Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is having a decent week so far. I just got home from attending a Hunter Douglas Window Coverings seminar with Jill and I’m feeling a bit inspired! Sometimes those things are totally and completely boring, but tonight’s was pretty insightful and full of good information! I’m busy painting our guest […]
Tuesday’s Tips ~ A Clean House is a New House
As most of you know, we’re in a new home. There are so many changes on the “to-do” list and we really need a lot of furniture still. Our living room and dining room are completely empty except for a buffet and a book case that will find a new home eventually. And it will […]
Tuesday’s Tips ~ Area Rug Sizes
As I’ve been working on our family room in our new house, as well as finding area rugs for a couple clients, it’s got me thinking of something that comes ups a lot in projects: What size to do for an area rug? All too often, we walk into client’s homes and see a beautiful […]
Tuesday’s Tips ~ Color Change
I can’t tell you how many times Gina and I have worked with clients who have started off the project by telling us that they want to change the color of their space. Only to find out, after many hours and many design possibilities, that they have been led to believe that they want to […]
Tuesday’s Tips ~ Finding Inspiration
A comment we get all the time from clients when starting a new project is “I don’t know where to start. I don’t even know what style I like.” Sometimes it is difficult to narrow in on what styles you like in furniture-curvy or straight; what colors you like-warm or cool, etc. And throw in […]
Tuesday’s Tips ~ Paint Brushes
Since all I seem to be doing is painting around here, I thought I’d share a little tip I learned from a friend yesterday that I will be trying out! If you’re painting and you get interrupted by a waking child or you’re just done for the day, but plan on continuing bright and early […]
Tuesday’s Tip # 4 – Preserve Your Memories
Over the weekend my husband inherited some old family letters. Saturday night we stayed up late, until about 2:30am (I guess that’s actually Sunday morning) reading the letters out loud to each other. We discovered things about his grandma and great grandparents that might have been lost in time had the letters not been here […]
Tuesday’s Tips #3 Small Spaces
Hello, I apologize for the week of silence. I hope it’s been a great week and you didn’t over heat too much, It’s been cookin’. Okay, here’s this week’s Tuesday’s Tip… Image taken from besthomegallery.com Designing for a small space can be difficult. It can be a challenge to make a room comfortable and function […]
Tuesday’s Tips ~ Sheens of Paints
Tomorrow we take possession of our new home. It’s exciting and daunting and totally overwhelming! And as I prepare for all the upcoming changes, one of the first things on our list is painting some rooms before new flooring is installed. At some point, every room of that house will be newly painted I’m sure! […]
Tuesday’s Tips~Packin’ and a Movin’
Ok…so here is Tuesday’s Tips on a Thursday! It’s been that kind of a week! I recently received an article in the mail from my mom…Speaking of articles, does anyone else’s mom send them a zillion articles to read? At least once every week and a half I get an envelope addressed to me in […]
