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Decorating Evolution
If you've been bitten with the decorating bug, it's hard to ever leave well enough alone. No matter how happy you are with the final design solution of a room, there always seems to be room for...
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A Current Project
I turned 40 in late November. At that time, I swear, my warranty on my body must have run out. Since then I've battled severe sinusitus, a bad back injury, and most recently, a serious case of...
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Wanted: My Own Beautiful Launderette
One of the first things I learned when I first entered the design business is that there is a seasonal design demand cycle: in the spring, when people start cleaning their houses and planting their...
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Beautiful Launderette Project 2
Though I have to do some cleaning and prep in my studio (a few items that aren't needed in the laundry room can live there) and I have to finish a client project with a deadline, I'm starting the...
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How to Paint a Table
I got a couple of questions about how I painted this World Market table from an earlier post (here) . Sorry I don't have step by step pictures, but I can tell you how I did it.1. Priming and prep is...
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a dream desk
*Correction: Apparently, while Windsor Smith DID manage the overall Veranda show house, this room was designed by Peter Dunham.* If you're a decor junkie (and if you're not, you wouldn't be reading...
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painting a trompe l'oeil tufted headboard
The bed makes the bedroom, and the headboard makes the bed. In short, a bedroom always ends up being about the headboard. Luckily, a headboard is probably the easiest piece of furniture to fake....
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desk update
Don't you hate when you're reading a story in a design magazine that goes on and on about such-and-such feature and how important it is to the design.....and then there's no picture of said feature?...
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the green desk
I did it. I actually completed a project in a timely manner, AND took pictures before and after, AND finished it in time for Monday's Linky parties. This must be a first.Actually, finishing the...
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the green desk
I did it. I actually completed a project in a timely manner, AND took pictures before and after, AND finished it in time for Monday's Linky parties. This must be a first.Actually, finishing the...
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Inspirational Interiors and a List
Every decor fan (or fiend) has one.....tear sheets or images of a favorite design project that you go back to again and again. I think this project by Michael DePerno (website) has to be my absolute...
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the list
I love writing desks. I actually have two in my home, one in my dedicated home office, a black asian style of somewhat recent vintage. (It's one of the few pieces in my home that came from a regular...
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my beautiful launderette: the laundry room of doom
To see my complete inspiration board at pinterest, go here. Do you make quick decisions? Or are you someone who ruminates? I go back and forth. Like a lot of designers, I can quickly pinpoint the...
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my beautiful launderette: wine box shelves
While I'm been slammed with work and other commitments lately, I'm so excited to finally be moving forward with the laundry room that i just had to get started. While there are many ways to tackle a...
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my beautiful launderette: slow, sure progress
You know, there may actually be something to this slow steady progress thing. Working on a project an hour or two a day, a little at a time. Usually, I'm more (pardon the expression) of a balls to...
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busy
Do you like being busy? While my absolute favorite way to spend a day is puttering around my own home, moving a pillow here, a chair there, maybe a little light housework (I KNOW, right......who...
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a modern fireplace finish (and a list update)
On Saturday, I showed you a sneak peak of a modern decorative paint finish in metallics that I had been working on for a friend's fireplace. I have an after to share. After her living room is...
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slipcovered industrial bar stools
When we moved into the house 5 years ago after the renovations were complete, I had this setup in the kitchen under the window: It was cute, but there was not really space fore dining chairs---but it...
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my beautiful launderette: final decisions
All images from Pinterest. My laundry inspiration board is here.It's official: I am getting a new washer and dryer. Words cannot express how excited and grateful I am. The old washer and dryer are...
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and so it begins.....
My partner is disconnecting the washer and dryer (marrying the son of a plumber is an excellent idea) to be picked up early tomorrow by Bridge House, a New Orleans charity. After they are gone and...
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