RENOVATING A RUIN: Farmhouse Living Room, Kitchen Plans, Spring in Tuscany & Orange Cake (Ep 18) 

I hope you like this one. You can find my orange and yoghurt cake recipe here: www.kylieflavell.com/index.php/2022/03/25/orange-yoghurt-cake/

No....you're not strange. The olive press is a marvel....and that room is its home!

Kylie, you showed the area with the two brown chairs that you want to cover. You mentioned a book shelf. Having a mini library in the entire corner with the two chairs would give another sitting spot plus antique wood shelves with books warms up the atmosphere and also helps with the hollow sound of a big room. The curtain for the door is perfect! Thanks again. So enjoyed this episode as always. Love from Canada.

A thought: A narrow, wooden "counter" built in around the interior outside rim of the olive press for buffet dishes, drinks, etc.

a very soft floral with some soft pinks would be great for an art piece

This room is just coming together beautifully and it’s like all these pieces of just been waiting for you to find them

We enjoy your videos very much. I especially like the renovations and we also like your cooking. Your videos are peaceful, warm and cozy. They help us take our mind off the war in Ukraine for a while.

Missing the weekly dose of your images kylie… A great experience of your life in Italy

Are you ok I have just read your message what ever your going through it will only make you stronger 🦋

I can imagine that olive-press filled with ice and prosecco on a lovely gathering... it´s as beautiful as any sculpture

HI Kylie, a small suggestion about a pantry. Where you have the kitchen now, could be your pantry, leaving you lots of counter space outside to work on. Like you, I never have enough counter space, or oven room. I'm a greek and I love cooking, I understand your frustration trying to work around limited spaces. Not sure with the actual lay out, but as your are walking around, I think the pantry tucked away there with a window with no view anyways but enough natural light can be a contender. Love watching your videos with interesting contents always, in such a gorgeous setting.

Along that long wall where your going to put the pots and pans, put a long cutting board and underneath the cutting board you can put shelves to put vintage Italian dishes and bowls. Just a suggestion

30:34 yes great idea, like it!

FLOW- that word would describe what you want your eye to flow from one item of decor to the next. Naturally flow from one space to the next 💛

I really like the ideas for your new kitchen! But if I may give you a suggestion, you could repurpose the olive pressing machine if the inside wheels could be removed so that you could perhaps add a marble top and use the basin as an isle in your kitchen. As for repurposing the wheels perhaps you could pile them up in your living room to serve as a side table under the glass lamp. I don't really know if these are ideas are feasible, but I wanted to share them! Best of luck!

I like the drape and your lovely sofas. Not to keen on the brown modern spotlights. Lovely house and your recipes are great. Maybe you could antique the brown lights with a muted copper spray🇨🇦

As a designer myself I always recommend waiting leave a spot empty or a wall...in your travels you will find something you just love and you want the room for it...a memory made

EVERY THING IS BEAUTIFULL KYLIE

I like worn carpets too! That sette that was there is quite stunning! How lucky you are. Your sofas are lovely and match that sette perfectly.

Your husband has the perfect partner in life with you & all the appreciated feelings you have for all the wonderful family things from his family and the original peace’s you bring into the history of your home. No one else could have had the natural feeling for all you have & put together.

You are one great girl so talented and such good values ,I wish you both a long and happy life. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

Another feast for the eyes, and there was even dessert! I’ll certainly try your orange cake at work, the monks will love it! (I cook at an abbey) I rather love the great lamp sitting on the floor, but yes, a table is much better! It’s been a treat watching your beautiful scheme for each room take shape. You wonder about art on the walls in the sitting room. I think some small stone or ceramic pieces, a lovely plate or two, a cherub, low relief grapes, olives, or antique kitchen items. It needn’t be artwork per say. The doorway curtain is perfect and the pan wall is a great idea! Now your parents need to return to enjoy the space once the kitchen is done! Enjoy your Spring plans and planting! 🌞

🌷I live in Germany and life in Europe is more relaxed; just lovely! Gorgeous curtains!!! I also inherited; among many treasures, precious pieces of linen made by my husbands great-grandmother. Europeans are amazing by the way they keep crystal, art, and porcelain from past generations. ⭐ Your videos are as beautiful as you. Thank you! 🌼

The farmhouse is coming together, the living room really looks beautiful. I can imagine the wonderful gatherings you talked about. Love the sofas.

