Old Fashioned Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
I wish more people knew how easy it is to bake a delicious and beautiful bakery-style from scratch! We celebrated our little 10-year-old niece’s birthday recently and enjoyed big slices of this yellow cake with milk chocolate frosting with icy-cold milk! Does...
Tidy in Five – One Task a Day To Lighten Your Load
Last week, I shared an Instagram post called Tidy in Five – five easy tasks you can do in a week to tidy up your workspace and home. My five tips include: Cleaning out your makeup drawer – purge your makeup drawer of old, outdated, or unwanted (you know...
How to Organize a Small Laundry Room
It amazes me how architects and home builders still design small laundry rooms. I guess they don’t understand that, not unlike the kitchen, the laundry room is the second heart of the home. My laundry room is a 6×6 passthrough to the garage. I have a...
February is Heart Month: This Post Changed my Life
February is Heart Month, designated by the American Heart Association to raise awareness of women’s risk of heart disease and stroke. One hundred years ago, in 1924, the American Heart Association was founded. From humble beginnings, the AHA has grown into the...
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.