Design in Real Life
This is the byline in my Blog…the story I want to tell all of you about what things really look like behind the scenes in the world of an Interior Designer. I have been in business for five years, and have learned soooo much in the process! Real life in design doesn’t look like an HGTV show. Or what you …
Ever have a project (or two) in your house that just seems like it is taking forever to complete? You have the best of intentions and somehow it just keeps getting pushed back and you never seem to have the time you think you have to really do it right? Meet my front porch…our perpetual work in progress! This space …
Every once in a while, I come across a store that just gets my mind racing…with inspiration, with “LOVE this!”, with “This would be perfect for…”, and similar such feelings. I walk slowly through each aisle, my eyes taking in every little bit of retail-wonderfulness, and I just soak it in. I visited one such place this past weekend. Graham …
We wanted to visually expand the space as much as possible, so we kept the wall tiles white and accented in soft neutral tones for the flooring and counter top. Providing minimal contrast can make small rooms like this seem much larger! An oversized subway tile was used in the tub area with an accent tile border to add interest …
Our living room. It has taken me time to really figure out what works for our family and how I want this room to really BE. When we first moved in we had only one child and one on the way…and we thought we were done! But God had other plans and almost two years ago baby number three came …
Many people find it hard to pack a real punch in a small space. Without a focus, tight living quarters can look cluttered and practicality reigns over embellishment…but it doesn’t have to be that way! Small space living can be both beautiful AND have functional design elements that make living in tight quarters no excuse to give up on style. …
I am a really big fan of painted furniture…I love wood and all, but there is something inside me that just gets excited when I see COLOR on a piece of furniture (and yes, even white is a color that excites me too!) I have painted several pieces of furniture for myself, and it all started when I was just …
To see more of this room click here The client had this HUGE wall of space and when I thought about how to break it up, creating a large panel really hit the mark in the space. I chose a tone on tone paper and matched the wall color to it and then had it trimmed out with molding. As …
I am generally not an advocate of keeping items from an old boyfriend…but with this chair, I made an exception! It was a lovely channel-back chair and would look AMAZING reupholstered one day. When he moved out of his apartment, he no longer had need of this beauty, so I took it and kept it for a really, really long …
It’s the new year and all of us have goals, aspirations, projects and the like on our minds. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I always make a list of projects that I hope we can work on and see through to completion for the coming year…. it’s my New Year’s Resolutions–for my home. It starts out …
