Article Archives: What’s in the Attic?

Decorating 2020 — Back to Nature

January 9, 2020 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

The new year is here and what better time to refresh you home, and your spirit, than by giving your surroundings a facelift? Not a complete make-over, but a reset and refresh. If you are like me, you find these cold winter days the perfect time for indoor projects. Where … Read More

The Timeless Cameo

January 1, 2020 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Styles of jewelry go in and out of vogue. The geometric rhinestone creations of the 1930s, the teardrop earrings of the 1950s, and 1970s love beads have all come and gone. But one piece of jewelry has endured for centuries. Valued by many as a family heirloom and elevated by … Read More

Christmas Yard Art

December 19, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

There are things that simply must be in place for it to be Christmas in my mind: the living Nativity at church, cookie baking with my grandsons, a “good” cup of eggnog and my neighbor’s yard full of blow mold holiday figures. Blow mold lawn ornaments have been with us … Read More

Tradition

December 12, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

There are those Christmas traditions that we automatically  repeat year after year, just like our mothers before us and their mothers before them. But, did you ever wonder where these traditions got their start? After several hours of “fluffing” our tree to add fullness, checking all the lights, stuffing the … Read More

A Gift From the Heart

December 5, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

I remember a time when Christmas shopping meant scouring the malls and shops for “just the right gift” for friends and family. Painstaking hours were spent wrapping presents and topping them with bows and tiny adornments, creating a mass of small works of art under the tree. So, when did … Read More