Red Bricks! ♥️♥️♥️ Lettuce! 🥗🥗🥗 Deer! 🦌🦌🦌

I love the living room and fabrics, lamps and rug. I thought comments about sitting around the olive press interesting and also a rug pad. My old rug wore better and is delicious to walk on with tired bare feet. Seeing your hillsides in spring warmed my soul. Thank you!

Love those curtains, a real renaissance richness to the pattern on them. A beautiful addition, Kylie.

It took us 11 years to finish our home renovation. We wanted to make sure that we were making the correct decisions and sometimes just didn't know what we wanted enough to move forward. Our kitchen took forever. We redesigned it so many times before we started the construction, but it was worth it. We have a beautiful and satisfying home now that people always comment on being so warm and welcoming and feels like it is original (I'd send pics, but the limitations of RU-vid. Ha!) It really does make a difference to thoughtfully and mindfully progress and not hurry to get it all done right now. Delayed gratification is sooo worth it, you totally DO value the product or end result so much more!. I don't know the layout of the kitchen well enough to understand the space limitations, but is that little kitchen area a possible pantry space? I suggest that you "consider" putting the dishwasher where the current sink is if you cannot find a dishwasher low enough, you could still make the area above it pantry space and the area where the stove is also a possible spot for cupboards for pantry, alternatively you could put the fridge where the stove currently is, or even where the current sink is if it doesn't work in the kitchen. I would not suggest the fridge being across the room. It will get old fast, especially when you need something from it and your in a hurry. You need to think fridge, sink, stove - the work triangle or line. It really does make a difference in your work flow and enjoyment of cooking. we got our kitchen to be an ideal work triangle and EVERYONE loves to cook in my kitchen. :D Good luck!

Oh Kylie. That room with the couches is so beautiful I don't think you'll need any at work on the walls. Heaven 💕

Your video posts are wonderful. As a business owner in the US, I swear to you, these videos are my necessary relaxation tool. So calming and truly visual masterpieces. It probably doesn't hurt the fact that they are in Italy, which is one of my favorite places to visit. And I won't even get into the amazing dishes you prepare. Best wishes to you and your husband.

The curtains are terrific. Amazing. One wall with a large wood bookcase is a really great wall to segment a space without breaking it up. A large wood bookcase antique or custom would blend in well in a dark color. Love how much the room has changed. Love your ideas for the kitchen, especially the wall for the cookware.

Hello Kylie. I am new to your channel and I am enjoying viewing your lifestyle. I am jealous of all the beauty that surrounds you. Your husband's family farmhouse is such a gem (and your husband is pretty cute too!) Just a few thoughts about your living area. Your sofa arrangement is very nice and I can image large family gatherings filled with love and laughter. I suggest you look for a larger coffee table because the one you have looks too small for the space. Always consider proportions and balance. Art work you love added behind the sofa would add some of your personalty. Think about adding some pillows with texture and look for some beautiful knit throws to add to the sofas in the winter months. Or if you like you can store the throws in a big antique basket. A couple green plants on the window sills would add life to the space. Definitely recover the two chairs with a beautiful woven fabric similar to the drapery. See if you can add casters to the legs so they can me moved around the space when you need additional seating. Turn the space where they currently are situated into your reading area with bookshelves. Get a large upholstered ottoman (also with casters) to place by the chairs so one can put one's feet up while reading. I like your idea for lighting that amazing brick column, but perhaps look for some uprights that are less noticeable. Maybe something round and flat. It may be worth a visit to a lighting store. The light you selected for above the table might be too small. I know you stated that you didn't want a big "statement". but with that size table you don't want it to look too tiny. Maybe save the light you have for over your kitchen table. For your kitchen, can you turn the space by the wall where you of thinking of hanging your pots into a pantry. I'm thinking big cupboards with shelves up to the ceiling, pull-out drawers ,etc. Instead of the table, how about a big island made from reclaimed wood with storage below for all your equipment and a durable, practical surface that's ideal for cooking and cleaning? Maybe add counter stools so your guests can sit and visit while you cook or it can me used as casual dining space when you're not entertaining. My children always liked sitting at the island doing homework or having a snack while I was busy in the kitchen.

Just started to watch you vlogs and love them

I so enjoy watching the slow but satisfying transformation on the property, I too can appreciate delayed gratification. You are making the space more beautiful and functional for generations to come and I am sure they will be so grateful to you:) I also love that you pepper each episode with Italian phrases- it's so helpful!

