Outdoor Living Space and Tiki Brand Fire Sculpture
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Outdoor Living and Tiki
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Melanzane alla Parmigiana is my favourite Neapolitan dish, it's true comfort food for the soul and a perennial, seasonal favorite. It's making has become a family affair as my eldest scours the shrubs in search of our big black bounty.
Ingredients
Serves 4
4 pounds eggplant (halved, then cut into thin slices)
olive oil
2 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes (blanched, peeled and chopped)
1 small onion
Our last Curbly House update was a while ago, so I wanted to check in and let you know how it's all going. If there were one sentence to summarize phase two of our home renovation, it would be: Damn you, winter.
Weather has not been on our side this time around. In fact, weather has been our nemesis. We had (too optimistically?) hoped to dig the foundation for our addition in January. But it was
I predicted a few weeks ago that metallics would be the faux finish to replace chalkboard paint this year. The metal (or faux-metal) look is definitely gaining popularity, but chalkboard is still holding strong, so there might be a fight to the finish! It’s okay — you can cheer for both.
One big bonus for chalkboard paint is that it’s quite versatile and very easy to use. You can
Did I say we were leaving for Minnesota yesterday? I meant today!
Slight change in plans, back we’re all set to leave this morning now. Yippeeeeee!
PS- That’s the view of our Gray Lake paint (in the sunroom, on the left) and our Gray Owl paint (lightened by 50% in the kitchen, on the right) from our back door…which I’m walking out through as soon as I shut off this comput
