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  • New Vintage Style Kitchen | Kitchen Inspo
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    My Kitchen – Part 1

    ByMary Crozier January 16, 2018January 31, 2018

    The original kitchen was woefully inadequate. Gotta love the electric cooktop right next to the sink!  It was so small we converted this space into the breakfast room. We desperately needed a new kitchen. Trying to add such a vital room to a 100+ year old home took some careful design and planning.  Thankfully we…

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  • Happy New Year’s Eve!
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    Happy New Year’s Eve!

    ByMary Crozier December 31, 2017December 31, 2017

    Happy New Year’s Eve….hard to believe it will be 2018. I want to push a big brake pedal on life…it’s is going TOO fast! We are having a nice dinner this evening with no plans for anything formal tomorrow. When I made my Thanksgiving centerpiece (to see the post, click here), my friend Tracy, wished…

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  • Christmas Recap
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    Christmas Recap

    ByMary Crozier December 28, 2017December 28, 2017

    I am enjoying the lull after Christmas, finding it a bit hard to get back into the swing and routine of everyday life.  But bills need to be paid and laundry keeps coming, so today is my “get all the little piddly stuff out of the way” day. But before I “get” to do the…

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  • Entertaining Shortcuts
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    Entertaining Shortcuts

    ByMary Crozier December 22, 2017December 27, 2017

    Every year we host our neighborhood board for a holiday celebration.  We have the most wonderful group of neighbors who spend countless volunteer hours maintaining the integrity and character of our North Central neighborhood.  I always feel so lucky to welcome them into our home to celebrate them and the holidays. Typically, I would love…

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  • handmade stockings
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    And the Stockings were hung….

    ByMary Crozier December 20, 2017December 27, 2017

    I am not sure why we hang stockings by the chimney with care, but it appears to be a long standing custom.  Since 1823 when Clement Clarke Moore wrote “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, Christmas stockings have been an essential part of Christmas traditions. We have 5 handmade stockings for our family and multiple ones…

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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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