From one bookworm to another yes to bookshelves!!!! I always feel they make a space warm and inviting. I am so envious of all the wonderful secondhand places you have to find treasures in. Very limited where I am. Thank you for your lovely videos which I truly enjoy! 💗

The gorgeous fabric looks like Fortuny. It’s perfect for the room. Everything looks wonderful.

for the dishwasher solution, you can always put two benchtop dishwashers next to each other below the sink, they are normally quite compact

I really like the angle light fixture against the column. In my opinion, I think having it face up towards the column will bounce nicely against the brick and a nice faded light towards the center.

I think where you live is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen.

Just getting home from a 38 hour straight shift at the firehouse… I will be spending this morning unwinding and relaxing with your videos and cooking both your chicken soup and this heavenly looking orange yogurt cake for my husband. I hope you and Guido have a beautiful weekend! Sending love.

LOVE all the unique elements of your rooms, especially the lamps! Your kitchen and the rest of your home will be classy, eclectic, unforgetable, and serene - just like you! 🥰

Yay! It is Friday, that means Kylie has a video up!! So many things I adored about this video, firstly your enthusiasm for life, beauty, love, nature…such an inspiration to me. Next, to see spring flower, wisteria, oranges, tables outside, your new couches, I feel like I stepped outside into a breath of fresh air. Although the snow can be beautiful and sparkly, with a whispering silence that allows you to hear your own heart beating, I am ready for the sunshine baby and your videos are just what I need. Thank you so much, sending you much love.🤗❤️🇨🇦

What a beautiful space!!! Those chairs are amazing!! I would love to see how they look instead of the antique sofa. They would add a more eclectic feel to that space. The antique sofa is stunning but I don't love it there. The shelves under the window could be utilised as book shelves with a lovely arrangement of both books and curiosities found around the property. And that curtain is divine!!! You have so many treasures to play with. What fun!!

You are creating an absolutely stunning home Kylie. Thank you for sharing it all with us. God bless you and Guido always.

Hi, Kylie and Husband. Every things, what you make or have, is very beautyful. Congratulations for your feeling to make so perfect.

So so well articulated space so so true..when its sad it is for generation to come in all the context of great lessons of love for interior design ..in fact this has been very rare chance to be presented with all the process..and somewhere between my American existence and European too...this is so so nice...thanks again ( I am just so grateful for the chance to learn of architectural design in this harmonious ways...columns ..convex tops of arches..that is to me still novelty in interior living design blending specifics of such forms in sense in modern way, too... although so well adopted..to character of region to give that feeling of classic appeal..). for people who appreciate to learn of this wonderful skills...this is number one lesson I would say ..in design..with these features.(starting with renovations floor type and this is so so nice )these features..and authentic approach to value of design...that author presented...here is so meditative ambient...Thank You all...my life is so tight to the life in home that treasuring hours of care for home ..I could polish and polish my floors furniture..clean and design all over again ...and that would be just fine for all of my life time...I have no statistic how many of us ..really are the most define that way because consumerism often dictate tempo of dynamics in trends ..and I call this space relating ...my medium ( as I am intensely form orientated ..runs in my keen ship from my elderly ..instrument playing in academy levels paintings as well I happen to be very sensible to colors so disciplines that connect it all are just these once beauty in nurturing daily space ..that's why I like that time of harmony when I glide trough summary of work..and that's it ..for amount time in my employment days i would juggle works most of whom would be of course about design ..so ..wish you lot's of time to nurture that..here my transition keeps me back from that world of mine ..so this is more familiar sense of living than days here in another continent...great time ..thanks by....

Kylie don't doubt yourself you are doing an amazing job in creating a home for you and Guido I'm speechless. And did I hear horses? Oh yes!!! I love the glow in the living room and the dining room it's just so beautiful!!!

Wow-Nice components old & new! Maybe keep an eye out for the perfect matching round pieces of art for either side of the antique love seat(w/some oranges, greens & blues)? Nice curtain & antique rug is great w/your heavenly sofas. The table & sweet ornate chair backs match the style of the lamp quite nicely. You are creating a most inviting space with new & old treasures-all warm & delicious to see. Thanks for sharing.

I love the sofas, Kylie. Great choice. It’s also nice that you got three of them. With the pink sofa, I love that guests can all sit in one area of the room and can have a lovely time together. Well done!

