In the Kitchen: My picks for awesome cookbooks
I spent the month of January cleaning out pretty much every closet, including the attic, and since many of my little used cookbooks were donated to the Friends of the Library, I chose these new books for my cookbook library… You Have it Made by Ellie Krieger. I...
Valentine’s Day Cookie Decorating Party
As a professional event planner, I get to be apart of some very fun parties. Today, I had the chance to work with Karen Wade from the Velvet Crumb Bakery. She baked all the cookies, using her special recipe, assembled bags of icing and shared her techniques for...
Creative Uses for an Armoire
My friends at Chairish asked me if I would come up with ideas for creative ways to use an Armoire. That was a challenge I happily accepted! I love re-purposing furniture and coming up with new ways to take something traditional and put a modern twist on it....
Dress it Up — Using Amy Howard Chalk Paint
This is the before photo of a nice looking dresser I purchased a few years ago from Pier 1. It had a minty green paint with red stripes and brass, ordinary knobs. Over the years, I have transitioned from my love of red to calmer hues of blue, grey and cream with pops...
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.