Until recently, I’ve resisted thinking about furnishings and decoration for our new house (which is under construction, about to enter blue boarding phase!), in order to focus on the “bones” and other things that are a higher priority to address now. But I’m starting to succumb to temptation, partly because of some great sales I’ve…
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A couple of days ago, I received an email from Farrow & Ball, the fine British paint and wallcovering company, featuring six different interpretations of a color scheme for its home country. Check out the results when they asked eight designers, seven of them non-British, for their take on this assignment. How interesting! And how…
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Recently I’ve been incredibly inspired, and encouraged, by the quality of “e-designed” residential interiors – that is, spaces that were designed and decorated by a professional from afar, without ever setting foot in the room (and usually, without ever speaking with the client). As I develop my business plan, I definitely see this as a…
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This past Sunday, I attended my first Newton House Tour – the ultimate in real estate voyeurism, right here in my adopted hometown in Massachusetts. This year’s tour, the 30th annual put on by Historic Newton, featured eight distinctive homes, some new, some old, and some somewhere in-between. Since the tour featured private homes not…
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I’ve been on blogging hiatus for a few days, while focusing largely on the house we’re building (as well as a few other top-secret projects I look forward to telling you about later!). So I thought I’d give you a brief glimpse into everything we’ve been doing to create a new home that reflects our…
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As a mother and devotee of family-oriented design, I probably look at dozens of photographs of nurseries online every single day – whether I’m shopping for my own child’s room, or just surfing great design sites and blogs. There is so much creativity out there, and it can be very inspiring. Before my child was…
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Let me take you down, cause we’re going to…Strawberry Fields. Happy Nursery Theme Thursday! Yes, it was high time I floated another Beatles-inspired nursery (see also Quinlan’s Yellow Submarine Nursery). Though in this room you’ll find not even a trace of the Fab Four. This is a visual interpretation of what “Strawberry Fields Forever” might…
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House Beautiful magazine recently published 35 “designer secrets” – little pithy, and in some cases not-so-pithy, tips and tricks from the experts that we all can use, set as individual graphics with on a color field. I didn’t think all of them were particularly relevant to we ‘real people,’ but I like this idea (really…
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We have a 3 1/2 year old beagle named Harrison. He is stubborn and a bit mischievous, but just about the cutest and sweetest dog you’ll ever meet. Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Exhibit C: Though my husband and I are both dog lovers and each grew up with wonderful canine companions, we didn’t really have…
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