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*Window Shade fabric by Quadrille 8 tips for everyone to enjoy a Happy Holiday Event. Here are some ideas for how to organize the day, make each other feel warm and welcome and provide a dazzle of festivity. #1. Outline the day’s events Imagine the experience for each guest from the moment they arrive until the moment they leave. When they walk through the door you greet them with a smile even if your new puppy has upended the pear tart. Something to think about; Will guest

I was shocked when someone said to me recently ”I want to get out of my home as much as possible”! Do you know why? Because being inside their home is stressing them out. Feeling stressed inside? Here’s a couple of ideas to get you started on a more positively focused path. Create a cozy corner to dream in. See examples pictured here of a boho (above) and contemporary option (see right) And then get started on these three things. #1 Make a list of reasons you’re stressed bei

Thinking of creating a new space? How do you want it to feel? Places have such power that we can recall the smells and sounds and joyful moments from the past. My husband has shared many stories about the camp he went to growing up. Ask anyone who knows him. I marvel at his detailed recollections of a time more than forty years ago. We visited Tyler Hill Camp in Tyler Hill Pennsylvania. Staying overnight at the new #Tyler Hill Inn, we first had dinner at Hennings Local a

It’s going to take some effort and maybe a new pair of shoes. I parked the car got out and opened the back door. I only wanted to make one trip but it was quite a stack of carpet samples I considered carrying across the street. I can do it. I threw my bag over my shoulder and then bent down and picked up the carpet samples piled on the back seat. Like carrying a tall cake, I moved both my arms to the side so I could see my feet in front of me and where I was going. Note to se

Welcome, come this way As the interior designer on a project building three spec homes, I was asked to meet at one of the houses with the builder and developer. As we walked over mounds of dirt to get to the pool and surrounding area, the builder started describing the patio surrounding the pool. There was no talk of a staircase to connect the front of this 6,000 square foot home to the back. That made no sense to me so I interrupted their discussion of the patio. I said tha

The intersection of Function and Beauty and how our driveway saved our marriage. The Driveway With bags on both shoulders like a pack-mule I squeezed through the front door lugging fabric, stone & rug samples. I was running late for an important client meeting. And there it was again, my husband’s car parked behind mine blocking me in! I wanted to cry. I didn’t have the extra five minutes needed to move his car, yet, there I was, doing it. Now I’m really late. BUT, as a

THE WAY to Clean Rugs and Carpet I can still see myself down on my hands and knees spot cleaning a client’s carpet years ago. A bar of Ivory soap in one hand, a damp cloth in the other, a bowl of water nearby. I learned it was THE WAY to clean a spot out of a wool rug or carpet. I learned that from our sales person at Stark Carpet back in 1985 when I worked for David Laurence Roth, Interior Designer and former Costume Designer for the Metropolitan Opera. The client showed