In 2008, with our then one-year-old in tow, we began searching for land in the mountains near Asheville, our first step towards realizing a long-term dream of a vacation home in the area. The house was finally finished, furnished, and decorated in 2014. The result is...
I am excited to wrap up 2015 by sharing some of my favorite before & after images from projects completed and photographed over the past year. Each of these photos represents a transformation in the life or lives of the people living in these...
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 and studios and provided guided introduction...
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 Danish Modern; it’s a pared down aesthetic that doesn’t...
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 enough room for me and one overweight tabby cat. I was bursting at the...
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. Pantone is trying to play up the French, foodie, oenophile associations...
