Listen to your home!

I finally did it! I wanted to purchase an animal skin rug for my family room for years but wasn’t ready to commit until now. As an avid animal lover I was torn between my desire for beautiful design and my loyalty to my furry friends. So I did a little research and...

Design Perspective of a Different Nature

  I just returned from a vacation in Honduras. We spent eight days on the Caribbean Island of Roatan. I have been to the Caribbean many times but the beauty of it never fails to take my breath away. Just the vivid turquoise color of the ocean alone is stunning. I...

Maximize your shopping time

  Are you a nutty designing shopper? If not, you should be. Imagine you are shopping in your favorite home goods store, pushing a squeaky shopping cart down the aisle filled with a mixed but not quite matched bunch of accessories. Frustrated since nothing seems...

Designing distractions with chocolate

  Just like you can redirect a home buyer’s attention from the imperfections of a home with staging – you can focus someone’s attention from an imperfect candy jar, by filling it with chocolate! Is there anyone else that loves to take a project from a magazine...