Archive for Interior Design
To Market, To Market: the High Point Furniture Market, Spring 2015
Just a few weeks ago, I attended the Great Granddaddy of all the to-the-trade shows, the High Point Market. When I tell my clients I’m going to High Point, they assume it’s basically like one of the big furniture stores. I tell them, no, it’s way bigger than that. In a word, the market is ENORMOUS. […]
A Quick Interior Decorating Consultation
Interior decorating consultations make me feel like I have a magic wand. For those who don’t want a total redo but want help pulling their room together with their existing furnishings, I offer interior design consultations. These are typically just a couple hours and it’s fun to “magically” transform a room right before your eyes. Walking into a […]
A Magic Carpet, really?
While exploring carpet options for my lovely clients’ home, Mike, the manager at ProSource Tampa, was excited to show me a carpet that is actually magic. First, he opened this little plastic container in which, he explained, was a piece of carpet that had been soaked in ammonia. Phew, it still stank. Then he opened […]
Interior Design Without Borders
I love technology. I didn’t always feel this way, not until I switched to BMW and Apple. I’m definitely not a PC; Windows and I just didn’t work well together, somewhat ironic since decorating windows is a big part of what I do. I remember hearing Melissa Galt, interior designer, business coach and speaker, say […]
DIY'ers and the Painful Truth
This painting is Time Saving Truth From Falsehood and Envy by Francois Lemoyne. There are many things that make it difficult to tell the truth. Who among us hasn’t been in this position: We’ve been asked for our opinion by someone who doesn’t really want the truth. The person asks for our opinion, but we […]
