Color has a tremendous impact on memory and first impressions. It can expand or contract space, as well as draw you across rooms and into adjoining ones. Establishing purposeful color design throughout a home creates a sense of cohesion, while giving every space its...
For our anniversary, Mr. Man and I stayed at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville. It’s where we stayed on our wedding night fifteen years ago. The Hermitage Hotel is the only 5-star hotel in Nashville and was built over one hundred years ago in the Beaux Arts...
I have been married for fifteen years and have spent a lot of that time decorating the homes I’ve lived in during that time. My husband and I have restored four old homes during our marriage, doing everything from gutting and rebuilding a kitchen on our own,...
I have worked with 5 different clients just in the last few months who have the same decorating dilemma: the dreaded corner fireplace! Decorating Dilemma: The Corner Fireplace Don’t get me wrong – it’s a perfectly lovely piece of architecture, but...
Ok, so I’m not designing a room in the Southern Living Showcase house like designer Amanda Burdges. But I did help the amazing Amanda of AB Interiors choose just the right color (think pink!) for the ceiling of the guest retreat she is designing for the...
