Whew, it's still hot! Daily showers that steam the streets and drive the humidity sky high continue here and yet, it's still hot! I posted a while ago about the summer heat and I saw a related post on Houzz that will help you cool off. Charmean Neithart, a California designer, did an ideabook relating icy summer drinks to designed rooms. I commented about a Mint Continue Reading
Paraphrasing Style Points from the Pros – Devil in the Details
The summer is winding down and it's time to start getting ready for the fall ahead. It's natural human behavior to want something new in the process. Newness is associated with a fresh start, which ritualistically begins at the time of each new school season. Being good design / school kids, we typically follow the rules but don't you like being a bit of a design Continue Reading
Summertime Is Almost Over?
Summertime is almost over. We've got 6 more weeks until it's over and three more weeks until Labor Day. Remember when that was the last week for a vacation before school started? Public schools opened this week. Pretty soon parents will be sending their "how did they get to be this old" children off to four years of high maintenance and hopefully passing grades. Continue Reading
Interior Designers’ Insights
I love it when I read a magazine that is so jam packed with interesting information, particularly from designers who give their insights on designing. The August issue of Home & Design, is such a find. You should be able to still locate it because I don't want to give all their secrets away.Five designers are featured in the "Hot Talent" article and 18 are Continue Reading
ASID Eye On Design Caught My Eye
The American Society of Interior Designers' newsletter, Eye on Design, always has interesting articles. If These Walls Could Talk by Hermine Mariaux for Home Textiles Today was one that caught my eye. She says that as far as interiors are concerned, walls definitely start the conversation and are the new canvas for interior designers.Mariaux has this to say Continue Reading
