French Aubusson Rugs, Diet plans and little Reeve has the flu!

A lovely example of a French rustic room with a fancy needlepoint Aubusson rug on the floor. This is the perfect balance of high and low, or fancy and rustic in home decor. You won't see too many Aubusson rugs used in today's homes, for whatever reason. I can barely find examples to share of these beautiful rugs,  unless you count the rugs found in the Palace of Versailles. This rug was in the Queen's Nobles Room at the palace of Versailles.  Hardly any furniture anywhere...

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The Best Price on Copper Kitchen Aid Mixers

The iconic Kitchen Aid stand mixer.   I have never owned one and I do a fair amount of cooking and baking.  A hand mixer was the way I  handled mixing up batters and whipped cream and pie fillings for decades!  But once I spied the copper colored Kitchen Aid mixer I decided it was time for me to get one.  My sister has one, my son and daughter-in-law have one, and even my grandmother had one. Nana had the old Sunbeam Mixmaster,  a stand mixer that predated...

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Vintage Copper in my kitchen

Copper is trending again in kitchen design, and after seeing it in some of my favorite designer's kitchens, it ignited a desire to start collecting copper cookware and accents for my kitchen.  Green accents like the French enamel canister set and buffalo check curtains and tole tray won't be going anywhere, instead I planned to mix in some warm pretty copper pieces to give it a fresh look. Mr. Maison Decor and I took a trip to Ontario, Canada to visit some friends, and it was there...

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Copper in the Kitchen

Copper cookware and accents used in kitchens is nothing new in design, but as trends come and go, this is one that has stuck around.  My first kitchen in my very first apartment was outfitted with copper accents.  I had a big copper pot rack and it hung above a second hand copper colored Tappan range. Copper canisters and a copper colander and a few other copper accents made my kitchen the country kitchen of my young dreams. Fast forward through a series of house moves and over...

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