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  • Setting the Christmas Dinner Table
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    Setting the Christmas Dinner Table

    ByMary Crozier December 22, 2022December 18, 2024

    For some reason it never occurred to me to set a dinner table days before an event. While visiting my friend, I noticed her Thanksgiving table all set a week before turkey day. It was a light bulb moment for me. I typically (and with stress) set the table on the same day. Ever since…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier October 21, 2022October 22, 2022

    Happy Saturday, friends! I did spend most of the week up at our cabin and it is SO quiet. An amazing week of weather from rainy and cold to picture perfect fall days. It takes a few days to get the walls warmed up so it was fun to be wearing multiple layers. It’s time…

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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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  • Dinner in the Library Tablescape
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    Dinner in the Library Tablescape

    ByMary Crozier June 20, 2022July 14, 2022

    A few months ago, I was asked if we would sponsor a “fantasy” table for a Scholarship Dinner fundraiser at our golf club in the White Mountains. All monies raised are given to the staff and their families for educational purposes. It is a very nice event but I have never been asked to sponsor…

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  • 8 Ways to Spruce up Your Home’s Front Entrance
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    8 Ways to Spruce up Your Home’s Front Entrance

    ByMary Crozier May 3, 2022May 4, 2022

    With the warmer weather of Spring, here are eight easy ways to spruce up the front entrance to your home. It doesn’t take much to freshen up and create a more welcoming space. Is your entry pleasant? Appealing to the eye? Easy to find? Does your entrance say welcome to my home? Is it a…

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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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