My days are non-stop from the moment my two boys wake up in the morning until my head hits the pillow at night, and for sometime thereafter as I process the day and plan for tomorrow. It is a whirlwind of ...

Of all the places I’ve been privileged to travel in my life, Italy is the one spot I could happily return to over and over again. I love the people, the food, the language, the wine, the food, the land, the hi...

Believe it or not, summer is drawing to a close. In May, I dreamt of jetting away to a tropical destination, lounging under a palm tree, drinking fruity drinks with paper umbrellas and losing myself in a novel. In a...

Before our kids came along, my husband and I were travel junkies. We happily lived from vacation to vacation with very little lag time in between. In 2007 we knew it was time to start a family, so we planned to do o...

ONE MORE DAY TO ENTER $500 Container Store Giveaway!!  Details below post...         About four years ago my husband and I and a couple of dear friends spent a few glorious days in ...

Greece is a nation that is rich with history. It produced the great thinkers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, and the great writers Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. It is the birthplace of both the ancient and mode...

One of my favorite shows on television is TLC’s “What Not to Wear.” I love the candid, straightforward fashion advice and the near-miraculous transformations. What I wouldn’t give to...

I’ll be honest with you, I spent a full week wrestling with the topic of texture. No matter what angle I used, nothing would come together for me. How to work with your hair’s natural texture? T...

  LAST DAY FOR THE $500 GIVEAWAY!! To celebrate the launch of the new Domestic Ease Community forum, we are giving away a $500 Pottery Barn gift card to one lucky reader, chosen by random.org.   ...

Don’t you love it when a hot new trend is actually a classic design? This summer that trend is ikat. Pronounced “ee-kaht,” it is a method of weaving that uses a dyeing process similar to tie dyeing...

Warm summer days provide a great opportunity to streamline your makeup routine and embrace a more natural look. However, “natural” can be more than just a look; it can be an entire philosophy. H...

I don’t know about you, but most days my 10 minute morning shower (or 5 minute...or 2 minute) is the only quiet “me time” I get all day. So it seems only right that those few minutes shoul...