Are you stumped when it comes to figuring out how to maximize the seating for your dining area? Banquette style seating gives you lots of options.Check out all of the banquette ideas below for inspiration.Reconsider your dining design by incorporating banquette seating. It's a great way to gather more people around the table.Just Continue Reading
Textile Art
There is a new exhibit at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, Art by the Yard: Women Design Mid-Century Britain. This is interesting to me because these retro designs of the late 1950's - early 70's have come back in style as something "modern" today.* What's that saying, "Everything Old is New Again?" comes to mind. I'm eager to see the exhibit. Number 1) I didn't Continue Reading
The Criss Cross
You never know where you're gonna see design ideas. I was pleasantly surprised to see a few lattice oriented, criss cross designs in my June issue of House Beautiful. Granted, they were not interior design views of lattice but printed fashion on pants and as a design on an accessory lampshade. I get design ideas from all sorts of places and this would be one. However, Continue Reading
An Easy Way to Update a Vanity Mirror
Here's a great, relatively easy, way to turn a very plain and ordinary vanity mirror into something classic and elegant with very little cost involved. Here's the before and after.If you like this look simply follow the directions below. I'm a big fan of "DIY Do It Yourself" projects that don't take weeks to complete. You can easily do this vanity mirror update Continue Reading
Big Bang Design
Since we're still in 4th of July celebration mode with this added gift of a federal holiday today, I thought it timely to share some design examples that add big bang design impact (without actual fireworks). The first are appropriately red, blue and patriotic..I first saw this photo in a Patriotic Interiors ideabook on Houzz. I really like how elements Continue Reading
