Decorating with accessories can be quite a challenge. Too many knick-knacks and you have a cluttered tabletop. Too little and you teeter on the edge of Spartan-like minimalism. Luckily, for you, you have me in your soon-to-be-perfectly-accessorized corner, girlfriend. I recorded this quick video to share a great lesson accessorization, straight from the Bungalow5…
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Ahh the recliner – beloved by husbands and reviled by wives (and designers) for decades. When one of our luxury design clients requested a recliner in their basement-game room a few years ago, I choked – visions of over-stuffed, lumpy leather chairs began flashing through my mind. But when we started searching for potential options,…
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Interior design “confidence crushing” comes in many flavors. Worse, we do it to ourselves. Is it that you’re comparing your home to someone else’s? Is it fear of not being good enough at design and thinking you’re going to make a big mistake you’ll hate, then having to live with it for a long time?…
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Decorating a house is challenging. Period. Wondering where to start can cripple most homeowners even before they begin to consider room arrangements or color palettes. Yes. Interior design “confidence crushing” comes in many flavors. Worse, we do it to ourselves. Tell me if you’ve ever experienced any of these “feelings”? Is it that you’re comparing…
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When gleeful buyers tour through that perfect upsize, downsize or right-size, the new home fantasies run rampant. They range from that first great party to memory-building while raising a family, to arriving home to this perfect sanctuary every night. However, once the keys are handed over, fantasies can turn to agita when confronted with the…
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