Happy Valentine’s Day
Today, if your home had a mind of its own, it would be decked out with: Chester Tufted Upholstered Sofa from West Elm, $649-$1399 on sale (reg. $1099-1399). Hourglass Lacquer Side Table, $279. Victor Chair [...]
Best Interior Designers to Follow on Pinterest
You could say I was slow to adopt Pinterest. You might even say that I dragged my feet kicking and screaming like a little bitch about it. I'm not one for going along with the crowd. But after giving it [...]
Celebrate the Year of the Snake
Another Chinese New Year has arrived, heralding the Year of the Snake. I've checked around the Internets to find out what this means for us and either (A) found conflicting information--some think it's a good year for biz and other [...]
Magazine Monday: Livingetc’s Feb Issue
Thanks to Suzi Q for gifting me with several home decor mags from the UK and Australia! She was decluttering and knew I'd love to check them out. I especially appreciate the bounty of Livingetc mags--one of my faves in [...]
Winner: Apartment Therapy Book Giveaway
Every year, Apartment Therapy offers their readers a chance to nominate and vote for their favorite home design and inspiration blogs--a.k.a. The Homies. Voting ended yesterday...here's the resulting top 10: 1. Little Green Notebook 2. Style by Emily Henderson 3. [...]
Fab Finds: Home Goods
I met a client at Home Goods yesterday (the one up north, for you ATXers out there) and spied: Mid-century-inspired, monster tall table lamp, $49.99. Modern mint green table lamps. Left: $34.99, right: $39.99. More [...]
Fab Finds: Target’s Latest Home Decor Goodies
Holy cow, did Target throw me for a loop yesterday. I went in for toothpaste and came out with a whole cartload of amazing stuff. Stuff I don't need, for the most part, but stuff I couldn't resist with even [...]
Feng Shui’ing My Office
While we're on the subject of transformation, if you have an interest in improving various facets of your life via feng shui, I highly recommend Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life, by Karen Rauch Carter. I've mentioned this book before, [...]
The Drive to Transform & the Trouble it Gets Me Into
You could say that my drug of choice is transformation. Transforming a client's room or home and knowing that I helped take something less than desirable and make it stylish and/or functional--that is one of the most satisfying parts of [...]
GIVEAWAY: Vote for a Chance to Win!
As you know, we would LOVE to win one of Apartment Therapy's Homies--their awards for best home design and inspiration blogs. And we're not above campaigning for it HARD. CORE. Hey, if it works for the Oscars, it can [...]