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Milkos | Deposit Photos Why is this woman sad? I'd guess it's because she's wearing neutral-toned clothing in a neutral-toned room. But maybe that's just me. Alert hearth/myth readers know I've complained about the neutralization of our interiors many times over the years. (I won't bore you with links. Trust me when I say there are a lot of them.) I've blamed it on HGTV, but it's not just me --…
I don't mean to turn this into a fiber arts blog, but here we are. I'll try to find something else to talk about next week. This is the 36th year that the Museum of New Mexico Foundation has run a Navajo rug auction as a fundraiser. It's always in the courtyard between the Palace of the Governors and the New Mexico History Museum (except for during COVID, when they did it virtually). This year's…
I've been fascinated with molas since I first heard about them in a Spanish class in college. So when I heard an exhibit of molas had opened at El Museo Cultural here in Santa Fe, I had to go. What's a mola ? It's an intricately hand-sewn blouse panel created by the Guna (formerly known as the Kuna) Indians in Panama: Lynne Cantwell 2026 The person creating the top makes two more-or-less identical…
The Roman shade project is done, huzzah! I installed the shade for the bedroom window yesterday morning. Lynne Cantwell 2026 As a reminder, this was the old, ugly shade. I think the new one is a vast improvement. Lynne Cantwell 2026 Now that I've done two of these, I'm putting this in the "projects to never do again" category*. The mechanics were straightforward enough, but hanging this shade by…
