It's overwhelming and difficult to pack your child/ student for college. Just the act is a right of passage for your child leaving and transitioning to young adulthood. Being the parent, you have to help ease the emotional separation on both ends -- theirs and yours. Moms have a knack for doing this well but often disregard the emotional toll on themselves. If you are Continue Reading
Feeling Hot? Think Cool…
A way to beat the heat is to think cool. I've often thought the hottest days of summer are in July and we're right smack dab in the middle of it with that sweltering, soupy, humid heat. Dwell magazine touts what's hot with new, modern decorating trends and products and décor. Bold, hot walls were noted recently in an online posting. Here's their example.We Continue Reading
What’s Read, White & Navy?
It's July 1st already and we're getting ready to celebrate the Fourth of July! Therein the question, "What's Read, White and Navy?" Well, our American Flag of course is red, white and blue, but so is the upcoming July 15th issue of Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, read all over that is. They have kicked off this year's Holiday House Hamptons with their All White Continue Reading
Geometrics In Design
No, it's not a 5-piece Indie Rock band. It's decorative patterns or designs or art based on simple geometric shapes (as straight lines, circles, or squares); utilizing rectilinear or simple curvilinear motifs or outlines in design. Geometrics have been used in designs for centuries. They are found in mosaics, pottery shards, paintings, etc., and continue to show Continue Reading
Get Your Groovy Gait On
Run, no walk -- slow your gait to take it all in! In fact, you can actually stroll and enjoy Libby Langdon's Groovy Gate Design exclusively for the Holiday House. Enjoy other designers' work while you're there too, like Thom Filicia, Donna Livingston, Design Studio among a total of 22 others. So many wonderful designers and too long to list! Be inspired by all their Continue Reading