Also, I would definitely keep those scalloped barrel chairs. If they stay on that side of the room you could still put a bookcase there and all they would need is one of those beautiful floor lamps to create a cozy corner.

Love you’re sofas; they are so elegant! But you’re chairs are lovely too…. They are perfect as they are!

Congratulations on the lovely sofas - that room is coming together beautifully. The warmth of the lamplight is so comforting. I love the ceiling and rustic doors of the future kitchen. The olive press - wow, what a meaningful artifact! Buona fortuna with the new fruit trees. And welcome to la primavera... - Stephanie Santagada, New York / Calabria

G’day Kylie , from a fellow Aussie 😁.I’m loving your farm house restoration! 🤩and I adore your new couches, especially the vintage one you’ve paired with the linen couches , loving the carved wood on the vintage piece and soft pink Hughes of the fabric🥰Just a question if I may ? The linen couches although look amazing, my concerns. Are they practical in the sense of the fabric being stain resistant and durable? Especially if there are children , are they kid safe ☺️and wine safe ☺️? Ps love your content . It takes me away to a time I spent in the south of France where life was slower and everywhere I looked was breathtaking 🥰

There is something beautiful about appreciating things that are obsolete in this day and age. The olive press is a very large conversation piece:) It would be fun to build a movable table top around it and have people seated all around the press, or use it as a buffet station during entertaining.

Such a lovely seating area, love the four sofas, the soft pink works well with the new sofas. I think re upholster the two seats in the same pink. The up lights should look atmospheric.

Hello Kylie, I watch your wonderful videos every week and wish I could be a patron, however, my finances are tight, I share my small house with my BF who has been unemployed since Covid. I have been studying Italian as I am a citizen of Naples by my grandfather who came to America and married my grandmother, I am fourth generation Italian, however, I live and worked in France. I enjoy your sharing in the transformation of this wonderful property that was so in need of your TLC ! Harmony, that was the word that came to me as well, I think the sofas are beautiful, the rug a good choice for I agree that this room needs the contrast of old and new, a good mix of ages and history, tradition and conversational pieces like this and these! I like the Lamps and light fixtures you are trying out for the vaulted ceiling; the heavy curtain is perfect too! The renovation of the kitchen sounds perfect for such a brilliant cook! Thank you for the translations into Italian. This cake looks delicious, I will try this recipe for sure! Enjoy your week-end too! Happy Spring as the days grow longer and full of Sunshine!

Always lovely!

Yes! Bookcase would be an amazing idea, filled with treasured books to add additional warmth and beauty to your gorgeous room.

I absolutely LOVE your new sofas and that sitting area and that entire room! The ceiling IS the thing that catches the eye so no huge chandelier needed. I love the library wall where the two chairs are! You are so fortunate to have this gorgeous property with all that character and history! The olive press is so great to see but I would probably want to move it out...I don't know...Regardless, it's going to be a wonderful, wonderful place to live and entertain! I love your films! Thank you for sharing them with us all!

Love love love the recipes Kylie. I’ve missed so many videos lately. My fiancé and I are renovating his great grandfathers home….so glad to be back! The landscape has gotten so green and lovely ❤️

I love the muted, sun kissed vibe in the living room.The small 'column' lights blend in very well methinks. I'd be having edible plants in the old olive press😂. Fabulous! Alla prossima. Auguri! 💜

Wonderful video Kylie.. I love every one of Guido's cameo appearances..There was so much to take in, in content in this segment.. .. I adore the linen sofas.. Adding some earth tone pillows might be cozy and a throw for cuddling up under while reading.. Love the standing lamps.. You have a Masters Good eye for tones and textures and all things beautiful.. That antique rug is spectacular with its aged patina.. and the dusted rose settee is such a nice focal point for the sitting area.. A short end table would be perfect for that area to give some up light to the corner like you said.. .For art ? As a designer, I was tell my clients to live in the space and not rush to fill the spaces..The room will speak to you eventually letting you in on what will works the best for the function and form to help you with the desired feel to that room, that you are hoping to achieve.. In Italy that idea of taking some time works well LOL. Art for that room could be something you and Guido shop for on your visits and trips to different areas.. A suggestion for the books could be sofa table placed behind one of the sofas.. It would be a great place for books to pile up in stacks until you find the right piece for shelving along with the books, adding special pieces of interests in and around the books..Ie: a Vase with beautiful garden flowers, a candle, another lamp, picture frames.?! You do vignettes so well for your tables when cooking.. I am certain you have a knack for groupings of things laying around that beautiful homestead. I love love the fabric curtain for the door way ... I could feel that textiles coloration, weight and stitching all the way from here.. Ha! Maybe you will find some fabric for the two fabulous brown chairs to have slip covers made for them in the same hues as the curtain?... Perhaps a nice woven chenille or same weight embroidered or a cotton twill heavy weighted? I agree about cooking with gas, there is nothing else like it.. They are looking to do away with it here in America. I cringe at the thought.. Ok, , I like the ideas coming from your friends to make the now kitchen nook into a pantry.. I am certain you will end up with everything that makes you happy.. I am praying so both. Anyway, I am looking forward to your garden blooms and more recipes as you go .. The restoration will be a incredible show place once it is complete.. I look forward to visiting with you someday.. I Hoping this virus is over and done with soon.. I want to travel.. It would be my first trip to Italy.. I just learned recently our family lived there in Tuscany for three hundred yrs before coming to Ellis island in NYC, All the Best to my favorite influence r,, Love to you both! Ciao Bella! Cherie

