It's been quiet under the ginkgo for a few weeks, and for good reason. Here's what's on my boards this fall, a new role with ASID Tennessee, and the trip I've been counting down to.

Everyone asked what we'd do with the old house next door, and the answer was always no, we're not moving in. Three years later, here's what it became, why we saved it, and the one thing about it I've never told anyone.

Two Victorian washstands sat in the garage for two years while I wondered if I'd made a mistake keeping them. This is the story of the smallest room in the house, the marble restoration I wasn't sure would work, and an upstairs bathroom that waited thirty years to be finished.