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Interiors

July 9, 2014

Decorating Your Kids’ Rooms: Part 2

  Size Matters The second question I ask clients is “How big is the room?”  If there is a separate playroom then the bedroom really only needs a bed, a chair and a dresser.  The less you have in there, the less chance there is for it to get messy!…

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Interiors

June 17, 2014

Decorating Your Kids’ Rooms: Part 1

  Go To Your Room! (And Don’t Slam The Door!) It’s summer vacation: The 10 weeks of the year where your children manage to turn your home into a giant yard sale.  Toys, clothes, battered furniture and electronics litter their rooms, and before June is out, they have spilled out…

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Elements Newsletter, Interiors, News, Tips, Trends

September 23, 2013

The State of Design

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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Children's Room, Projects

June 12, 2011

Thornberry Circle

Bold bright colors, unique art and creative accessories blend fun with function in these children's rooms. The client wanted one room for her five and three year-old little girls to share, and one room for the five year-old, just in case the shared sleeping quarters didn't work out the way…

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Elements Newsletter, Tips

May 11, 2010

Quick Tip : May 2010

Quick Interior Design Tip: Using bold colors on the wall of a child’s room will help disguise a mess of items.  Your eye will go to the loud color, not to the of toys, clothes and games abounding as plentiful as the flowers of spring.

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Designing Children’s Rooms

A Growing Trend in Interior Design Spring feels like it came and went in the bat of an eye, but I don’t want it to pass without noting that there’s nothing like spring!  It always takes my breath away.  When Spring’s verdant green hues come on so brightly it makes…

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