My story on The Painted Bench on Ottawa Street, Hamilton, is in the Hamilton Spectator today

The link to the Spectator story is here....

http://www.thespec.com/living-story/4041515-renwald-chalk-talk-on-ottawa/#.UhYmSsRKzK0.gmail

A tiny yard with big impact. How creativity and do it yourself skill changes a mud hole into a piece of magic in Hamilton's North End.

French Country comes to Jerseyville

A French country inspired house in Jerseyville will be my next Home story for the Hamilton Spectator. It's a good yarn, which involves trading a batch of lasagna for an antique beam.

Blooms for Africa Garden Tour happens in my neighbourhood tonight and tomorrow. Here's a preview of a few of the 19 gardens that are open.

Life on Hamilton Beach in a beach cottage with resort charm.

I am interested in folding things. Folded Art. This is my recent thinking in my studio.

Folded work by Kathy Renwald

I am listening to Comin' Back To Me by Jefferson Airplane. All creatures in the house are enjoying it.

Mulch the Cat likes 60's music.

Manual Labour Coffee at last night's Art Crawl on James Street North, Hamilton.

Working in my studio. I have painted a house I made last year. Still fixated on the construction of temporary shelters.

House made of cardboard and pieces of old collages.

A Global View. Working on my next Hamilton Spectator story on collectors. This collector has globes and wedding cake toppers on display at home.

Grade school globes in a beautiful display in the home of a collector.

Branch Design strikes a chord

Branch Design in Westale has vintage, nostalgic, classic Christmas decor items, and lovely everyday things too. I have a story in today's Hamilton Spectator Go section.http://tinyurl.com/ads824s

Elegance and style

Watch for this lovely 1907 house in upcoming feature in the Hamilton Spectator.

Just back from a trip to Sarasota Florida looking at Sarasota style architecture. Working on a travel story for the Hamilton Spectator.