A recent post was about e-design. Now, are you ready to take that a step further? Now you can design your bath and receive everything your contractor needs in a box from Bath Simple. No matter where you live, Bath Simple will put you in touch with a designer who will help you determine design and fixtures desired from a curated line. Cut-to-fit countertops and Continue Reading
Singing In The Rain
April is here and you know what that means-April Showers. The little folks below don't seem to mind, though. They're Singing In The Rain with Casart decor and pillows for spring. Right behind those April showers will come the flowers that bloom in May! Life is not a highway strewn with flowers, Still it holds a goodly share of Continue Reading
Add the Unexpected to Your Spring Bouquet
Thinking of Easter flowers, there was a cleverly conceived, simple bouquet of yellow roses and Custom Yellow Casart wallcovering adorning all the tables at the Antiques in Alexandria luncheon. All tables were filled with attendees to listen to Mary Douglas Drysdale give a wonderful lecture on her design process involving homes with antiques and how to marry old with Continue Reading
Ooooh, What Goes With Oushak?
I happen to love Oushaks and have used them in two homes as the base for the room decor. I never thought I would be attracted to an orange rug until my designer, Gerri Bremermann introduced me to a lovely antique one over 30 years ago. There's something very romantic about the reds, oranges, and golds in a gently faded antique Oushak. That first one moved from the Continue Reading
Clues to a Creative Collaborative Effort – Clue #2
What do you do when you want to set the stage for a creative project but don't know the best way to do it or where go? You call a stager, of course! But not any stager will do. It has to be someone who gets your concept and can achieve the results and plan the preliminaries without the main person being there to call the shots. This is our clue 2 for how our Continue Reading







