There are a whole lot of things I love about this bedroom. It's the master bedroom of a home where I designed 95% of the interior. Living room, dining room, office, breakfast room, bonus room, and FIVE bedrooms. This room is painted Sherwin-Williams Oyster Bay, and...
Today's post is written by Shannon, who recently began working with us. After attending my staging training course last week (with very little prior knowledge of home staging or my business), she found herself quite surprised about a number of things. She's going to...
Now that I have had a few days to recuperate from teaching my Expert Psychological Staging class, I am ready to announce the contest winners for This Old House & The Mercantile giveaways. Stay tuned – I’m announcing the winners at the end of this post! Last week...
Tomorrow I'll begin training 15 strangers who will earn their Expert Psychological Staging certifications by week's end. People are coming in to take my Nashville course from Maryland, New Jersey, California, Alabama, and Texas (to name a few). Beyond the classroom, I...
In an ideal world, we would be able to find a beautiful, comfortable chair at a rock-bottom price. But we don't live in an ideal world, do we? You can find a very comfortable and stylish chair if you are willing to pay $800 to $1600 in a reputable retail furniture...
Tomorrow is my 20th wedding anniversary! To celebrate, Mr. Man and I took a trip last week to the Pacific Coast. We spent a week there for our honeymoon between San Francisco, Monterey, and Carmel, CA. When we were there 20 years ago, I didn't know very much about...
We are super excited to team up with The Mercantile for its inaugural show in Nashville. The Mercantile Event takes place from 2-8pm on Sunday, September 25 at Mercy Lounge in the historic Cannery building. You can only find the event in Nashville, Los Angeles, and...
Last week, I got the best birthday present a girl like me could get - the cover of This Old House magazine! I knew my home would be featured in the Color Issue, but I didn't know one of the rooms would make the cover. And I wasn't the only one that was beyond...
You know how much I want to help you. I consider this a public service announcement, really. There ARE alternatives, affordable alternatives, to the boob light fixtures that have been prevalent in homes across the land for the last couple of decades. The time has come...
If you've ever built a home, you know that choosing overhead lighting from scratch can be a tricky thing. So many options, so many styles! Your overhead lighting needs to work well together, but you don't want a matchy-matchy lighting that look like it came in...
