Category Archives: mission to decorate

Decorating with Southern Charm

Since 2002, Dolan has lived in and grown to love the city of Chicago. But, Chicago is not the artist’s home in the deepest, most emotionally connected sense of the word. Raised in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Dolan is and will … Continue reading

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Mission to Decorate: Hooked Rug

A few weeks ago, we received the Cactus Creek newsletter and saw this amazing hooked rug being featured. We couldn’t resist and visitors to our home will now be greeted with some agrarian bliss when they ascend the 2 flights … Continue reading

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Affordable Online Design Assistance

photo c/o lanarappette Traveling around to art fairs across the country, we’ve grown quite familiar with the decorating and art buying fears many of you experience as you define and re-design your home interiors. While some artists take exception to … Continue reading

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Country Picnic: Pillows from enhabiten and GoBuggyBo

Hello everyone! We’re back in Chicago after a wonderful one-week trip back home to Virginia and now busy little worker bees getting everything wrapped up with our top secret project. In between the creating and e-mailing for this project, we … Continue reading

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Spring Fever: Planters

Over the weekend, Dolan and I took a break from the art making and e-mail writing to start an elevated garden bed out back behind the studio. As our friends and family members know, I consume veggies like they’re going … Continue reading

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Etsy Love: Recent Purchases

hobby horse from ToHellinAHandbag birthday present for fashion photographer crnightengale    hand-painted watering can from TheLovelys    biology chart from ruralrenewal home decor for some natural history in our bathroom

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Mission to Decorate: Wild West Finds

Just purchased: Tie rack from Etsy seller antiquegrrl Laila Asgari Art Glass from OutWest Marketing Santa Western Suit and Cowboy Boot Letterpress Cards by Yee-Haw Industrial LetterpressRide Cowgirl Ride Sign from The Gunslinger Store Cow Camp Sheet Sheet in Cream … Continue reading

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Mission to Decorate: Wooden Crates

We have stacks and stacks of old wooden crates in our studio. We just might have to start putting these to use at home to display thrift store finds and handmade goodies from our art fair travels. Image: New Corner … Continue reading

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