108 maconmagazine.com | APRIL/MAY 2020
"WHEN WE REMODEL this
bathroom, we're getting rid
of this clawfoot tub. I don't
love it. I wish it had some
heaters in it somewhere.
This is just a big cold steel
porcelain dust-catcher. I
hang my bras on it to dry."
"I MADE both these quilts. This one is made
from my dad's shirts. I cut 'em into strips – I call
it my Star-Spangled Pops quilt. In 2017, I was in
a creative frenzy. I made a quilt for each of my
siblings – I have two sisters and a brother. I made
pillows for their kids, a pillow for my mom. All
for Christmas. I was a machine! I started at the
beginning of November, and realized I had all
this material. I made the first thing and was like,
that wasn't so bad! I haven't quilted in a while –
now that my room downstairs is all remodeled, I
wanna pull my sewing machine back out."
"MY BEST HOSTESS TIP is to keep it
simple. Don't try to have everything,
don't try to do everything. That's the
same idea I have at the restaurant.
People try to do too much and
please everybody, but it works out
better to just do the things you do
well. Somebody's guaranteed to like
at least some of that."
"I STRUGGLED over the gray
I wanted for the walls. I had
swatches everywhere – all
around the television. I chose
this one because it was as dark
as I could go, and I love it."
