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Trendspotting
Both at the Maison & Objet show in Paris and more recently at High Point Market, I had the opportunity to attend several presentations on trends in home furnishings. Trend reports are...
My Design Tour Through Paris
In early September I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a "designers' tour" through Paris. Led by Parisian decor maven Deb Barrett, the tour granted access to specialty fabricators...
Design Destination: Denmark
One of my greatest influences as a designer was my semester spent studying architecture and design in Copenhagen in 1995. As a student I was won over by the warmth and simplicity of...
5 Solutions for TV-Challenged Spaces
Do you have a room that simply does not have a good place for your TV? You’re not alone. It’s probably the challenge that comes up most frequently when I work with clients. Houses built before 1950...
Will Getting Tidy Change My Life?
One of the things that drew me into the profession of design was a love of beauty, and beautiful things in particular, from clothing to art to furnishings. But having too many beautiful things...
My New Office
Earlier this year I decided it was time to move my home-based business to an office location. As much as I enjoyed working from home the past four years, my 64 square foot dormer office was barely...
Easy Decorating: The Guest Bedroom
If you're fairly new to DIY decorating, a guest bedroom is the perfect place to start. I am currently learning to ski, and in skiing terms I would rate guest bedrooms an easy, green circle level....
Love it or loathe it? Marsala is 2015’s Color of the Year
Worldwide color authority Pantone (yes, that IS a real thing), recently announced the 2015 color of the year: Marsala. As the name suggests, Marsala is a red wine hue, sort of a faded burgundy....
Gift Guide 2014: Shop These 18 American Artisans
For my fourth annual holiday gift guide, I decided to expand my search beyond the Carolinas to include the whole US of A. I scoured Etsy to come up with a curated list of unique, finely crafted...
2 DIY Bedroom Makeovers
Recently I've been sharing the results of some of my DIY client spaces. I call it DIY design when I provide the ideas, plans, and color palette, and my clients handle the shopping, purchasing and...
Try One of These Fabric Trends in Your Home
Today's blog post was written by my summer intern, Courtney. I thought it would be fun to get a fresh and youthful perspective on the latest trends. Here's her take on what's hot in the world of...
Client DIY: A Boy’s Bedroom Grows Up
In my last post I talked about how to achieve successful DIY design. The first step is to have a design plan, and this is the part I'm often asked to provide by my clients. A design plan includes a...