Are you traveling for the holidays and staying in a hotel wherever you're going? You may want to know what makes a Boutique Hotel boutique.While a patron of boutique hotels, you'll immediately notice their variety, use of color, sense of unexpected style with personal touches that larger chains forgo. They express creative individuality, which is often lacking Continue Reading
Emerald Green is more than just a color for Christmas
Emerald Green is Pantone's color pick of the year for 2013. What does this mean? It means big marketing hype but it also based on psychology and what this color represents, money (the country is in need of it) and renewal (heralding Spring and hopefully a turn in the economy). Let's hope as emerald green gets tossed around that some of these things will follow in its Continue Reading
Thanks to …
We hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! Many of us are still on the road traveling and I'm just getting back myself so I'll be short. We were so pleased to see our bold Birds & Birch removable wallcovering used in Tabithashayla's "November" Olioboard and that it had earned 22 loves! Many thanks to Tabitha Shayla! We love seeing how others conceive of using Continue Reading
Accessories & Accent Pillows to Houzz
Or did I mean to say accessories and accent pillows to have? Actually, that is accurate too (read on in this post) but I did mean Houzz.Last week I attended an Open House given by Houzz at Room & Board in DC. I recalled the House Beautiful event that I attended. Similarly, the Houzz event was designed to be a "Connecting, Collaborating and Communicating" Continue Reading
Helpful Ways & Creative Designs for Worthwhile Causes
We are all taken aback by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. When I see the images, I'm stricken with eery memories of living through Hurricane Katrina, while my family was in New Orleans, which was a nightmare. Although many in NJ and NY especially are still without power, with damage done to homes and even lives lost, it's heartwarming to see those who can help step up Continue Reading







