Results of a Virtually-Designed Nursery

One of my virtual clients (she’s a real person, but we worked together via the internet!) just sent me some photographs from the finished nursery I designed for her a while back.  You may remember this post I wrote about the 2 bedrooms I designed for her...

To Decorate or To Undecorate?

Last week I treated myself by ordering a couple of design books I had been anxiously awaiting to come out.  The first one is Undecorate by Christiane Lemieux.  Because I often think of staging houses to sell as “undecorating,” I thought it’d be...

7 Things You Never Thought You Could Spray Paint!

I’m not going to state the obvious – you already know of  lots of things you can spruce up with a can of spray paint.  But here are some things you may not have known about: 1.  Curtains and Upholstery!  I know it’s hard to believe, but you can coat...

Rules Are Meant to Be Broken: Trad Home

So excited about the newly-birthed baby of Traditional Home:  Trad Home online.  Yes, I subscribe to Traditional Home magazine, but I’m sometimes wonder if they (and me) are just a little too . . . traditional.   No longer!  Designer Ron Marvin   Trad Home is...

How to Use IKEA’s LACK Tables – Let Me Count the Ways . . .

I can’t resist a multi-purpose, multi-functional piece of furniture.  Especially when it’s staggeringly CHEAP.  If you don’t know about this amazing slice of design, allow me to introduce you to the LACK side table from IKEA. LACK side table by IKEA...