Decorating Around Kids, Cats & Dogs
You can have great interiors with kids and pets if you take into consideration during your planning stages the special challenges posed by living with the little critters. Here are some of the ways I’ve discovered through my own experience and that of my clients. For Colors, Think Medium Tones. Very dark and very light solid colors […]
Living in Your Living Room
This inviting seating area in the sunny bay window looks like it has always been here, but truth to tell, it just happened last week. That is, the completion of the room happened last week, but was actually year in the making. Let me back up to show you what the living room of this […]
Bathed in Style
As we began our relationship, I asked my client what kind of mood and feeling she wanted in the new house she was building. She told me that the antique French furniture she had inherited from her beloved grandmother were the most important possessions she owned, and wanted them to be featured in every […]
Winter White–A Budget Makeover
When it comes to interior design, most people think of me as a colorist. Fact is, I think of myself that way. But recently we needed to replace the flooring in our guest room, which is on the lower level of our home. After consulting with my good friend, interior designer Jamie Devlin, who works […]
My Big, Fat Kitchen Remodel: Grounded!
When it comes to flooring, I’ve always known that I wanted black and white marble tile, set “on point.” Maybe it was all those years of classical piano training on the black-and-white keyboard. Maybe it was seeing the flooring on trips to Europe, most recently on our trip to Greece, but previously with my cousin, […]