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A Mural Make-Over
The house was built 10 years ago and originally decorated with dark colors and heavy fabrics.
The new home owners wanted brighter and lighter.
We started by painting the majority of the home's wall a soft yellow. We chose lighter fabrics with a brighter color palette–yellow, orange, red, brick with accents of blue and moss green.
Once the [...]
Easy Space-Saver Desk
I walked into a friend's house the other day and she said, "Look what I did!".
She lead me up the stairs to a small landing at the top that overlooks the great room. It is an odd-shaped space that most people would have ignored. Instead of cluttering the area with a faux-plant, she created this:
A [...]
Holiday Red
I love the color red.
Red* is:
enticing
life-sustaining
the "good life"
elegant
cultivated
refined
connected to the earth
country
warmth
exotic
*taken from "Color: Messages and Meanings" by Leatrice Eiseman
Christmas is the perfect time to play up the red tones. I like to use various shades of red in different textures throughout my Christmas tree by…
tying ornaments on the tree with red ribbon.
lighting the tree with [...]
Elevating the Holiday Table Centerpiece
I am always searching for ways to create a table centerpiece that does not impede dinner guests' line of sight. Most decorations which are scaled large enough for a big dining room table are too tall to keep on the table during dinner.
This hanging holiday table centerpiece solves that problem!
By hanging the decorations from the [...]
Dining in the Round
The traditional rectangular dining table has new competition. A recent trend of round tables in the dining room have been welcomed into homes with open arms. I believe that the round dining table is here to stay:
A round table fits a more casual lifestyle.
Many homes are opting out of a formal dining room for a [...]
Tool Bath
Common objects and storage solutions create personality in this small bathroom. This bathroom is attached to a bedroom that two boys share. The space is limited. The functional objects used for design are more commonly found in the garage than in a bathroom.
The walls are painted a light shade of gray.
The bathtub tile is basic [...]
Grandma, On Board
Women my age–somewhere between diapers and Depends–all like to talk about the wonders of being a grandma. We keep a sharp eye on the wrinkles starting to wreathe our faces, carry cute leather photo wallets, and haunt educational-toy and grandparenting websites, all the while telling ourselves how blessed we are to be a grandma.
All [...]
Design Project:It is done!
This is the final product of a four part design project series. I started with the introduction and initial plan of a bedroom designed for three little girls. I then talked about the floor plan and what the room would hopefully look like.
Today is the fun part! It is done.
Let's look at how it turned [...]
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