As I posted about last week, I have been working on some inspirational mood boards for my friend Becca. You can read more about it here. Becca is a talented photographer, whose photos are light, bright and crisp. We want to reflect the same feeling in her home. Like many of us, she has an open floor plan space, where the living room, kitchen and breakfast nook are all open to each other. It is a great setup for family life and… Read more »

Today, I am so happy to be able to share little bits of a lovely time-crafted home of a good family friend. Maria and her family moved to Ocala from Argentina almost 30 years ago because of her husband’s job to manage a horse farm here. It’s the same reason we moved from Peru 33 years ago. While her children are now grown and living on their own, Maria and her husband Ignacio still live on the farm at the same… Read more »

My super talented friend Becca is ready to make some changes at her home at the beginning of the year. She is in a situation that I think is common for many of us. We neglect keeping up with our home, look around one day, then all of sudden realize that we suddenly hate all of it. Looking at Pinterest, magazines, or maybe someone’s new home, you start feeling like you can’t find any redeeming qualities in your own place. It can… Read more »

Welcome to what I hope will be a regular series for the blog, “Step Inside”. One of the most inspiring things for me is to step inside people’s homes and see their personalities shine through. My hope is to share some of these homes with you and the inspirational people that live in them. Here we go! My friend Julee lives a few blocks down from me, in the heart of the historic district of downtown Ocala. She lives in… Read more »

The boys currently share a bedroom because we use the only other one as a playroom. For the past few years, that has been a great setup for them and us. However, I can see as they are getting older that we may need to give them each their own room. Their shared bedroom is quite small, and as their clothes and interests are growing, it is not as easy to combine both of their things into one small closet… Read more »