How to Make Your Home Look More Expensive on a Budget

In my interior design course, Design CPR…Creating Perfect Rooms with Accessories, I make it clear that no matter the size of your budget, you can achieve a beautiful, high-end look in your home as long as you understand wise interior design strategy. If you aren’t ready to dive into a full redo just yet, here…

Unique Ways To Use Wallpaper In Your Home

Hi Design Divas! Great being here with your beautiful women! How is COVID19 for you design sensitives, empaths and HSPs? (if you’re saying “whaaaat Donna?” That’s ok…I love you too!). Today’s design lesson & covid diversion is Unique & Fun Ways to Use Wallpaper In Your Home! Xo! Give us an IG Follow @Decorating.Genius so…

5 Great Design Lessons from the 2019 Kips Bay Show House

As a luxury interior designer as well as a design coach to women across the US and beyond, whenever I do the annual jaunt to my happy place…NYC’s annual Kips Bay Show House, I always experience the show with 2 sets of eyes. On the one hand, for the pure love of the fine art…

Room in a Box: Femme Fatale Dining Room

Sexy and stylish, the femme fatale has been dazzling viewers on the silver screen for decades. Many people see their dining room as a chance to add some major drama to their home. And, what’s more dramatic than an old Hollywood movie heroine? This month, we combined traditional silhouettes with dark and glamorous details to…

October Decorating Savvy Checklist

Okay … it’s crunch time in the design world! Everyone on the professional side is working to complete projects that started over the summer. So, although you may not have time to tackle a major project right now, select even just one of the actions on this month’s Decorating Savvy Checklist to make immediate improvements…

Home Interior Design Trends 2018-19 – The Paris AD Show House

I wear a lot of design hats: I’m a professional interior designer and a luxury design business owner. I’m an interior design consultant. Beyond serving private design clients, I’m also an entrusted interior design teacher and a design coach to Design Lovers across the globe who are working on their own homes – women not…

Does Your Childhood Home Influence Your Home’s Design Today?

Ever wonder where your tastes and preferences come from concerning interior design? Can it really be SO simple to just say Pinterest or magazines? I wonder. So here’s a question for you: Did you like the way your childhood home looked and felt? Were there seeds sown there that show up around you today? Or,…

Great Interior Design Hacks thanks to Highlights from the 2018 Kips Bay Show House

I can think of very few places where amazing interior design ideas abound, but making the shortlist is absolutely the Kips Bay Show House. This year, the great-design-ideas fountain overflowed! Read on to learn some great interior design hacks based upon my recent trip to the 2018 Kips Bay Show House. You’ll glean some delish…

Color Memory

As a professional interior designer, I spend so much time churning out color plans for projects. I strategize how a color will sculpt a space, correct a problem, unify rooms or affect brand perception for commercial clients. Color is often on my brain. But today as I drove past a mimosa tree in full bloom…

July Decorating Savvy Checklist

I love the feeling of accomplishment I get after crossing something off of my to do list. Sometimes, I’ll write down a task that I’ve already completed, just so I can cross it off! To get the same positive, productive vibes going in your own home, check out this month’s Decorating Savvy Checklist! Select even…

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