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Elements Newsletter, Interior design, Mountain Living, Outdoor Living Space, Personal Thoughts, Projects
April 27, 2016
Let's talk about outdoor spaces. It is springtime after all. At our mountain home, Roostica Cottage, we had a sad, dilapidated deck, which we enclosed into a screened porch. Because, the most amazing part of the cottage is the view of the lake in the back. You know what else…
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Dining Room, Elements Newsletter, Interior design, Interiors, Living Room, Mountain Living, Personal Thoughts, Projects, Tips, Trends
March 31, 2016
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…
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Elements Newsletter, Interiors, News, Tips, Trends
September 23, 2013
It's honesty time and I need to purge the negativity from my soul. After flipping through this month's latest design magazines, I closed my eyes and told Ruthann to just let me die. I will be refusing all food and drink, so please, don't try to revive me. The signs…
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Elements Newsletter, Interiors, Projects, Tips
May 15, 2012
Do you have a room in your home that isn’t living up to its potential? I would say most of my friends and clients do. One recent interior design project had a new client asking me what I could do to her tired sunroom. She was using it as a…
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March 17, 2012
How do you make your outdoor space feel more like a room? Don't forget to include window treatments in the design. Simple drapery panels bring more intimacy in outdoor rooms by creating a cocooning effect. They can be merely decorative or they can be designed to move so they shield…
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March 15, 2012
On a recent project, a client had two large spaces that were completely underutilized. One was a landing at the top of their stairs and one was a pantry. The landing was at the top of an elliptical staircase with a beautiful scroll ironwork banister. When you reached the top…
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March 1, 2012
Christopher Lowell, a one-time TV design personality, once said, "If you can dance in a room, there's not enough furniture in it." I must admit, I've used that line a time or two. It humorously and succinctly describes how rooms that are not correctly furnished feel more like the set…
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Elements Newsletter, Interiors, Master Suite, Tips
January 20, 2012
Interior Design in the Bedroom The newest interior design trend in bedrooms is to create a spa retreat. Clients are asking to design havens, not only for themselves, but for guests and children, as well. When creating a spa retreat a few of my “must-haves” are: Lush bedding. My definition…
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Elements Newsletter, Interiors, Master Suite, Projects
December 29, 2011
Bedrooms should be a very personal space. Nowhere else in the home are you at your most vulnerable. All your barriers are down and you just want to relax and retreat from the world. So, when designing a client’s new master retreat I thought flowers would be the perfect backdrop…
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Elements Newsletter, Interiors, Trends
April 21, 2011
When I tell clients that Americana is emerging as a HOT new trend I always here, “Oh no, not geese and ducks again!” Instead of American Country, which was so popular in the 80’s, it is called Americana. Americana design focuses on primitive woodwork, simple forms and reclaimed woods. It…
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