Most designers in Europe are known for their pared down style. Some might call it modern but for me, and Spanish designer Lorenzo Castillo, “less is a bore.” He’s been featured in countless shelter mags like Architectural Digest, Vogue, Elle Decor and House & Garden. His style is exuberant. In some case, even [...]
Yesterday I popped into Osborne and Little’s Munich showroom because I want to have a couple of poofs made and was looking for some fabric to cover them. Let me tell you folks, I died and went to my version of heaven. Their new collection is absolutely gorgeous. Its colorful, bold and sexy and my [...]
Folks, I’ve been waylaid by life, work and all that jazz. It all started with Spring vacation and took a steady and quick downward spin, dwindling off into dribs and drabs as of late. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy… I have! For instance, I’ve been redecorating my sister Sue’s small Florida apartment. She’s [...]
The winter holidays are just around the corner so its time to get cracking on some original christmas cards and gift tags. For my inspiration, I head over to Moo.com. They’ve got some adorable designs and for the next 24 hours, you can get 30% off. Now for a girl that hates to pay [...]
Along with changing colors Fall also brings lots of rainy days and these are perfect for getting rid of stuff and reorganizing. Now, there’s organization and then there’s beautiful and uncluttered and that’s really what I’m going for here with this post. Organization doesn’t have to be utilitarian and boring. It can be fun and [...]
Usually, I hate Halloween decorating (its so kitchy) however, lately I’ve been running across such pretty and unique things that I just had to post about them. Naturally, I found them all on etsy, my new obsession, but more about that in another post. Now, onto Halloween decorations. If you’re into spooky stuff, you might [...]
A while back I wrote a post about Spoonflower, the website where you can upload your own images to create custom fabric, well, they’ve now added wallpaper to their repetoire. I think this company might be single handedly changing the interior design possibilities for people without [...]
I’m still slugging away on the Color Unit (half way to completing the course and getting my degree). Right now I’m working on the psychology of colors and even though I don’t normally love red, I’ve run across so many gorgeous rooms that use red in one form or another that I just had to [...]
A lot of you are probably familiar with this picture from the blogesphere by design Eileen Kathryn Boyd.
It was a featured room in the 2009 Kips Bay Show house. Even though that was several years ago, I still find this room both invigorating and soothing, a not so easily done [...]
