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2018 High Point Spring Market
My team and I prevailed upon High Point Market, in High Point, North Carolina. High Point Market happens twice a year and is the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world, with 2000 vendors in 180 buildings. We had a blast visiting showrooms, attending parties, meeting with our designer friends and finding out what the hot trends will be on the floors of our favorite showrooms in the coming year!
Trend Alert
My team and I prevailed upon High Point Market, in High Point, North Carolina this week. High Point Market happens twice a year and is the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world, with 2000 vendors in 180 buildings. We had a blast visiting showrooms, attending parties, meeting with our designer friends and finding out what the hot trends will be on the floors of our favorite showrooms in the coming year! Just like in fashion, the 70's are back!
Juju Hat DIY
I love juju hats. I love saying "juju hat." They are those fabulous round feather pieces you may have seen around. They are actually African tribal headdresses. The texture and dimension and color make them a fabulous focal point!
Pizazz For Your Holiday Table
Sure, most of us are busily getting pictures with Santa and wrapping presents and general Christmas merriment, but let's take a minute to give the holiday table a proper nod.
Loft Bedroom Retreat
I created this bedroom for my client who wanted a peaceful, natural, retreat. She lives in a modern loft but her style sensibility leans more traditional.
Video Series: Box it up!
Decorators are always looking for unique boxes. We love to stack them, use them in bookshelves, on table tops, or, like in today's video series, use big ones as furniture pieces.
Video Series: Maps, Globes and Sleepless in Seattle
Vintage maps make great art. They also tell a story of where we have travelled, where we grew up or show where we dream to go someday.
Kitchen Inspiration: Cheery Pie
My clients pulled out a picture of lemon meringue pie on a stick and said, "This pie is the inspiration for our new kitchen."
Video Series: Books…You Can Read Them Too!
People have strange relationships with books. Some people house them in shrines and stroke their spines in the moonlight. Others scroll on their electronic devices and only interact with the bound word when they dust the stack of old text books in the corner. But when it comes to decorating, to me, books are an essential element.
Video Series: If it's freaky, leave it.
When shopping thrift, antique or flea markets, it is easy to miss the awesome in the sea of junk. (Editor's Note: The same also applies to men.)
Video Series: Shopping and Styling in Chattanooga
Welcome to my inaugural video for my styling and treasure hunt video series! Each week I will take you on a trip to shops all over the southeast looking for gold, er, awesome tsotchkes and such. I will share my designer tips on what to look for and where to use them.
Decorators' Show House and Gardens Tour
The 44th Annual Atlanta Symphony Associates' Decorators' Show House and Gardens opened to the public this weekend. Built in 1926, the Palazzo Rosa, or "Pink Palace" so named for the pink flowered trees that bloomed years ago, has been outfitted by some of the best designers in Atlanta.
Pst…Fashion and Interior Design are living together!
Interior design is the roommate that borrows shamelessly from the cool roommate's closet. At first she borrows a scarf and turns it into a throw pillow and the next thing you know, she's gone reverse von Trapp Family Singers on you and her clothes are now drapery panels.
How to Create a TV Gallery Wall (and why I don't trust people that don't watch TV)
I respect people that say they don't own a TV, but I am 98% sure we will not be good friends. I need to relate on some pop culture level. I do not need you to know the details of the Kardashian's last sisterly fight or the names of all the Housewives, but a knowing nod and disbelieving gasp about House of Cards or Parenthood or Brooklyn 99 (the list goes on) goes a long way.
Hunting Color in the Woods
When I walk in the woods, I'm that person on their hands and knees saying, "will you look at the colors in this moss!" and "this mushroom coming out of this green decaying log is blowing my mind!" There's one like me in every group. Right? Right?
Dramatic Dining: How to Interpret the Inspiration
Many of us have pin boards and folders filled with photos of gorgeous homes we want ours to look like. But taking that next step of translating a glossy magazine into our humble living room feels, well, daunting. For me, it feels like my job. And I LOVE it!
Gallery Wall Tips and Tricks
Who doesn't love a great wall of artistically displayed art and photography? When doing a gallery wall, the trick to making it look like a "collection" is to have a unifying element.
Blue and White Bedroom Bliss
My client recently retired and moved to her dream home on the lake. She wants her bedroom to reflect the serenity and nature that surround her.
Set Your Holiday Table Apart (My Interview on Houzz!)
I am thrilled to be featured on one of my favorite sites, Houzz, today! If you are not familiar with Houzz, it's is like Pinterest for home design (clouds open, angels descend...it's awesome).
Kid's Bright & Lively Art Station
The walls of my home are relatively neutral, but I chose this bright teal for an accent wall in my kitchen.