Good Friday. Got my Kylie fix for the week. The reno is looking beautiful. It is all coming together. Just the kitchen to finish it up. Love the sofas and those antique cupboards. Enjoy the gardening and stay safe. Guido is looking handsome as ever. Till next vlog.

Oh, Kylie, it's perfect! That curtain and the rug were made for that room. I LOVE the couches!

Hi Kylie. For under the sink dishwasher, you could use a drawer dishwasher if you primarily want to use it for dinnerware.

Your beautiful episodes bring so much joy to my days. Thank you Kylie for sharing your gifts and pleasures here! xoxo

Also, the window sills above the couches would make a nice place for some books. They look great as decor too.

You can put a few beautiful plates on the plate wall to decorate the livingroom and I love those yellow/gold chairs. I think they will match with the bronze of the lamps.

You should use the existing tiny kitchen as a butler’s pantry for storing both food and small appliances

LOVE the rug!!!! And the sofas. Pink looks lovely with terra cotta. The kittle lights on the column will be beautiful. You and Guido have exquisite taste! The curtain is perfection. Always a joy to see your posts.

God for a tuscan fabric with daring colour and pattern and make some pillows and put some on the period sofa and on couches to tie it all together. So it is puntuation colour and ties it all in..

Great idea for the up lights to accent the ceiling columns. The curtain fabric with really add to the coziness of the room. As for hanging art? I’d suggest living with the room a bit before making decisions. It’s really coming together beautifully.

Now I understand why you didn’t show the living room at Christmas. Didn’t realize you weren’t far along. Looks great. LOVE the rug, but you should get a rug pad for it. The pad will feel good/better to be on and it will protect the rug from ground in dirt by heavy feet/shoes that can cut fibers. That’s a rug to treasure. A rug pad is a win win. I would not put the frig too far from the work triangle. And you need a surface close to sit things on from the frig. That kitchen space is certainly challenging. It would not be a waste of time or money to talk to a kitchen planner and at least hear what they say. Maybe one of your fans here could help. For someone who really does like to cook and will use every inch of her kitchen, I think it’s vitally important to get it right. You can disguise many appliances with cabinet fronts too. Or maybe even old door fronts. I can not express enough how important work space layout is a must. It just makes being in the kitchen and cooking even more pleasurable. Can’t wait to see it in progress. ❤️❤️

Your good at everything you do . I appreciate that.

If you’re keeping the olive press maybe put a wooden top on each side relief for stools. The space is lovely.

I think the two chairs might be suited to a bedroom as they seem more delicate with the scalloped shape at the top and I would definitely have a huge bookcase with aged books and ornaments on it ,the room is beautiful and very inviting x

Hello Kylie, I really love your videos. I would just want to leave some feedback and hope you will not be offended. I almost gave up watching this video because you seem so much out of breath that it really stressed me out. Sorry again, I really like your videos and want to keep watching that's why I am mentioning it, xoxo

You both have really made your home special. All your beautiful finds fit perfect in each space, The tapestry curtain material is beautiful and will be like a piece of art when hung. If you decide to hang art around the living room space, you might want to try hanging something vertical or set a four very small floral prints like somewhat of a gallery wall but minimal. I'm so excited to continue seeing progress as it unravels. Many blessing to you both.

