Category: Design

  • Simple Kitchen Makeover

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    Typically you design a space and then add art. In our home the art takes precedence. (Though being an artist does factor into such favoritism). In this simple kitchen makeover a seamless flow is essential as it is the gateway to the dining and living areas, which is abundant with paintings, along with a white scheme…

  • Ultimate Beach Home Style

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    After a winter blotted with Nor’easters, school closings, sick days and awaking to yards littered with fallen trees and live wires that suggest the apocalypse, we’ve given up on hygee. Strong drink and enough electronic time to contribute to the recent power outages is a quicker fix when faced with suburban armageddon. Spring’s imminent arrival…

  • Our Home Featured in Design Mom!

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    Recently our home was featured in Design Mom, a clever, supremely popular site that promotes the “interaction of design & motherhood.” What I find most captivating about the house tours is how they are more than an assembly of pretty images but unearth the true essence of the dweller, doors are open and accessible to…

  • Nostalgic Textiles Made the Old-Fashioned Way

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    In the Michigan home of designer Lisa Price passed down traditions reign and are reimagined. Price is the ideal representative behind her whimsical, nostalgic textiles printed with squirrels, cherries or a charcoal grill, further emboldened by bright colors. Her organic pieces are all handmade in the classic wood cut technique, which add a time-honored cache…

  • Art Inspired Home Design

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    There are designer homes that follow a Starbuck’s model, despite the different location they all look the same. A formula consisting of high gloss furnishings, gilded bar cart, area rug and textiles in a trending pattern like Greek key or Moroccan trellis. Spaces that appear to be replicated and itemized from the very design books…

  • Wallpaper Design

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    Take a blank space, add wallpaper, and achieve instant personality. The papered look has range too. It can embody Old World richness, embellishing rooms in grander estates with historic prints, usually of swirling florals in a panoply of garden inspired colors or Asian pagodas, to 80’s metallics that take inspiration from a disco ball. Wallpaper…

  • Simple Laundry Room Makeover

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    Just because your washables are in need of attention does not mean your laundry room has to follow suit. Take the dread out of doing loads of laundry by revamping the space. While a laundry room makeover may seem like the last update needed in a project-heavy household, simple tweaks garner major results.  

  • Conceal Wires with a Media Cabinet

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    There are some things that should never be revealed: bra straps, teeth stained with red wine, political fanaticism and television wires. The inevitable acceptance of granting a television access in the family room escalates into more cable channels, media devices and the uncertain welcome of xBox. A setup bulging with electronics cause cringe-worthy moments for…

  • Decorate with Statement Pieces

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    While dominant furnishings ground a room it’s the supporting accents that make a lasting impression. To enter the annals of true design as an artistic, personalized form you follow a few basic principles, notably melding disparate pieces with an unified thread, and then abandon the rules. It begins with an inherent understanding of your style,…

  • Christmas Decorating Details with Taste

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    When it comes to adding all the fa la la to a holiday home, the tree can become an afterthought. Becoming reacquainted with your decorations, along with other festive pieces used in all seasons, you can achieve Christmas decorating pizzaz simply and beautifully. The other holiday go-to that delights the senses is food. Christmas cookies,…