How to Beautify and Brighten Your Space Before Spring
Our homes also seem to reflect our place in the cycle around the sun. They certainly look different during the holidays than they do around the middle of July!
Because we are living, breathing, ever-changing creatures our habitats will naturally change with the activities we involve ourselves in throughout the year. So why not take it a step further and put some intention into that evolution with decor that lifts your spirits with each season?
Here is a process for refreshing your home that will keep it in great shape and breathe fresh life and high style into your interiors just in time for Spring.
3 Ways to Incorporate Health, Happiness, and Overall Wellness into Your Home
Wellness is a subjective term and can include a number of different elements. Some focus more on the fitness aspect, others on relaxation and the mental and spiritual components. Relationships and the sense of belonging are an emphasis in the realm of wellness. People struggling with allergies or other chronic health problems may see wellness in more medical terms.
Regardless of how it is interpreted, there is no denying the power of our homes to affect and impart a feeling of wellness and well-being.
Following are 3 tips you can use and customize to your particular focus of health, happiness, and overall wellness.
How We Curate Timeless Homes for Partners with Different Design Tastes
When two people share the same house, there’s plenty of room for disagreement, even among the most amiable of partners. And when those two people have completely different tastes, one might wonder:
Is it really possible to create a design that both parties will be happy with?
Here are some tips to help you both get the design you want and stay together happily ever after!
Our 5 Favorite Pieces for a Fresh Home Office
If there’s one thing the pandemic taught us, it was the value of the Home Office! Sure the dining table may have worked while we were all trying to figure out the work-from-home thingy at first, but we soon found our backs needing better support, our necks and shoulders needing a more ergonomic environment, and our supplies and paperwork losing themselves in makeshift boxes and piles on the floor!
So, if you still need inspiration to make your home office space a joy to work in, here are some wonderful pieces curated just for you …
What Home Improvement Shows Don't Want You to Know About Real-Life Renovations
We’ve all seen it, that magical moment when homeowners hold their breath and cross the threshold of their once dumpy home to encounter miraculous transformation: the floors are polished, the table is set, the candles are glowing, the curtains give way to a perfectly gentle breeze. And, the designer looks like they never even broke a sweat.
Truth is, there is so much more to a renovation than what we see on television. I’ll outline a few of the little details that actually happen behind the scenes in those unreal “reality” shows.
3 Ways Your Home Can Help You Stick to Your New Year's Resolutions
The design of our homes can contribute to our sense of empowerment and confidence to face the future when it is well-appointed with thoughtful storage systems. What Mom said about “a place for everything and everything in its place,” is not only a sing-songy phrase to teach our children, but a secret weapon for all who want to up their game and improve their chances for success.
Here are three design ideas that can support some of the most common New Year’s resolutions! Maybe you’ll recognize one or two!
3 Reasons Color Isn’t the Solution to Loving Your Home
Do you have a room in your home that you are “over,” but aren’t really sure what’s wrong with it? Often when people are restless to redo a room and can’t put their finger on the problem they attack it with a new wall color. But more often than not, they find it wasn’t the color that was bugging them after all.
Here are a few underlying reasons why your space may be cramping your style.
How to Honor Your Home and Your Budget by Investing Wisely in Furniture
Decorating is a costly endeavor, and nobody wants to talk about the money side - no fun! But here are some guidelines to help you plan your investment with a fairly painless strategy you can all agree on.
Is an Open Concept Floor Plan a Good Choice? Maybe, Maybe Not...
Though most builders still consider the open-concept floor plan a mainstay, a fairly sizable shift in popularity has taken hold for many homeowners considering a renovation. In this post, I’ll be sharing some of those drawbacks along with the reasons the concept became so popular. Hopefully, this will help you when it’s time to decide what your right fit will be.
5 Inviting Chaises and Loungers to Help You Create a Cozy Space in Your Home
Chaises, daybeds, and settees are fantastic pieces to invite relaxation for anyone, glamorous or not, and are appropriate in any room, indoors or out. They add an element of stylish luxury to every space.
Here are five of my personal favorites for lounging, reading, or streaming a classic film.
Homes with Pets Can Be Functional, Fabulous, and Animal-Friendly...Here's How
If you're a pet owner, you may have muttered to yourself, "why bother?" when it comes to even cleaning the house, let alone trying to decorate one. But I'm here to tell you there are 3 strategies you can take that will make cohabitating with your furry friends in a stylish and beautiful home possible!
Our Top 7 Coastal Picks for Pulling Together The Primary Suite of Your Home
Most people focus on getting the public spaces of their homes in pretty good decorating order first and put their primary bedroom on the back burner. But, where do you spend the majority of your you-time? Where do you go to unplug, relax, and just be?
The primary bedroom of your home deserves just as much effort and thought as the other spaces in your home!
Here are some of my favorite pieces to give a casual and relaxed - but polished! - look and feel to your primary bedroom.
How to Easily Identify Your Design Style & Showcase it in Your Home
To make a home appear cohesive and well-designed, it is important to come up with a general feel of the interiors. And style categories can help us get there relatively quickly. Though no one person is going to fall 100% into purely one style, most of us can narrow ourselves down to one or two dominant styles, with touches of a couple more.
Here are some ideas on how to zero-in on what decorating styles will work best for you and your household.
Our Best Design Tips for Your New Chapter of Life in an Empty Nest
There are so many emotions surrounding the move from actively parenting to empty nesting! Sadness, excitement, loneliness, freedom ... ugh! But what a great time to start making design decisions that embrace the change with joy! In this post, I will be sharing some of the ways I've found design is different at this life stage, and what you may want to consider when embarking on your next project.
Want the Rental Property Known for Ultimate Hospitality? Check Out Our Tips for Accessible Design
Creating a property that is gracious and welcoming should be the first priority for hosts in the residential hospitality industry. So it behooves the savvy investor to ensure their rental listing is inclusive and accessible for guests who need special accommodation.
How to Hang Curtains to Make a Room Look Larger
Nothing can uplift the look of a room more than beautiful window coverings. A …
3 Steps to Designing the Ultimate Outdoor Living Space
Now is the perfect time for homeowners to expand their living spaces without living with the dust of renovation or construction by creating new rooms … outdoors!
Showroom Furniture vs. Retail: What to Know When Designing Your Listing
Designer showrooms offer quality pieces you will not find in a retail store. Along with their luxurious look and feel comes the opportunity to customize most pieces to your own style and taste.
3 Need-to-Know Tips for Styling Swoonworthy Shelves and Tables
Whether you are selling a home or listing it with VRBO or another vacation rental agency, the most important factor in getting client interest is the photography. What curb-appeal used to be in marketing a property, has been taken …
How to Guarantee Like-New Furnishings for Your Listing Without the Lengthy Lead Time
We have officially entered the era of WAIT TIMES. Virtually every industry has been affected, and the home industry unfortunately is not exempt. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to offset those lead times from buying something new …