Pleasant View Schoolhouse

. . . and she's a little smug about being able to see well. And she's started using phrases like "for instance." "Wo...

The more I dig into Alabama Studio Style the more I love it. I also find that I can only absorb so much, then I need to go do a little of i...

We've been using 2 1/2 cups of flour to two eggs. Sometimes it's too wet, sometimes it's too dry. What proportions of flour to e...

Thrift score: a paint-by-numbers pair of scarlet macaws. And that means that now I have a collection.

This is what I see every time I go down the hall these days. She's poring over the Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan. And wearing a stockin...

What is not to love about a floor cloth? I needed a new rug for the living room so I whipped one up *from the stash*--you know that means it...

Here is the finished skirt I started for Bella, inspired by Natalie Chanin's work. The printed jersey needed a *lot* of beading in orde...

Just to say that quilts are in the shop . Good night!

So many of you had questions and similar stories when you read about Felix this week. So, more thoughts on letting children take their time...

We used the recipe from Joy of Cooking for buttermilk layer cake, then Bella melted a block of caramel and drizzled it over the top. Served...

These old pieces from dressers come in the most ambitious shapes. I've got my eye on a perfectly round one next. This one is three feet ...

National Merit Finalist this weekend. I love this for my boy that couldn't read until he was seven, could barely write til he was thirte...

This very successful experiment was a variation on the easy elastic-waist skirt for a little girl. I started with an extra large cotton tee...

Several readers have mentioned difficulty with the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day dough. Folks. I can help. 1. My dough is too wet or ...

Gold. House.

I don't remember how I discovered that Frederick loves to drink hot water, but it's a daily treat now. I carry him over to the tap a...

Total makeover for the sitting room simply by trading furniture with the living room. Which really fulfilled my entire wish list--it warmed ...

Back on duty holding the china. Which is good, because Felix was not allowed to come home from school until the china was off his bed. Now h...

On the difference between working by hand, and working with machine power: " . . . There is an undeniable satisfaction in using our own...

I have got the tiger back in the cage. Mostly. The books went back in the shelves on Sunday, and oh, how beautiful! This gray is everything...