THE CAKE ! Made it at 7.30am this morning - delicious and unctuous. We are taking it on a picnic in a few minutes. Beautiful film as always. Thank you Kylie - lots of love from England xx

Its 19° in Pennsylvania. 😍

Kylie...just a thought.... could you take part of the little kitchen you showed and turn it into your pantry/kitchen storage area...I wasn't able to see the whole kitchen but from what I saw if that is the kitchen it would make a perfect walk in pantry area...I bet you would make it look so cozy and authentic looking :-) Also I love those two rust/brown color chairs....you could put a book shelf wall where you showed us the chairs and perhaps one of the chairs would fit snuggled in that corner area? I love what you're doing with the living room...those sofas are beautiful !!! And the ceiling OH MY how gorgeous is that ceiling!!! Looks like yall have been really busy lately!! Spring is in the air~!!! 🙂

Thank you Kylie, as always a highlight of my weekend! Such beautiful work on so many levels...cinematography, gardening, home renovations, cooking...and your music selections are so marvelous!!

stunning home! SO charming..

The views are unbelievable Kylie 😍seriously a postcard and the greenery with the cypress trees reminds me of so many movies!! “Letters of Juliet”; “under the Tuscan Sun “ one of my favorite ones!!! I know you (and probably Guido) love antiques and historical pieces but that “huge thing with 2 wheels” is an eye sore! Why not remove it and put outside in garden 😳 it takes up so much of that space!! Wow Swedish and Italian and Australian- your children are going to be absolutely GORGEOUS 🤗🥰 beautiful white cream sofas !! That large glass vase should be on a table! Looks odd on floor.

I love seeing everything come together, and your kitchen will be gorgeous! How about placing the refrigerator in the "closet" area out of sight? You can also use this as a pantry as well and it's not as far away. Smaller pictures will look lovely in the living space, and now that you have the curtain, you can try to coordinate throws and decorative pillows for the sofas. The corner with the tub chairs would make an excellent library, so shelves above and books on the cabinet beside, even, would look lovely. Good luck with it all!

As always, just wonderful to take this journey with you. The house is coming along so beautifully. You continue to inspire me. Caio Bella💛

I love the lamps and I think lights on the big arch column would look lovely. The new couches are beautiful but I really love the couch with the wood top piece. Definitely get book shelves. Books are magical portals that transport you into another world. And your couched would make it a comfy journey. The cakes looked yummy 😋

Just love your home the style and all you are creating, you are calming to watch both you and Guido but also have a sense of humour that always makes me 😊 thank you, enjoy your weekend 🌈🥂🧺

Kyle, the living room/ dinning room is absolutely beautiful. I would do nothing to the wall keep it as it is and I am excited about your future kitchen space. If you decide later to invest in a carpet get the ones that are machine washable they're great.

Love the sofas! If you call the pink sofa "blush" it will suggest A softer tone! That living room is so gorgeous with the fabulous ceiling, I would keep it simple in there and let the ceiling be the focus. Flowers are all you need. The lamp over the dining table, hmmm, not so sure. I would try to find something less bulky and airy or less obstructive. Love the carpet and drapes for the doorway. Yes to a bookcase, somewhere. Guido is a lucky man. Happy Spring.

Those lights would look very good for the art as well.

Todo luce muy hermoso!! Love the sofas and lamps too. ❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I cannot avoid being touched every time I watch your videos! I left my heart there I cannot express in words how much I miss that place! I’ll be back, just need to be a bit patient! You live in heaven really, so beautiful property in general, love a lot all your various projects, you truly manage to bring that place to life even more! Big hug 🤗! Xx

Thank you Kylie. I really enjoy your videos. All the details, so wonderful. The small light you’ve chosen to highlight the arches are an excellent choice. I agree books are a good decorating addition. I love them too. They are old friends and it’s nice to have a resource library too. I’m excited to see what you do in the future. Thank you 😊

The sofas were exquisite 🥰🇨🇦

I really love what you are planning for the rest of your sitting room. A suggestion would be to hang some smaller pictures in a group above the light of the arc of a lamp? I see jewel tones glowing out! Your two upholstered chairs? Try one with a suitable coloured cushion, and the other a throw, while you are still up in the air about the covers. You may be surprised with the result. I love someone’s idea of the old kitchen being the pantry! Be well, Susan at Hobart.

Everything is coming together!!! Very exciting.

Love your new sofas! Everything will be lovely.

The art will grow organically.

Your videos take me far away from my cutrent realities. You are a Treasure to me! Thank you!