Vintage Cottage Magazine – English Country Charm

Country French Home Tour

Sister Act This was the first home I ever built.  Well, actually my sister and her husband built it, but I was their interior designer and made all selections and completed the decoration.  It has been over 20 years since completion and with a few minor updates to upholstery and…

Comeback Kids: A Four-Part Series on Trends

Part Four:  Pastels are cool again Thanks for following along on my take on the trends I am most excited about over the past year.  Wicker, chintz and damask are some of my tried and true go-tos for designing rooms that clients love.  These items all add elegance and whimsy…

Never Enough: Why most people don’t have enough furniture in their rooms

The more (furniture), the merrier in decoration and interior design One of my claims to fame is how much furniture I can fit in a room.  Almost every client I have designed and decorated homes for in Nashville and beyond has commented on how much furniture I can fit in…

A House to Love – Renovating Boxwood Hill

What is French for “dish room?” One of the things we have always wanted in our Nashville home is a dish room. Now, I use the term dish room, but it’s really a party supply room. Is there a French term for this? If there is, let me know. You…

Dish Heaven

Richard Ginori Italian Porcelain - Hey there! I just got back from an amazing trip to Italy. It was a dream trip, but it did not compare to what I stumbled across in Firenze (that’s Italian for Florence). I found dish heaven! Really, all joking aside, this isn’t where dishes…

Mountain Living

I just want to talk about Decorating... Ok, so it has come to my attention that the world is full of bad news.  I know, most of you were probably already aware, but I am so focused on making the world beautiful, one room at a time, that I can…

New Year…New Rooms

Resolutions You Should Make for Your Home Well, here we are again at the start of another year, and your home still looks like a version of your first apartment, or worse, your college dorm! E gads! It’s not that you didn’t want to have your rooms decorated by the…

5 Musts for a Holiday Dining Room

It’s the time of year when our dining room rises to the forefront of the most used room in the home. With Thanksgiving and Christmas entertaining, we prepare for many houseguests, welcomed and unwelcomed, as well as family and friends. There is so much advanced preparation for the perfect menu,…

Missed Opportunities…

Can’t miss interior design tricks to transform any room. There are so many decisions to be made when decorating a home. What color should the rooms be? What shade of white should we paint the trim? Should we use shutters instead of draperies? (Anyone who knows me knows I always…