As collectors, creators or devotees how do we return to the uninhibited joy found in artistic expression? In the Monadnock Region we are so fortunate to live amongst artists of all manners of expression style and medium. We can fill our spaces with community art, works of friends, professionals, children. In its composition of colors, textures, surfaces, shapes, and patterns we are creating a three dimensional canvas into which we step to live.

So often, being a part of this very personal process of decoration, my spirit remains with the family, my heart full of hopes and dreams for this family and home. It was abundantly clear the significance of this home and the work they were willing to put in with us.

At AHI we are committed to great products that are well made from every perspective. Environmentally well made should be synonymous with beauty and desirability. 

It is about this twinkling spark of time that is ours, that holds our communion, giving us pause to be thankful for the beauty of this earth and the wonder of our connection to it all.

Exhausted, quietly elated, our tribe of Interact students and adult Rotarians journeyed 3,600 miles today, leaving sweat, tears, monumental efforts and lifelong friends on the village hillside of Talnique, El Salvador.  

“Having been fascinated for more than 30 years by the originality and the elegance of the Guinea hens that run free in my garden, it finally came to me that by immortalizing them in a harmonious and timeless object, I could convey my love of the Guineas to others.”

Let’s face it - a couple’s bedroom is probably the most important, yet most overlooked, decorating quest in the home.

When we don’t know where to begin, sometimes we simply don’t. And the longer we wait, the more pressure we feel to create something perfect...to get it right the first time. Once she got her project underway, my mom created a beautiful space. It took a lot of strength to silence her inner perfectionist.

A home is a living, breathing thing, and the relationship we have with our home affects the way people feel about it. You scold whatever objects stubbed your toe and resent the windows for being drafty. But it is your home sweet home. There is a warmth and beauty in seeing someone loving their home. Love your home; be kind to it; when you embrace your home, it embraces you back.