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  • Holiday Mantels Over the Years
    artificial flowers | Christmas | Fireplace and mantel | historical homes | holiday decorating

    Holiday Mantels Over the Years

    ByMary Crozier December 12, 2023December 12, 2023

    Before central air conditioning and heat, homes are kept warm by fireplaces in many of the rooms. In our historic home, we have 5 fireplaces inside and two outside. Each fireplace has a mantel that is begging to be decorated for the Christmas holidays. Here is a compilation of some of our decorated mantels over…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier October 13, 2023October 14, 2023

    What a week! Every day is scheduled with so many things to do….and then the unexpected happens! It always seems that way. When I’m on a mission to get all the items done on my To Do list, it seems God has other plans. I hope you had a nice 3 day weekend and enjoying…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier July 7, 2023July 8, 2023

    After a 3 week hiatus from blogging, our international travels are over and I am back in Phoenix. Happy Saturday and I hope you enjoyed a patriotic and relaxing July 4th week. The last time I missed July 4th in the United States was in 2014 when we were stuck at JFK airport coming back…

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  • Upcycling and Reusing 2 wreaths to make one beautiful Fall wreath
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    Upcycling and Reusing 2 wreaths to make one beautiful Fall wreath

    ByMary Crozier September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

    If you read my Saturday Meanderings last week, I mention my disappointment with two wreaths I ordered online. Not only are they too small, but the quality is not to my standards. One of the challenges of ordering a product online, is that you can’t see and feel it. Photographs can be misleading, and in…

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  • Take a Peek into Our Guest Cottage
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    Take a Peek into Our Guest Cottage

    ByMary Crozier August 2, 2022August 3, 2022

    I’ve had a few requests to share pictures of the guest cottage interior. This sweet small building sits in the quiet northwest corner of our property and is very secluded from the main house. We estimate the age of the guest cottage to be from the 1930 to 1940. So let’s take a peek. I…

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Welcome to Life at Bella Terra. I’m Mary and I am delighted you are here. Life at Bella Terra is about embracing what the present can bring by valuing what the past built. Here, from our historic property, I will share decorating, entertaining, gardening tips as well as my adventures in the kitchen. Occasionally you may see a DIY but it’s only because it was a rare success! I hope that this blog will be a place of comfort and joy and together, we will learn something from each other along the way. Learn more >

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