Design in Real Life
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 …
There comes a time in every girl’s life where the pink room with the ruffles and pretty chandelier just doesn’t work any more and her dreams of the perfect bedroom change. For some this happens at a young age, and for others it’s as she approaches her teen years that SOMETHING needs to happen as the princess theme just doesn’t …
So many gifts…so little time! Looking for something unique for the special people in your life? I always am on the lookout for something a little different and so I thought I’d share some local shops that are on my favorite’s list…just in case you’d like to stop by and take a look! It is so easy to go to …
It’s that time of year again where everyone is hauling out their Christmas trees–whether from the farm or the basement—to start the tradition of decorating their home for the holidays. I honestly have been thinking about this for months, but at the same time, was really slow to start this year! Every year I wait for the week after Remembrance …
Dim the lights…get the jazzy music playing…light the candles…stock the bar…check! She takes one last look around before her guests arrive and makes sure everything is just perfect—as a slow smile spreads across her face she breathes a sigh a relief…she was ready! If you read last week’s post, you know that this Living Room and Home Bar had to …
One thing about making your home personal is that you have the “Power” to make it be whatever you want it to be…and not just go with what everyone one else has. This family made that decision to change things up and make their home work for THEM. In this case, having sit down dinners in their formal dining room …
