Funky Family Home – Hit or Miss?

This home was featured in the latest issue of Country Living. It's an eye-catcher, to be sure. But on closer inspection, I began to question whether I loved it or hated it. I don't mean to be brutal, because it is a fun family home and everyone is entitled to their...

Long-Distance Decorating

How on earth can you design a room when you and your decorator are in a long-distance relationship? Let me share a little about how I am able to help clients long-distance through the magic of this little laptop computer! Here are photographs of the nursery in one...

Feminine and Fun Office Spaces

Too busy today to write a weekend post, so I thought you might enjoy an oldie but goodie: Isn't it about time to hunker down and organize your home office? What, you don't have one? Or you don't use the one you have? It is a certified fact of nature: when you...

Where Being Trendy Can Go Horribly Wrong

I recently had a conversation with a client about the kitchen tile she had chosen before I arrived on the scene. I was there for a paint color consultation and she was simply sharing what she had recently chosen to install (she had not had it installed yet,...

Walking Up Your Stairs Should Be a Happy Experience

Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to be arranging some family photographs in an open stairwell of a client's home. That's got me thinking about different ways to hang art on a staircase wall. source The wall going up one side of the stairs is visible from the entry...

Paint Chip Valentines

Although I love to send vintage or vintage-inspired Valentine's Day cards, I thought it might be fun to send out something like these instead: I picked up these paint chips at Lowe's while I was shopping for lighting and plumbing fixtures for a client this week. ...

A Valentine’s Tree? Why Not?

So I got this harebrained idea. I obviously have a Christmas tree (or two or three) that I put up during the Christmas holidays. I also have an Easter tree that I put out the month before Easter. I even have a black feather tree that I put out at Halloween. So why...

A Chandelier Dilemma

So I'm sitting in church a couple of weeks back, and a friend came over and told me she was getting rid of a chandelier and wanted to know if I might like to have it. It seems the word has gotten around that I have a thing for chandies. I have 16 hanging in my...

I’d Give My Eye Teeth for a Space Like This . . .

Welcome! Come right in, have a seat beside me in one of these patinaed leather chairs. No, really. Come on in and put your feet up. Read a magazine - just relax. What a lovely, peaceful palette - rich browns and creamy tans. Textures like painted wood...

What Color Are You Afraid Of?

If you're reading this blog, it's pretty likely that you are not afraid of color. But is there a certain color that scares you? I recently posed this question on The Decorologist Facebook page and got some interesting responses. source In my informal poll, 36%...