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Today’s column comes to you by way of permission from three recent clients. Clients who, before undertaking do-it-yourself projects,...

When it comes to home furnishings, I know it’s true. That is, investing in select pieces, while holding back on others, can create a well-pu

There’s a Stephen Sondheim song titled, “A funny thing happened on the way to the forum.” That’s how I felt on my way out the door after mee

When is the best time to create an accent wall? While the idea is still brewing in a designer’s or architect’s imagination and in time to be

What do you get when you combine a 4,000-year-old craft with optimism, comfort, persistence, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a big heart? Gla

The fabric designers who produced the Rainbow Collection must have been on creative overdrive because their color combinations were luscious

Have you ever browsed through home decor magazines and wondered where to find such beautiful furnishings? You know you haven’t seen them in

When clients, Jeff and Cathy, asked me to help them remodel their kitchen, I did what I always do. I asked them to write a list of their goa

Lighting has a powerful impact on emotions. So much so that it can keep memories vivid for decades. In design, it adds texture, volume, cont

When it comes to shape, style, and sometimes finish, let your plumbing and lighting fixtures be your guide. Are these fixtures modern, tradi

The type of wood flooring we’re most familiar with is hardwood made from oak, walnut, teak, maple, mahogany, hickory, beech, and alder to na

Envisioning my clients’ goal came easily. Listening to the operatic passion of “La Boheme” while I sketched set the mood and inspired me fur

Is “enduring trends” an oxymoron? This year alone, I’ve read that gray is the new white, that navy is the new gray, that jewels tones rule,

Do you have a catch-all room? Part home office, part guest bedroom, and part storage for this and that? My client, Jane, had such a room. Ti

When Lewis Carroll wrote “Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There” in 1871, I wonder if he knew that mirrors had such an...

the “Savonnerie”, was considered the most prestigious of knotted, pile rugs in 17th century Europe. Its name comes from its manufactory, lo

Imagine this … Pope Julius II walking the streets of the Eternal City noting the progress of Renaissance masters at work. Imagine architects

Can you fit a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, closet, and living space into 220 square feet? San Francisco may soon change its building code to

I could see the fear in my client’s eyes. Display after display begged him to make a decision. Phil wanted to be on the golf course, next to

Did you jump on the Downton Abbey bandwagon? I did. Now that Season 2 is over, I’m suffering from jittery withdrawal! What eye candy could p