Greetings! I hope you are enjoying a long, relaxing and festive Labor Day holiday weekend. Thanks so much for stopping in for Sundays with Celia Vol 11. Getting Sentimental on Sunday As I sat at my desk deciding what to share with you this Sunday the phone rang and it was my DC dwelling son […]
Greetings and happy Sunday! I hope you are having a great day. Thanks so much for stopping into the blog for Sundays With Celia Vol 10! I spent 4 days in Boulder, Colorado this week, getting my son Austin settled into his 1st apartment. If you’ve been following along you know that I’ve been working […]
Hello! In my continuing series on the renovation of my Fawnskin, California vacation rental cabin I bring you my log cabin dining area renovation. Let me start by showing you what the area looked like when I bought the cabin. This was, of course, before we refinished the hardwood floors and painted the walls white. […]
Greetings from beautiful Fawnskin, California, a village on the shores of Big Bear Lake. Today I’m going to share with you my log cabin living room renovation. The very first day I laid eyes on Stone Hill Cottage, this is what the living room looked like. “Grandma Chic” wouldn’t you say? And while I happen […]
Visit the blog for a detailed look at the before and the after photos and resources for my log cabin kitchen renovation.
Today on the blog I’m sharing how I made a cute Advent Calendar for my Grandchildren. It’s so special to experience Christmas through the eyes of a child.
Hello friends! Today I am delighted to be participating in a collaboration of 8 design bloggers who have come together to bring you our collective ideas on “How to Create a Beautiful Bed”. Toward that end I have decided to introduce you to the so-called “Bunk Room” I designed in my New/Old Log Cabin. While the […]
Hi there! Over the weekend I decided to host my husband’s birthday party at our new/old log cabin so that our friends could see the newly renovated cabin for the first time. But, one of the final projects still remaining on the renovation list was to chalk-paint the newly constructed dining table. So, because it […]
After Orange County is a publication dedicated to living life in the slow lane. I escaped The OC for life at a higher elevation. Leaving suburbia behind, I now live in the beautiful mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead. Join me at 5,000 feet above and beyond as I cook, garden, renovate, entertain, travel and live life After Orange County.
