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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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World War I Centennial Inspires a National Memorial
Although communities have erected memorials to recognize these wars, national memorials have taken a while to follow. The Vietnam Memorial w

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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
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
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
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
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 ...
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
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
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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Dark Shadows
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

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Question: I need knobs and pulls for my new kitchen cabinets. Is there a rule to using knobs ...
When it comes to shape, style, and sometimes finish, let your plumbing and lighting fixtures be your guide. Are these fixtures modern, tradi

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Question: What is the difference between wood, engineered, and laminated floors?
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

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Design World Fun Facts
A woman strolling along a street in Paris spotted Picasso sketching near a sidewalk cafe. Not so thrilled that she couldn’t be slightly pres

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

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Washington D.C. Memorials
The Monuments and Memorials at the National Mall in Washington D.C. also pull at my heartstrings. They represent the same extraordinary, ult

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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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Three Enduring Trends
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,

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Catch-All Rooms
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

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

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