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    Hygge, Lagom and Wabi Sabi
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    Hygge, Lagom and Wabi Sabi

    Luckily for us in the Napa Valley, any and all colors work. In fact, any and all parts of these philosophies can bring health and harmony to
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    Choosing a Style and Sticking to it
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    • 4 min

    Choosing a Style and Sticking to it

    Ask Napa resident, Holly Quate, what her favorite design style is and she’ll answer, “Art Deco or Mid-century Modern or maybe Craftsman.” As
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    Patti's 10 Favorites Beyond Design
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    Patti's 10 Favorites Beyond Design

    "Getting to Know Your Designer" ... by Joan McDonald, An interview by Aspired Design Magazine ADM: Favorite book? PLC: The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas ADM: Favorite song? PLC: Layla, Eric Clapton ADM: Favorite movie? PLC: Any 1940s black and white and The Godfather series ADM: Favorite staple in your pantry PLC: Capers ADM: Favorite flower PLC: Peony ADM: Favorite car PLC: Porsche 356 C ADM: Favorite vacation destination PLC: Forte dei Marmi ADM: Favorite athletic
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    Looking at a Space with a Fresh Eye
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    • 2 min

    Looking at a Space with a Fresh Eye

    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
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    How Architecture Inspired a Color Palette
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    • 4 min

    How Architecture Inspired a Color Palette

    Colors aside, when I pulled up to the front of the building, I was immediately struck by one significant feature — its portico. It led to th
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    When to Create an Accent Wall
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    • 3 min

    When to Create an Accent Wall

    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
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    Rock to the Rescue: The Ultimate in Low Maintenance, Water-Wise Landscaping
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    • 4 min

    Rock to the Rescue: The Ultimate in Low Maintenance, Water-Wise Landscaping

    Landscape architects will agree that there’s more to a well-designed, well-executed gardenscape than meets the eye. As with any design, the
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    Glassybaby: A One-of-a-Kindness Company
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    Glassybaby: A One-of-a-Kindness Company

    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
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    Rainbow Fresh
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    • 3 min

    Rainbow Fresh

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

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

    The Golden Ratio

    But how do these Golden formulas address our universal consensus of pleasing proportions? Back to nature’s spirals. It turns out that they a
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    Taupe - How this Color Kept me on my Toes
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    • 3 min

    Taupe - How this Color Kept me on my Toes

    What color does your mind’s eye see when you think of “taupe”? A version of beige? Khaki? Gray? Pink? You’d all be correct. But what is tau
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    The Surprising Power of the Kitchen
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    The Surprising Power of the Kitchen

    No doubt, the kitchen is the heart of the home and the place where a lifetime of memories are made. I have a special story to tell that make
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    Question: As a designer, where do you find your inspiration? Even if you use Houzz or ...
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    Question: As a designer, where do you find your inspiration? Even if you use Houzz or ...

    I don’t want to be influenced or swayed by another designer’s work. I want my ideas to be fresh, original, and mine. I also don’t wait for a
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    A Nod to Water-Wise Landscaping ... An Old Garden is Redesigned with Drought -Resistant Plants
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    • 4 min

    A Nod to Water-Wise Landscaping ... An Old Garden is Redesigned with Drought -Resistant Plants

    I drew scaled site plans and then dug into my box of color pencils. When possible, I kept current plants in place and filled in with more o
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    Client Asks for a Joyful Experience
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    • 4 min

    Client Asks for a Joyful Experience

    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
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    The story behind Pantone's “Color of the Year”
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    The story behind Pantone's “Color of the Year”

    Pantone is known for The Pantone Color Matching System which standardizes color reproduction. This standardization allows different manufact
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    Looking Through the Looking-Glass
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    Looking Through the Looking-Glass

    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 intriguing history. He probably did. He had the kind of mind that was curious and could think abstractly. Did you know that this author and poet graduated from Oxford with a Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics? First in his class, no less. It comes as no surprise to me that a mirror was just the thing to stimulate his imagination. The first manufa
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    Moonlit Water-Wise Garden
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    Moonlit Water-Wise Garden

    There are enough species of flowers, shrubs and trees to accommodate different styles of moonlit gardens – from classic, romantic and fragra
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    Dada - A Soiree of Mayhem
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    • 4 min

    Dada - A Soiree of Mayhem

    Happy 100th Birthday, Dada. Love it or hate it, I’m not sure “happy” is the right word to describe Dada under any circumstances. Nevertheles
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