Fresh Easter Centerpiece in a MOD Container from Steel Life
Let’s dish about this fun NEW MOD dish from Steel Life! Lucky me…I WON this beauty while participating in a lively #GardenChat on Twitter put on by Bren Haas from BG Garden.com. Thank you Bren! Love the mod design & clean lines of this uber cool Steel Life piece! Love that it’s footed! More on the dish...
The Potager ~ Kitchen Garden from Seed
It’s time once again to sow the seeds for our pretty potager – otherwise known as our kitchen garden! {LOVE} Never mind the cold Seattle rain, spring IS eternal and it’s coming! Promise! There is something so satisfying about growing your garden from SEED! So I pulled out my worn pots {on a wine...
Vintage Garden Market ~ Going Vintage at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show
There is more to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show than gorgeous award winning gardens. There is plenty of garden s h o p p i n g too. It’s the second season for the Vintage Garden Market at the #NWFGS. From rust to romance you will find it here! I’m cruising...
Encore Presentation! The Northwest Flower & Garden Show
The Northwest Flower & Garden Show is SO worth a second look, especially through the lens of gifted photographer Ian Gleadle of Ian Gleadle Photography. Thank you Ian, for letting me share your beautiful work! First, this breathtaking, blown glass chandelier dripping with ethereal kelp shaped pieces. It’s exquisite in this moonlight garden! This lighting...
The Northwest Flower & Garden Show Preview
It’s the smell of spring. Do you dig it? Okay, nothing jump starts spring fever quite like the Northwest Flower & Garden Show! I hit the preview media tour and I’m taking you along! { Thank you to Ian Gleadle Photography for this fun pic! }...
Spring Blast ~ Currently In Bloom
You know how I love to push the seasons, right? So, even though we are in the thick of winter here in the Northwest, I’m coaxing spring inside our home and you can too! Many local markets are carrying Quince, Apple and Forsythia branches right now and they are primed to bloom. So pretty,...
Flower Power ~ Winter Sunshine on a Stem
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Creating a Fall Harvest Welcome
It’s harvest time in our little apple orchard . Dozens of crisp apples from our columnar and espalier apple trees, ready to be picked, peeled and sliced for apple crisps, tarts… and perhaps a caramel apple or two. {LOVE} An inviting tray of the red, gold and green apples rests on our entry table at the...
Bits of Fall
The natural. For beautiful bits of fall…simply head into your garden. I did! Clippings of rich magnolia leaves in a simple handblown glass vase with a golden sash sit on our family room mantel. Magnolia graces our fall sideboard too. Earthy ferns, snipped from the grounds, rest in our gorgeous gold rimmed anniversary...
Girls’ Night In with Monica Hart at Woodinville Lavender
Styled and produced by Monica Hart ~ La Famiglia Design Find me on INSTAGRAM @MonicaHart1 All Images ~ Stefanie Knowlton Photography With the luscious scent of lavender perfuming the air… Girls Night In with Monica Hart went on location at an amethyst gem of a venue… Woodinville Lavender. The breathtaking farm is...
In the Garden: Fall Harvest
#LiveonKOMO Newsradio – It’s the edge of fall and it’s harvest time in the garden! Among the topics I’m chatting about this morning with KOMO’s Larry Rice is – What to do with your gorgeous garden surplus! So, from pretty & edible herb bundles…. Image – Stan McMeekin for La Famiglia Design to...
Lavender and Violette Martini Drop
On the air today #LiveonKOMO Newsradio talking about this ethereal little cocktail: My Lavender & Violette Martini Drop and other LAVENDER infused entertaining ideas! All of this, following our stylish Girls Night In with Monica Hart soiree at Woodinville Lavender! Can you tell I’m currently crushing on Lavender! Thank you girls! Image – Stefanie Knowlton The...
Inspired by a love of beautiful, yet simple design, food and entertaining. Monica’s distinct approach led this former television news gal to create La Famiglia Design. 
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