Nothing marks the passage of time more obviously than the growth of children from one year to the next, as I learned this morning when my 6-year old exclaimed “O.M.G.!!” when she saw where the Elf on the Shelf landed this morning.
May your holidays be filled with traditions, new and old, that [...]
Did I ever mention I have a thing for chairs? I love funky, fun, whimsical, strange, bizarre chairs.
When you’re in the throes of digestion after your sumptuous Thanksgiving feast, imagine collapsing into or onto one of these. Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Halloween is coming, and I’m getting excited! Here are some cool things I’ve come across recently that are getting me into the Halloween mood.
A lovely line of monster supplies comes to us from the Hoxton Street Monster Supplies store in London. (It’s really a front for the Ministry of Stories. After squeeing with glee over [...]
Be nice.
Is that so hard to do? One of my best, longest-running clients told me that this is one of the few mantras she teaches her children: “BE NICE!”
Yesterday, I was kicked out of a furniture store. My mother and I went to see a very cool dining table she was considering purchasing for her [...]
Can lifestyles be changed like a pair of shoes?
There is no cookie-cutter solution for you. You cannot buy a “lifestyle” out of a box, no matter how much you want to. And isn’t that a good thing, anyway?
We’re all slobs, with messy kids, and big ol’ lazy streaks. Perhaps you have the wherewithal or the [...]
Do you have a dark room that doesn’t get enough natural light? Besides using light colors and mirrors (carefully with the mirrors) to reflect and bounce more light around, here is something else to try.
Keep your lamp shades white.
White lamp shades will help brighten and disperse the light from your fixtures more effectively.
If you’ve been blessed with “plant shelves,” one of those fabulous architectural details all the rage with builders in the 1990’s, you may be tempted to put accessories junk up there.
Please fight this urge! Not all shelves must be filled. There is nothing worse than crappy vignettes of decorative plates and bottles and plastic ivy [...]
A watched soft-close toilet seat never closes. ~ New American proverb
Good design matters and it requires patience. Patience to “create, fashion, execute, and construct according to a plan.” (~Webster’s) Behind every beautifully designed space lies a Brain Storm of creativity, deep-probing inquiry, and mettle.
Expensive, exotic, or rare materials do not equal Good Design. Don’t cheap out on the brain power required for Good Design, because no [...]
It’s a Winner!
Update (posted February 9, 2011):
At the end of the voting period on February 7th, my project earned one of the top three winning spots in the America’s Ugliest Bathrooms: Solved contest, sponsored by www.daily5remodel.com and American Standard. My sincerest thanks to ALL of you for rallying behind me in my effort to win. I [...]
