Creating a Library

I'm always encouraging clients to make their rooms more functional, more beautiful, and more "them." This is a great example of taking an underused room and making it highly useful and true to the homeowner's interests. These homeowners are true bibliophiles (that...

Coffee Tables

Coffee tables. You gotta love them. They only became popular in the early 1900's - before that, your only option to put down a drink was a petite tea table. Now we have lots of options for what sits in front of our sofas, and lots of options to express our...

Vintage Baby Shower

Baby showers are joyous occasions and don't have to be generic or boring. I always like to think about the honoree's taste and style, as well as the baby's room decor. The honoree of this shower had an older son who was just moving out of the vintage...

The Secrets of Hanging Art

Here they are. All the secrets to hanging your artwork so that you will not be mocked for hanging it poorly: Match frame shape to wall shape. Hang a vertical piece of art when you have a vertical sliver of wall. Hang a horizontal piece of art or a horizontal...

Tack Boards

My latest bargain was found at my local Goodwill store. Just stopped in to find a gray belt, which I found. I always go through the leaning stack of framed art in the back. I found not one, but two bamboo tack boards with white frames. They looked so cool, I...

Vintage Colored Glassware

I have a few pieces of green depression glass that belonged to my grandmother. I keep them in a cupboard in my dining room. I saw an episode of Cash in the Attic last week where a couple sold their depression glass for over $1000. They had a whole lot more of it...

That’s What I Like!

Let's play "That's What I Like!" I sometimes use this exercise with clients who are at a total loss as to what they want or would like to have in their homes. It's a great way to discover what you love and why, and a good way to get you in the habit of making...

A Lavender and Gray Bedroom Makeover

This is a picture of how my bedroom looked when we moved into this house 8 years ago. Dark green walls, very bad floral border, ceiling fan. Oh my. The first thing we had to do was strip down that border, which was apparently put up with superglue. We had an...

Wall Stickers

Over the last couple of years, I have noticed some promising developments in wall design that doesn't involve the expense and permanence of wallpaper, painted murals, and the easily-cheesiness of do-it-yourself stenciling. Yay for vinyl wall stickers! Michaels carries...

Scrabble Tiles

I love to come up with interesting ways to use everyday items in decorating. Yes, I have even been known to go through my children's toy box for styling ideas. Who doesn't have a game of Scrabble somewhere in their home? Scrabble tiles are a great way to...