I was drawn to my home because of its hodgepodge qualities. When I decided to buy it, it supported the reality of my soon to be "empty nest", but also the revolving door of house guests. It i...
I have just returned from a few weeks at The Prairie. The Perfect balance to me of productivity (treasure hunting,socializing (with my Round Top family), and creativity, inspiration, peace and many a...
ON FEBRUARY 24TH - 26TH WE HOSTED OUR FIRST EVER SEMINAR AT THE PRAIRIE BY RACHEL ASHWELL BED & BREAKFAST.As with most new ventures, whether it be a store, a book, a TV show, a bed and breakfast........
Valentines Day and Easter promotes my favorite ever palette, not that I need an excuse. We can always justify why pink works.......Pink has been referred to as the colour of love. It evokes romance, ...
I am just coming to the end of my trip to my home country, London. The main purpose of my trip was to see my father and regroup with my London store.In February it will already be 2 years old. Its a ...
The last few years has been the stage of my life of much movement. It comes with the territory for us all as parents, as career people, as seekers in life. Many beginnings, adjustments, endings, lett...
Every year I host a holiday dinner at my home for my staff and village..... through thick and thin we have continued this tradition for many years now.During the course of the year, days fly by so ve...
April 2009 was a really wonky time for me.On a particularly dark day, Lisa Dirkes sent me a copy of a lovely book she had illustrated. She wrote an inscription for me that were the exact words I need...
Such a teeny little four letter word that has such significance.My life choices have had me moving Home many times, and the past few years I have spent little time in my HOME. It is just in the past ...
I keep it no secret that Sofia Coppolas movie, Marie Antoinette has been an endless source of inspiration for me. I love her luscious attention to detail, the sumptuous palette with the occasional qu...
My children continue to find their passions and understand the true values of life and love.Four Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture Stores (N.Y., LONDON, L.A., TEXAS) stand proud after some big bumps...
The following photos are some of my all time favorites. You may have seen them on prior blogs or on my recent tweets or facebook posts. Some are whimsical, some inspirational. To me some are metaphor...
On Tuesday night, September 27th from 6pm to 9pm we are having a celebration of our new Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture™ Store at The Prairie By Rachel Ashwell B&B in Round Top Texas. Would lo...
Busy busy time these past few weeks but getting good at finding moments to refuel. There is an element of The Prairie where time stands still. And somehow in that stillness it is easy to be productiv...
Seems to me that the wonderful thing about treasures are their values and beauty are forever changing.I gave myself the treat to wander through my Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture™ store in New Yor...
Many have asked how my roses got well. I removed a lot of mossy dirt around their base. Too much water it seemed. It was hard to access one rose bush with particularly thorny bushes. Its as though it...
Over the years there have been selections of quilts at Simply Shabby Chic at Target and Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture™. However truth be told I have never paid much attention to the culture, his...
On September 27th I will have my first book signing for my new book, at the opening of our Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture™ store at The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell B&B in Round Top, Texas. Then in ...
While I appreciate each and every season, summers abundant flowers makes for daily gifts. I love gathering vines and wildflowers from my own garden or sometimes local alley ways. Tall branches and tr...
I decided to give myself the gift of time this summer. As wonderful as all my busy world is, I felt the need to step back and just absorb and experience my life. Between the ebbs and flows of my care...
Life has often been my inspiration for my creativity. Being a designer of a brand I have evolved but remained consistent with signature qualities and characteristics. But I do pride myself with being...
HOMAGE TO A FLOWERWould I have the knowledge of a flowerThat of knowing just what color I should beWhat shape to take and where and when to be these thingsAs well as thatHow long to stay and when to ...
I have been lucky enough to be in London during the preparations and actual event of the wedding of Kate and Will. There has been a wonderful celebratory feeling for weeks. Most every street has unio...
These past weeks I have been hosting my dear friend Laurence Amelie and her lovely boyfriend Umbaldo Picasso in my home in Brentwood. They are both extraordinary artists from Paris. Over the years fr...
My "village" and I are busy bees, putting the final touches to get our Prairie Bed and Breakfast open. Barely have time to write, but am just tooo excited, not to share some photos with you.
Such a cliché to say it but seems like yesterday my daughter was a baby herself. So it took a moment to digest her words, "Hanas having a baby." I had my children in my twenties. But somehow ...
Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder.However, it seems to me over the years a Shabby Chic sisterhood (some brothers too) have evolved, and I think we all have a similar point of view of wha...
Having the best time gathering treasures to furnish The Prairie. (Changed over from The Ranch) The village is hard at work. Lead by Jaimee and Danny!!!!!!!!!!!!. Will keep you updated as the dream un...
Proof that I do read blog comments.........One titled Genuine Luster asked me to do a blog on my personal style. Well this brought a major smile to my face as while I know I am very particular about ...
I certainly got my share of seasonal weather this year, between snow in London and endless rain in Los Angeles.However, somewhere amongst all the weather a few beautiful Malibu days of sunshine snuck...
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