We heart John Robshaw bedding, especially for this project
The love affair started before the party at Timothy Paul Bedding + Home last week (My Notting Hill gave it a mention on Monday…) Timothy Paul Bedding + Home The party was given by Sferra – and it was...
View ArticleAnd the winner of the Slobproof book is…
…Janet! In response to our request for child-, pet-, and slob-proof solutions, she offered this: I found a faux shearling fabric (shearling fleece texure on one side and faux suede on the other) that...
View ArticleThe 6 best decorating tricks for your rental (if you can’t paint)
Yesterday a friend asked me about another friend’s rental apartment. It’s a little sterile. She just moved in, doesn’t know how long she’ll be there. From Beryl Lynn's blog. I'm not being mean; SHE...
View ArticleBenjamin Moore’s AC-26 Ozark Shadows (and a bossy basic) saved this meeting...
I love small businesses. I mean, I know I am one, so that makes sense, but when a professional photographer and a letterpress owner /graphic designer said they needed a bossy basic for a new meeting...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about stair runners
I know: it seems like we were just ON vacation, right? Or at least on “winter break;” it sure doesn’t feel like vacation when you have small children and they don’t have school. The Mondrian hotel in...
View ArticleOddly shaped space? Try an oddly shaped rug
Some lovely clients of mine had the sweetest, tidiest house. But there was no front hall; you walked directly into a tiny area that the clients charmingly used for playing games. I’m sorry I don’t have...
View ArticleYou asked…about a blue-gray living room
Dear Annie, We moved from our first house in Nashville after it flooded in May into an amazing 100-year old bungalow in a historic neighborhood. The last thing on my immediate design list is paint...
View ArticlePatterned wall-to-wall carpeting. It’s baaaaack!
Over the weekend, the fabulous Rita Konig (you know, of Domino Magazine fame) had a snappy article in the Wall Street Journal called, “Not Your Grandma’s Patterned Carpet: It’s time to reconsider...
View ArticleMixing patterns, and thanks, FLOR!
You know I love FLOR carpet squares, right? I do. Have for years. I was an early adopter. So imagine my delight when the FLOR folks invited me to give a presentation about pattern at their...
View ArticleThe hippest nursery: black and white, not shades of gray
Have you noticed that GRAY is the in color for nurseries these days? Yep. If you’re preoccupied with what’s “trending” (hate that word), get yourself a gray nursery, pronto. What’s that? Sorry — I...
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