PLC5 minFormal Gardens and a Lifelong Lesson‘To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” — Audrey Hepburn How would you like a productive and creative exercise that takes place...
PLC3 minSmall, Medium, Large ... the Key to Good DesignI have a friendly challenge for you. There’s no prize at the end other than a growing awareness of what constitutes good design. The...
PLC3 minCan you Give Some Tips on Creating a Gallery Wall? There are as many ways to create a gallery wall as there are walls in the world. There are no rules but I can give a few tips to make...
PLC3 minThe Golden RatioBut how do these Golden formulas address our universal consensus of pleasing proportions? Back to nature’s spirals. It turns out that they a
PLC3 minMicro SpacesCan you fit a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, closet, and living space into 220 square feet? San Francisco may soon change its building code to
PLC3 minInside OutI hear this phrase all the time, “bringing the outdoors in”. Today, I’m bringing the indoors … out. Design is about space, scale, balance, f
PLC3 minThe Defining Coffee TableThink of your coffee table as a necklace on the “little black dress”. A string of pearls conveys a formal and classic look. A silver chain i
PLC3 minThe Bowling Alley EffectClassically, proportionately, and visually, a rectangular room is considered the most attractive and easiest to decorate. But not so if it l
PLC3 minArt versus DesignArt versus design has been a provocative topic throughout the ages. But there are points that can be agreed. The success of each is the resu
PLC3 minIntrigue of the Oriental RugWhat would 30 centuries of mystery, history, and tradition look like? Imagine patterns and colors filled with symbolism, folklore, and triba
PLC4 minGreen GeometryHas the California drought turned your green garden brown? Has the recent rain been enough to revive your dry and dead patches? In either ca
PLC3 minQuestion: We’re shopping for a new dining table. How do we choose the shape? My husband wants ...I always start with the shape of the room created by its furniture (other than the dining table). That is, an empty room may start out as a
PLC2 minQuestion: How can I make my ceiling seem higher? Anything that makes your eye look up will help. For instance, place a can light on the floor, at the base of a potted plant, and shine it up