decorating
What a Decorator can Learn from The Beatles
I hope you had a nice long weekend! It doesn’t exactly feel like summer here, but the pools are open now, so I guess that’s progress? A couple of weeks ago my world changed for the better when this happened… I pretty much haven’t changed the channel in my car since May 18th. I also…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 4: Inching Closer
Welcome to Week 4 of the One Room Challenge! Participants completely transform a space in just six weeks, documenting the process on their blogs while the world looks on, and revealing a brand new room at the end (hooray!). I am tackling a client space as an ORC for the first time – a shared girls’ bedroom…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 3: Reality Bites
As I begin to write this late on Wednesday night, I’m trying to figure out how I will retrieve my lost iPhone (which I apparently left at a quick-serve lunch and dinner restaurant late this evening) before I leave for High Point market early tomorrow morning. Of course, I can’t go out to look for…
Read More11 Ways with a Wallpapered Ceiling
As a family-friendly decorator, I enjoy writing about the practical, functional side of interior design, and I think/hope it has been a valuable resource to young families with kids and pets who want to live stylishly. Sometimes, though, it’s good to take a breather and keep it strictly light and fun on the blog. This…
Read MoreBefore & After: Mother-in-Law Bedroom at the Junior League of Boston 2016 Show House
Sometimes when I first walk through a new client’s home for the first time, I kind of wonder “why am I here? This looks perfectly lovely.” Usually when we dig into things, there is a good reason why I’m there, as there is a particular problem to address, and a look and feeling they would like to…
Read MoreAn Imperfect Holiday, and What’s on Tap for 2017
I hope you enjoyed the holiday season! It feels like ages since I’ve blogged, though it hasn’t been – I just took a short, planned hiatus for the holidays. And yet the holidays went by so fast. I don’t understand how that works! I postponed writing this post until this morning, because I honestly felt…
Read MoreDear Santa: My Design Book Wish List
For any of you readers who have a designer or interior design aficionado friend or family member in your life, this post is for you! Today I’m laying out a list of my most wanted (and as yet unowned) design books – something old and something new. I’ve checked it twice. Have you been nice?…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: Framebridge Custom Print & Frame
How is it Friday again? I don’t know about you, but I am feeling waaaay behind on all things holiday. There is so much to do in the next week, I’m frankly not sure how it is all going to get done. Given my current stressed-out state of mind, I thought I’d share a last-minute…
Read MoreCandelabra Roundup
Nothing sets a mood…and a holiday table…quite like the flickering flames of candles. Last year at Christmas I had green and white striped candles, which were very fun and added a modern element to my more-or-less traditional dining room, but striped candles were a little harder to find this season (i.e. I couldn’t find a…
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