HERE to go to the MY HOME tour page.

A rare shot of my bedroom~look no painted furniture!

See more of this room on the tour.

 Some sadness came to us last week as we had to send Tobey to 

doggy heaven.  He was no longer able to stand on his own, and would just sit in one spot

for the entire day.  He was a rugged little guy who no doubt was in pain, 

so it was finally time to let him go.

I grabbed my camera and took these pics of Tobey and Dillon

on his last morning at home and I thought he looked so cute.

 RIP my little pal. We buried Tobey in New Hampshire in our friend's lovely yard. 

A country stone wall and trees shade his spot where he rests, 

next to our other dogs that have passed before him, Angus and Buster.

 The sun and warmer weather have finally shown up in New England! Its been 

so wonderful having lovely days after that brutal winter we lived through.  It seemed

to arrive just as I entertained Matthew Mead and crew for the magazine party.

Or perhaps my fellow stockist and friend, Janet Metzger brought the good weather up

when she arrived from Virginia. She helped me tremendously with the party and the following

days we spent our time doing some antiquing in Boston and Concord Mass.

 I got this very over the top lamp.  Its Old Lady Italian Style I guess...seems I am drawn to 

these kind of things.  The trick is you can't have too much of this OLIS (Old Lady Italian Style)

or your house becomes very theatrical looking.  But I adore this thing...and when I have time I 

will clean up the crystals and add some bulbs and perhaps pink silk shades.

 Janet and I really enjoyed our time in Concord. What a cute little downtown they have over there. Since it was Monday and our shop was closed, I even called up my shop girl Julia
 and told her where we were if she wanted to meet us, as this place was so adorable.

Lots of little antique shops, and other sweet looking places. 
 We walked into Thoreauly Antiques and didn't get out for  two hours. We had

blown our whole time frame in just ONE shop!!

 Here I am checking out with more than a few bags.  It was pretty funny because 

one of the women featured in the Matthew Mead Decorating magazine, Cary Goodrich,
 is an antiques dealer and she has an area for her things in this shop, Thoreauly Antiques.  So that

is why we ended up in this particular shop, and boy was it great! The funny part was that

the sales lady, Judi, was talking to Janet about Cary being in the magazine. Then she started

talking about how beautiful Amy Chalmers' home was.  She didn't realize that she was 

talking about me! It made me feel a bit like a celeb, which was kind of surreal.  Anyway you must 

visit Concord Massachusetts if you are in the Boston area.

 You can see things like the childhood home of Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women.

This home is a museum and you can take a tour.  Janet and I stopped by to snap a few pics.

 Of course the biggest thing going on right now is closing my shop. This is the last week

we will be open.  People have been coming in and getting steals and deals on things. I have a Saturday Chalk Paint Workshop but we will be open for business and selling off everything.

 Some things for sale are our knobs, at 50% off.  

 The Annie Sloan line is NOT for sale however. 

We are fully stocked if you want to get 

your last minute supplies before we vanish.

You can continue to buy Chalk Paint® at our sister

store Pioneer Goods with a direct link from my blog above and HERE.

Justin will remain as a stockist and take good care of you.

 How about a smokin' deal on this china cabinet? 

 $200 bucks and you can take it away. Come see what else we have!

I will be here, at least for the week. 

I wish Janet was here to help.