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Benjamin Moore Color of the year 2021-yay or nay?
Last week Benjamin Moore announced its color trend of the year for 2021, drum roll, please…….Aegean Teal for the win. Benjamin Moore’s color trend 2021 color story features 12 colors meant to nourish the spirit, soothe, and celebrate simple pleasures. I think we...
Easily turn your guest room into a hotel retreat
When you've got company coming, does it feel more like, "Hooray, I'm all set!", or is it more like, "Oh NO - we have so much work to do!"? If it's the latter, I completely understand. Right now, your guest room is probably feeling a lot less like a...
11 Ways to cozy up your home for fall
11 ways to cozy up your home for fall It’s still sweltering hot in most of the country, but with the Nordstrom Anniversary sale in full swing and pre-season football games on the roster, it will be fall before you can say, ‘Pumpkin Spice Latte’. So here are 11...
Decorative Styling Tips Using Odd Numbered Items
Decorative Styling Tips using Odd Numbered Items This short video adds visual animation to help illustrate decorative styling tips using odd numbered items. 1. Start with a large focal item (vertical art). 2. Second item (horizontal book stack) grounds #1 3. Third...
Decorating Disasters-5 Fail Safe Solutions
Last week we talked about the five most common and popular decorating disasters. If you missed it you can read it HERE. This week will help you look like a decorating pro and not a sad decorating newbie. I have five fail safe solutions to avoid your decorating...
5 Decorating Disasters to Avoid
You want your home to be as stylish, low-maintenance , and pulled together as possible. You want your friends to feel welcome (and to think you're a decorating diva). As a designer, I've seen some popular decorating trends become big fails. To avoid looking like an...
Emotions you go through when hiring an interior designer
Many times the help of an interior designer is enlisted because of a major life event. Sometimes it's the purchase of a first home, downsizing to a smaller home, a divorce, or you find yourself hosting an upcoming graduation, wedding, friends giving or holiday party...