Eat Pray Love, without leaving home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScjT9ETTSSQ Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert I haven’t seen the movie, yet (still coming) or read the book, but I have been thinking about the power we hold within to celebrate life. How much sensuous living is essential for keeping the mind body and soul nourished. We don’t need to travel to find... Read More »
How to makeover a Guest room
So excited to do a guest post and share a how to on The Design Confidential with Rayan Turner, who is fabulous and has created so many incredible DIY projects to inspire us all. Do have a guest room, or a bedroom that needs help? Like this one below? A client called me to help with this guest bedroom in a complex. This guest room needed a makeover! The... Read More »
Simple Bedroom Update, one Day Makeover
Bedroom needs some help After Makeover even the drapes look good When my client Carolyn called she knew that her home needed some help. The master bedroom was large but felt cluttered and dreary. The furniture needed a shift. After we came in to do a one day makeover, Caroline absolutely loved her “New Bedroom” First we moved the... Read More »
Home Makeover How to
Wanted share some of the process of doing a redesign. My client Vee heard about me at a networking group I belong to, I had my ten minutes of fame and passed around a pile of before and afters. She thought I would be perfect for her because she has old pieces and some newish items she had bought at the consignment store. Her imagination was captured... Read More »
Should furniture and architecture marry ?
Do I tell my clients that their sofas or furniture does not fit the room? Well, it depends. Do they need help pulling their decorating together ? Are they telling me that their furniture doesn’t work and they are ready to splurge on creating “their Look” I just had a client like that. She and her husband had a beautiful house nestling... Read More »
Living room Decorating Tip #7
This living room has lovely bones, but the traditional furniture placement makes the room feel closed in. Before After the redesign the room feels more open and welcoming. By angling the furniture the room is enlarged. After Read More →
Fireplace design tricks
Fireplaces are a key element in a room This one was boring and big and needed help in a rental. The picture is too big for the fireplace, and that makes it feel like the ceiling is very low. Before One day and and found objects later the fireplace is fun – the mirror piece behind the candle stick was found in the garage. After Read More →
One Day Decorating in the Living Room
A challenging room. Beautiful pieces with a long fairly narrow room. Fireplace is close to Front door and one end of the room is a hallway. Requirements : a room to could entertain friends, drink tea honor family heirlooms while keeping modern seating & clean look Before After the makeover the room feels welcoming and open. The art and furniture... Read More »
Makeover Tips for the Family Room
This family room interior above was large, but the furniture placement made it difficult for the family to watch tv or to chat comfortably. A one day makeover was needed to repurpose and reuse all the furniture to create a room that would work for the family’s tv viewing and hanging out needs. After we pulled the sofa away from the wall and... Read More »
Living Room One day Makeover
Before the makeover the client was unhappy with the mix of styles and objects that filled the room. Family favorites, and sentimental items collected on travels vied for attention. After the makeover the client enjoys the way her beautiful accessories work together. Read More →
