Get Your Dorm Room On.College students are gearing up for moving into their dorm rooms soon and everywhere you look there are articles online and in print giving advice. Well, this is more of a visual list to consider.Our top-notch intern created these Olioboards as visual concepts for a girl's and boy's version of dorm rooms. I think they show a lot of Continue Reading
Living in Small Spaces with Style
Living in small spaces with style takes some simplified work.This post started out about dorm rooms but it's really inspired by the latest IKEA catalog and their cover, "A home doesn't need to be big, just smart." I'm all in agreement of that statement. I'm realizing this in real time as I help my son shop for items for his first apartment and choose things that Continue Reading
Tie, Clip or Snap?
It's a question, tie, clip or snap?Did you know that the French refer to a bow tie as a noeud papillon, or knotted butterfly? Naturally seeing the word "papillon" in an article about bow ties in Town and Country immediately attracted my attention. My husband wore both bow ties and regular neckties but he was a purest and would never have dreamed of wearing the Continue Reading
Mellow Yellow?
Taking Friday's Post on yellow one step further, yellow is anything but mellow...Some things never change in that yellow tends to evoke the same psychological effects in most people as described by Leatrice Eiseman, color expert for Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training and executive for Pantone Color Institute. Some thoughts in summary from her book Continue Reading
It’s Hot!
Boy, it's hot! Tuesday was the first day of Summer AND the longest day of the year, which means we had extra daylight hours to bake in the sun! Summer is always sultry here in the South and the high humidity just makes it seem hotter than the thermometer reads. It's definitely the time to lighten up not only your decor but also your activities and chill out. My Continue Reading
