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I am often asked "Where do you get your ideas and inspiration for your beautiful table settings?" I find them everywhere-from magazines subscriptions I receive in the mail, old entertaining and cook books, photographs of tables set in historic homes, vintage Martha Stewart shows, from dinnerware patterns themselves to nature...

"Summertime, and the livin's easy." Or so goes the old Gershwin song. Apparently, they didn't work in the tourism industry, because summer is always busy-or at least we hope so! This is the time we make most of our money, so little breaks here and there are a welcome respite...

My Auntie Betty Jo and I had a special kinship. We both loved to have a beautifully decorated home with lots of brick-a-brack, our tastes were on the fancier side, we enjoyed classic clothing, high heels and jewelry, and we enjoyed cleaning our homes and decorating them or working in...