Thank You for Being a Friend – Thoughts on the Interior Design of the Golden Girls
There comes a time in the Seattle winter when one just itches to escape to warmer, sunnier climes. Luckily for me, i get to do just that this week! But not before indulging in a little 1980s tropical interior design courtesy of “The Golden Girls.” Like many of you, I was saddened to learn of […]
Keeping It Real – Make Your Interiors More Personal in 2022
The absolute best interior designs are personalized and meaningful; they convey the characters of the people who live in those spaces.
The Two Worst 2022 Interior Design Trends
Happy new year! I hope that you were able to spend your holidays enjoyably, surrounded by the people and things you love. Seattle had a particularly chilly holiday season, with plenty of snow to keep us indoors. A blessing in disguise, really, with the Omicron variant running rampant. Who would have thought that, nearly 2 […]
Don’t Furnish Your Finished Basement Until You Read This!
The past month here in Seattle has been like Guns ‘N’ Roses on repeat: lots of November rain. With a La Niña event this year, we can expect lots more of it, too! Of course, Seattle is known for its abundant precipitation. You know what else it has in abundance? Basements. In our densifying city […]
Pillow Talk: Hameau de la Reine
Historian Arnold Toynbee once lamented the tendency of select colleagues to view “life [as] just one damned thing after another”—a chronological parade of facts with no discernible themes or general movements. On one hand, it is tempting to exercise extreme caution by taking an objective approach and sticking to “just the facts,” eschewing interpretation for […]
Going for Baroque
Explore the elements of Baroque interior design.
Pillow Talk: Ancien Régime
Back in March, I debuted a small collection of cushion covers inspired by 18th-century France. You can see and purchase them by visiting my “Shop” page, which will direct you to my Etsy shop listings. Over the next few weeks, new blog posts will be devoted to telling the story of each of the pillow […]
Paint: A Primer
Ah, interior paint. Just thinking about it, can you feel your blood pressure rising? When it comes to interiors, paint is probably the one thing I find many home owners fret over the most. I’m not sure why, exactly. There seems to be an overwhelming fear of choosing the “wrong” color, and this can prevent […]
Retail Restraints
One of the great laments in the interior design community is the desire (or, more accurately, expectation) from clients to source furniture and decor from the retail sources that the clients are so familiar with. This is to be expected, of course. Buying furniture at retail is how most people furnish their homes. Whether […]
A Collection of Pieces
I remember once hearing of a young man who wanted to impress his girlfriend by designing the interiors of their shared apartment. As he put it, he spent many months of self-study teaching himself “interior design.” Once reasonably familiar enough to execute, he forked over his credit card at Design Within Reach and also meticulously […]