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Project Reveal: Happy Place (Part I)
Well, hello! I won’t go into all the reasons why it has been MONTHS since I’ve blogged (I’m sure you can guess a few of them…), I’ll only say I have missed it and I hope I can figure out a way to get back on a regular publishing schedule here. The reason I am…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 6: Bold Serene Bedroom REVEAL!
Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. Today is a big day. Today, twenty designers and design bloggers across North America are breathing a huge sigh of relief (and, if…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 5: Bold Serene Bedroom
Welcome to Week 5 of the One Room Challenge! The penultimate post. I’ve just transformed (OMG – past tense!) a dear client’s master bedroom into a peaceful oasis of coziness, with a little bit of ‘wow,’ while documenting it here on my blog over the course of six weeks, with the big reveal happening next…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 4: Bold Serene Bedroom
It’s Week 4 of the One Room Challenge – and it’s been a doozy so far. Before I get into it – here is the scoop, if you’re coming in cold. I’m in the throes of transforming a dear client’s master bedroom into a peaceful oasis of coziness, with a little bit of ‘wow,’ in just…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 3: Bold Serene Bedroom
Happy week three! I am fresh off a long weekend at High Point market. Well, fresh may be overstating it a bit. I am tired, physically exhausted, and mentally drained. And I had to hit the ground running with a client meeting first thing yesterday morning, despite getting home after midnight on Monday. So let’s…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 2: Bold Serene Bedroom
It’s Week 2 of the One Room Challenge – I am knee deep in transforming my client’s large, dated, and sort of empty master bedroom into the “Bold Serene Bedroom” of their dreams. See all of the befores, and our detailed plans in my Week 1 post. The arrival of Week 2 has come with…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Spring 2018 – Exciting News!
If you’ve been following along for awhile, you may recall that I have been a guest participant in the One Room Challenge in the past (four times, to be precise!). For the uninitiated, the ORC is a design and blogging event whereby people undertake the challenge of transforming a room in six short weeks, documenting…
Read MoreTrending: Colorful, Patternful, Scandinavian Modern-Inspired Textiles & Wallcoverings
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past ~10 years, you’ve surely noticed the influence of Scandinavian modern design on the interiors of today. Clean lines, varied textures, warm materials, connection with nature, intentional coziness, and what I like to call the ‘bathed in white’ aesthetic, are its hallmarks. If I were to…
Read MoreBefore & After: Project Foxhollow Reveal!
Today I am sharing a *surprise* reveal of a project we completed earlier this year, and recently photographed. In many ways, this was not our ‘typical’ client – no children, no dogs, just a husband, wife and their bashful cat living together quite happily in a 70s-era colonial in Sudbury, Massachusetts. They found us, as…
Read MoreDay 126: Project 1896 (Our Home Renovation)
It’s been about a month since I last posted a construction update. A couple of weeks ago, I shared my plans for our mudroom. From the bottom of my heart, thanks to those who shared their feedback here on the blog and on Instagram! I think I now know which direction I’m heading in for…
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