The recession may be over but it's still a good idea to watch how you spend your dollars and try to stick to your decorating budget.Here are a few tips that may be helpful. Ways to Stick to Your Decorating Budget Cabinets Ready-made traditional cabinets cost less than custom or higher end design.Appliances Select mid-grade stainless steel with the same Continue Reading
Pelmets, Parapluie, et al…In the Bewitching Decorating Bag of Tricks
Since this is the first day of October, that bewitching month, it seems appropriate to mention some of the devices in the decorating bag of tricks.So, first things first:pelmet - a short valance or small cornice for concealing curtain fixturesparapluie - umbrella (Fr.)cornice - a decorative band of metal or wood used to conceal curtain Continue Reading
Revisiting the Great Lady Decorators – Part Three
Ashley began the week with some history so I will finish it with some, too by revisiting the Great Lady Decorators.Selecting the decorators for these three posts was not an easy task. After all, I had to choose from a dozen featured in The Great Lady Decorators by Adam Lewis. I selected Elsie de Wolfe, Dorothy Draper, Rose Cumming and Sister Parish because they Continue Reading
Revisiting Some of the Great Lady Decorators – Part Two
Dorothy Draper was a Great Lady Decorator Dorothy Mintrum Tuckerman was younger than Elsie de Wolfe, but they would both later work at the same time in New York. Dorothy's parents were both descended from aristocratic American families. She made her debut in New York where she met George Draper who also was from a prominent family. They married after George Continue Reading
Inspiration For Your Grand Baby
Play on last post's Baby Grand with Grand Baby Great minds, they say think alike. I don't know about great minds, but mothers and daughters often think alike. Lindsey just did a post on nurseries Wednesday so this will be a second look at the same subject from a different perspective. Last Wednesday her post was titled Inspiration For Your Baby Grand so mine is a Continue Reading
