My Favorite Pizza Dough Recipe
We added a Fontana Forni Italian pizza oven when we renovated our backyard to include an outdoor kitchen. It was the best move because we use the oven all the time. Now that I’m retired, I want to learn to use it to cook other food. Fontana’s website has...
Summer Bucket List – Free Printable
Every year, when I was in grade school, just as the school year ended, Mother would sit me down at the kitchen table with a yellow legal pad and a pen. “I want you to write down everything you want to do this summer,” she’d say. “Even...
Let’s Make Sun Tea
In the South, we love our iced tea, and when the weather is hot and sunny, what better time than to brew a pitcher of sun tea? We expect several 100-degree days this week, and I thought sharing this quintessential summer beverage might be fun. Sun tea is tea brewed...
How to Make Your Home Smell Fresh and Pretty – Simmer Pots
One of my biggest hosting tips is ensuring your home smells fresh and inviting when guests arrive. I like to have a candle burning in the entryway, give the rooms and entryway a light spray with air freshener, and put a simmer pot on the stove. Simmer pots are just...
Hospitality is in my DNA. I founded Home with a Twist, a daughter’s twist on her mother’s traditions, in memory of my mother to celebrate her life and the gifts she shared with me. Mother loved to celebrate life’s occasions – big and small.She taught me how to prepare fabulous food, entertain guests with style and design a traditional home with a pop of color and a splash of animal print. Share my fondness of blending Mother’s mid-century style with a modern spin.
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Hi, I`m Melissa 👋
I`ve spent 40+ years gathering people around tables, and somewhere along the way I learned the secret: it was never about the china pattern or the perfect recipe. It was about making someone feel like they belonged at your table.
I mix Dollar Tree finds with my grandmother`s dishes. I use grocery store flowers and light a candle and call it done. I created a whole room in my house just for puzzles and cocktails and long phone calls with girlfriends.
If you`re the person who WANTS to host but keeps waiting until everything is perfect… pull up a chair. That`s exactly why I`m here.
I`m here to help you host with ease and confidence. Follow along for heirloom recipes, real hosting tips, and the occasional cocktail before dinner because… why not?
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I`ve hosted gatherings for 40 years and I have come up with a Dinner Party planner that works! It takes everything spinning around in your head and puts it on paper.
💫 menu planner
💫 who to invite
💫 grocery list
💫 what you`re going to wear
💫 my Porch Party playlist
💫 my how-to video on a floral centerpiece
💫 my top ten tips on how to host with intention, not perfection
Let me help you host with ease and confidence.
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My job here is to HELP YOU host with ease and confidence. I have so many tips and tools to coach you including my Hurry Up and Host box.
Keep it stocked with non perishable snacks, sips and cheeses for the fridge. At a moments notice YOU can be the host who`s ready to greet guests and not feel frazzled.
Comment HOST and I`ll send you my FREE Summer Entertaining Guide with a shopping list and easy appetizer recipes. Plus my Porch Party Playlist!
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Part two - if Netflix calls and wants me back I can show you ALL the dishes, and confessions, inside my hosting closet.
True story about the wedding shower. I haven`t stopped looking at China patterns since 1972. I finally did get the Lenox Autumn but not until recently when my bestie @catherinewhite.art and I found a set at @ltolestatesales and split it up so we could both enjoy it.
Stay with me for more dish obsession confessions! 🌟🌟🌟
