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Interior design, Interiors, Maximalism, Personal Thoughts, Remodeling, Renovation, Tips, Trends
February 27, 2018
Renovating Boxwood Hill One of the design elements I committed to early on was to have highly saturated doors throughout the main floor of Boxwood Hill. To understand my process, before I decide to move one wall in a house, I always decorate it first! This may come as a…
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Accessories, Antiques, Books, Design Studio, Interior design, Interiors, Maximalism, Maximalism, Personal Thoughts, Resolutions, Tips, Trends, Wallpaper
December 21, 2017
It's 2018 and my house looks like %$!@ With the close of another year, I thought it was the perfect time to come up with my list of must-dos for you to decorate your home in 2018. Now, I know a lot of you want livable, comfortable homes; I do…
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Accessories, Interior design, Interiors, Living Room, Master Bedroom, Maximalism, Maximalism, Personal Thoughts, Renovation, Tips, Trends
November 30, 2017
Maximalism: More is More I recently posted a room on Instagram from our previous home in Franklin, TN that set my instagram feed on fire. It prompted me to write this blog post about the motivation behind the design of this room. It was our great room, which as you…
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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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Interior design, Show House, Tips, Trends, Wallpaper, Window Treatments
March 17, 2016
How to Layer More Visual Interest into Your Rooms - Interior Design In creating rooms today, a huge buzzword is “layering.” What is layering? I’m sure you are familiar with the term in regards to clothing. It is very fashionable to have a colored t-shirt peeking under your dress shirt…
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Bathroom - Interior Design, Fashion, High Point Market, Interior design, Interiors, Master Bath, Master Bedroom, Master Suite, Menswear, Personal Thoughts, Tips, Trends
October 30, 2015
When you hear the word “FASHION” do images of gorgeous supermodels strutting the runways of New York and Paris pop to mind? When you tune in to see the E Fashion Police dissect celebrities on the Hollywood Red Carpet, or pour through the pages of Vogue and Cosmo do realize…
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Bathroom - Interior Design, Interior design, Interiors, Kitchen, Master Bath, Master Bedroom, Master Suite, Outdoor Living Space, Personal Thoughts, Tips, Trends
September 10, 2015
How to reinvent your home after the kiddos are gone. It is no secret that Williamson County and particularly Franklin, TN has recently landed on every “Top Ten” list of fabulous places. With that surge in popularity the real estate market has heated up. This is the perfect time to…
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Dining Room, Interior design, Interiors, Kitchen, Master Suite, Tips, Trends
May 12, 2015
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…
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Interior design, Interiors, Personal Thoughts, Tips, Trends
April 13, 2015
An Interior Decorator’s Must Haves As a Nashville interior decorator (I prefer the term decorator to designer—decorating is my true passion), many of my clients ask advice or referrals on where to go and what to do, not just for draperies, furniture and objects d’art, but where I buy my…
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Darby Does Design, Entertaining, Interior design, Interiors, Kitchen, Personal Thoughts, Trends
September 24, 2014
Are You Giving Guests Your Best? You may consider me a mere dog, but even I don’t want anything to do with something called a “Mud Room.” I might muss my fabulous fur! So when creating the “friends” entrance for our home in Franklin, TN, I designed something that would…
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